[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 899 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 899

To provide for the liquidation of Libyan assets to pay for the costs of 
travel to and from the Hague of families of the victims of the crash of 
    Pan Am flight 103 for the purpose of attending the trial of the 
                    terrorist suspects in the crash.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1999

  Mr. Andrews (for himself and Mr. LoBiondo) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Internationl Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the liquidation of Libyan assets to pay for the costs of 
travel to and from the Hague of families of the victims of the crash of 
    Pan Am flight 103 for the purpose of attending the trial of the 
                    terrorist suspects in the crash.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pan Am Flight 103 Witness to Justice 
Act''.

SEC. 2. VESTING AND LIQUIDATION OF LIBYAN ASSETS FOR COSTS OF TRAVEL TO 
              THE HAGUE.

    The President shall vest and liquidate so much of blocked Libyan 
assets as is necessary to pay for the reasonable costs of travel to and 
from the Hague, Netherlands, by immediate family members of United 
States citizens who were victims of the crash of Pan American flight 
103 in 1988, for the purpose of attending the trial of those 
individuals who are suspected of terrorist acts causing the crash.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Blocked Libyan assets.--The term ``blocked Libyan 
        assets'' means property and interests in property of the 
        Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities, and 
        controlled entities and the Bank of Libya that are blocked 
        pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
        U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
            (2) Immediate family member.--The term ``immediate family 
        member'' of an individual means his or her parents, siblings, 
        children, spouse, or a person who stood in loco parentis or to 
        whom he or she stood in loco parentis.
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