Compensation for Lockerbie Terrorism Victims
Official: Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act
This bill aims to provide financial compensation to specific U.S. victims of terrorism linked to Libya, helping them recover from their losses. It sets up a trust fund to handle claims and payments for eligible individuals.
1. This bill creates a fund to compensate U.S. victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism. 2. The fund will provide $42,066,338 for approved claims from eligible victims. 3. Eligible victims must have been employed by Pan American World Airways in 1991 and be alive as of 2008. 4. A process for filing claims will be established within 30 days of the bill's enactment. 5. Payments will be made based on the number of approved claims.
U.S. citizens who were employed by Pan American World Airways during the 1991 Lockerbie bombing and are still alive.