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	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">III</distribution-code>
		<congress display="yes">110th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session display="yes">2d Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. RES. 727</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action display="yes">
			<action-date>December 9, 2008</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S278">Mrs. Clinton</sponsor> (for
			 herself, <cosponsor name-id="S166">Mr. Lautenberg</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S270">Mr. Schumer</cosponsor>, and
			 <cosponsor name-id="S306">Mr. Menendez</cosponsor>) submitted the following
			 resolution; which was considered and agreed to</action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">Honoring the victims of the bombing of Pan
		  Am flight 103 on the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy. </official-title>
	</form>
	<preamble>
		<whereas><text>Whereas, on December 21, 1988, 259 passengers and crew
			 members on board Pan American Airways flight 103, and 11 people on the ground
			 in Lockerbie, Scotland, were killed by a terrorist’s bomb;</text>
		</whereas><whereas><text>Whereas 189 people of the United States and nationals from
			 20 other countries were victims of this heinous attack;</text>
		</whereas><whereas><text>Whereas the families and friends of the victims of this
			 tragedy have suffered immeasurable losses;</text>
		</whereas><whereas><text>Whereas people around the world actively have worked to
			 diminish the possibility of future terrorist attacks;</text>
		</whereas><whereas><text>Whereas in 2003, Libya accepted responsibility for Libyan
			 officials’ involvement in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, denounced
			 terrorism, and vowed to abandon its weapons program;</text>
		</whereas><whereas><text>Whereas, on October 31, 2008, almost 20 years after the
			 terrorist attack, Libya completed delivery of long-awaited compensation to the
			 families of the victims of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103; and</text>
		</whereas><whereas><text>Whereas nothing can replace the loved ones lost in the
			 attack, and the United States must never forget the victims of this crime: Now,
			 therefore, be it</text>
		</whereas></preamble>
	<resolution-body>
		<section display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="S1" section-type="undesignated-section"><enum></enum><text>That the Senate—</text>
			<paragraph id="id29BC0CA0B9534D7DBDC147A688E2C0B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>designates
			 December 21, 2008, as <quote>Twentieth Anniversary of Remembrance for the
			 Victims of the Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 Day</quote>; and</text>
			</paragraph><paragraph id="id44E4C4D59FD44B20BE3C8B79A86445FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conveys the most
			 sincere condolences to the families, friends, and communities of the victims of
			 the attack on Flight 103.</text>
			</paragraph></section></resolution-body>
</resolution>
