[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 253 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 253

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Libya should 
 apologize for the welcome home ceremony held to celebrate the release 
         of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 2009

     Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. 
  Gillibrand, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Cardin) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Libya should 
 apologize for the welcome home ceremony held to celebrate the release 
         of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.

    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) condemns the August 20, 2009, release from prison in 
        Scotland of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the lone person convicted 
        in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over 
        Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, including 189 
        Americans;
            (2) condemns the lavish welcome home ceremony held in 
        Tripoli, Libya, to celebrate the release of Mr. al-Megrahi; and
            (3) calls on the Government of Libya to apologize for the 
        public celebration of Mr. al-Megrahi's release.
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