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HJRES 243 101th Congress House

Designating December 21, 1989, as a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash of Pan American Airways Flight 103 and expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should…

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Official title: Designating December 21, 1989, as a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash of Pan American Airways Flight 103 and expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should take all appropriate and necessary actions to identify the cause and perpetrators of the crash.

Introduced: May 15, 1989 See on congress.gov
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May 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 24, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Apr 18, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Apr 18, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Apr 18, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 1, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates December 21, 1989, as a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash of Pan American Airways Flight 103. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) determine the cause of the crash; and (2) identify those responsible for the crash and bring them to justice.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 15, 1989
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 3, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 243: Designating December 21, 1989, as a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash of Pan American Airways Flight 103 and expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should take all appropriate and necessary actions to identify the cause and perpetrators of the crash.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HJRES-243/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 243: Designating December 21, 1989, as a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash of Pan American Airways Flight 103 and expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should take all appropriate and necessary actions to identify the cause and perpetrators of the crash.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HJRES-243/.
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H.J. Res. 243, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HJRES-243/.
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[H.J. Res. 243: Designating December 21, 1989, as a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash of Pan American Airways Flight 103 and expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should take all appropriate and necessary actions to identify the cause and perpetrators of the crash.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HJRES-243/)
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