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To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to grant jurisdiction to the courts of the United States for claims…

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To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to grant jurisdiction to the courts of the United States for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan American World Airways Flight 103.

Introduced: November 12, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Nov 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Nov 12, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 12, 1997
Introduced in House
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Amends the Federal judicial code to provide an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of foreign states by granting jurisdiction to the U.S. courts for claims in which money damages are sought against the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya arising out of the destruction of Pan American World Airways Flight 103.

Specifies that such a cause of action shall survive the death, and pass to the estate, of the claimant.

Makes an exception to immunity from attachment in such cases.

What's happening now November 25, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 12, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3026: To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to grant jurisdiction to the courts of the United States for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan American World Airways Flight 103.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3026/
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"H.R. 3026: To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to grant jurisdiction to the courts of the United States for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan American World Airways Flight 103.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3026/.
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H.R. 3026, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3026/.
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[H.R. 3026: To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to grant jurisdiction to the courts of the United States for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan American World Airways Flight 103.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3026/)
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