H.R. 3713: Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-12-16 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-12-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

Plain summary

Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act - Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to: (1) determine the validity and amount of plaintiff claims for loss of wages and other property in the case Bruce D. Abbott et al. v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , (2) publish notice in the Federal Register of the time within which such claims may be filed, and (3) consider such claims as soon as practicable after filing. Requires such claims to be paid from the appropriate Treasury fund before any corporate claims are paid from such fund.

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Official text

Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] · 60 cosponsors

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Joe Courtney (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Andy Harris (R-MD)

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Federal Register: The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3713.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3713 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112