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HR 3713 112th Congress House

Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

Official title: To direct the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to receive and determine the validity and amount of claims for loss of wages and other property of those pla… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to receive and determine the validity and amount of claims for loss of wages and other property of those plaintiffs in the case Bruce D. Abbott et al. v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Introduced: February 17, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 16, 2011
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 Latest action December 16, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 7 Republican 4
BURTON, DAN
· Dec 11, 2012
Carnahan, Russ
· Dec 11, 2012
 R
Harris, Andy
Maryland · Nov 15, 2012
Franks, Trent
· Sep 19, 2012
Gerlach, Jim
· Sep 19, 2012
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Sep 19, 2012
Dent, Charles
· Jul 10, 2012
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 9, 2012
Shuler, Heath
· May 9, 2012
WOLF, FRANK
· May 9, 2012
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 29, 2012
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 22, 2012
WOOLSEY, LYNN
· Mar 22, 2012
Barletta, Lou
· Mar 8, 2012
Bonner, Jo
· Feb 28, 2012
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 28, 2012
Bishop, Rob
· Feb 17, 2012
Marino, Tom
· Feb 17, 2012
BILBRAY, BRIAN
· Feb 9, 2012
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 9, 2012
PLATTS, TODD
· Feb 3, 2012
SMITH, LAMAR
· Feb 3, 2012
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jan 24, 2012
Meehan, Patrick
· Jan 24, 2012
MICA, JOHN
· Jan 24, 2012
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 24, 2012
Richardson, Laura
· Jan 24, 2012
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jan 24, 2012
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 17, 2012
FILNER, BOB
· Jan 17, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3713: Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3713/
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