HR 3713
112th Congress
House
International Affairs
Africa
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Crime victims
Europe
Government liability
Libya
Middle East
Scotland
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act
Introduced: December 16, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 16, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 16, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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