[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 23 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 23


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2001

          Referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the involvement of the 
Government of Libya in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, and 
                          for other purposes.

Whereas 270 people, including 189 Americans, were killed in the terrorist 
        bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 
        1988;
Whereas, on January 31, 2001, the 3 judges of the Scottish court meeting in the 
        Netherlands to try the 2 Libyan suspects in the bombing of Pan Am 103 
        found that ``the conception, planning, and execution of the plot which 
        led to the planting of the explosive device was of Libyan origin'';
Whereas the Court found conclusively that Abdel Basset al Megrahi ``caused an 
        explosive device to detonate on board Pan Am 103'' and sentenced him to 
        a life term in prison;
Whereas the Court accepted the evidence that Abdel Basset al Megrahi was a 
        member of the Jamahiriyah Security Organization, one of the main Libyan 
        intelligence services;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 731, 748, 883, and 1192 
        demanded that the Government of Libya provide appropriate compensation 
        to the families of the victims, accept responsibility for the actions of 
        Libyan officials in the bombing of Pan Am 103, provide a full accounting 
        of its involvement in this terrorist act, and cease all support for 
        terrorism; and
Whereas, contrary to previous declarations by the Government of Libya and its 
        representatives, in the wake of the conviction of Abdel Basset al 
        Megrahi, Colonel Muammar Qadhafi refuses to accept the judgment of the 
        Scottish court or to comply with the requirements of the Security 
        Council under existing resolutions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This concurrent resolution may be cited as the ``Justice for the 
Victims of Pan Am 103 Resolution of 2001''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the entire international community should condemn, in 
        the strongest possible terms, the Government of Libya and its 
        leader, Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, for support of international 
        terrorism, including the bombing of Pan Am 103;
            (2) the Government of Libya should immediately--
                    (A) make a full and complete accounting of its 
                involvement in the bombing of Pan Am 103;
                    (B) accept responsibility for the actions of Libyan 
                officials;
                    (C) provide appropriate compensation to the 
                families of the victims of Pan Am 103; and
                    (D) demonstrate in word and deed a full 
                renunciation of support for international terrorism;
            (3) the President should instruct the United States 
        Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the 
        voice, and, if necessary, the vote of the United States, to 
        maintain United Nations sanctions against Libya until all 
        conditions laid out or referred to in the applicable Security 
        Council resolutions are met; and
            (4) the President should instruct the United States 
        Permanent Representative to the United Nations to seek the 
        reimposition of sanctions against Libya currently suspended in 
        the event that Libya fails to comply with those United Nations 
        Security Council resolutions.

SEC. 3. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES TOWARD LIBYA.

    It should be the policy of the United States to--
            (1) oppose the removal of United Nations sanctions until 
        the Government of Libya has--
                    (A) made a full and complete accounting of its 
                involvement in the bombing of Pan Am 103;
                    (B) accepted responsibility for the actions of 
                Libyan officials;
                    (C) provided appropriate compensation to the 
                families of the victims of Pan Am 103; and
                    (D) demonstrated in word and deed a full 
                renunciation of support for international terrorism; 
                and
            (2) maintain United States sanctions on Libya, including 
        those sanctions on all forms of assistance and all other United 
        States restrictions on trade and travel to Libya, until--
                    (A) the Government of Libya has fulfilled the 
                requirements of United Nations Security Council 
                Resolutions 731, 748, 883, and 1192;
                    (B) the President--
                            (i) certifies under section 620A(c) of the 
                        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
                        2371(c)) that Libya no longer provides support 
                        for international terrorism; and
                            (ii) has provided to Congress an 
                        explanation of the steps taken by the 
                        Government of Libya to resolve any outstanding 
                        claims against that government by United States 
                        persons relating to international terrorism; 
                        and
                    (C) the Government of Libya is not pursuing weapons 
                of mass destruction or the means to deliver them in 
                contravention of United States law.

SEC. 4. TRANSMITTAL OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.

    The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this 
concurrent resolution to the President.

            Passed the Senate April 6, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.