[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2231-S2232]
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 23--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH 
RESPECT TO THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN LIBYA IN THE TERRORIST 
          BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Torricelli, 
Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Baucus, Mr. Byrd, and Mrs. Clinton) submitted the following concurrent 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                            S. Con. Res. 23

       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

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     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.

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