S 1520 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Pan Am Flight 103 Accountability Act of 2011

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 7, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 7, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pan Am Flight 103 Accountability Act of 2011 - Directs the President to continue any federal investigative activities regarding the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 and any other terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens attributable to the government of Muammar Qaddafi.

Directs the President to: (1) urge the Transitional National Council (TNC) and any successor government of Libya to cooperate with such investigative activities, and (2) consider such cooperation when making decisions about U.S. assistance to the successor government.

Prohibits the President from distributing property confiscated from Muammar Qaddafi, his family, and the government of Libya to the TNC or any successor government of Libya until the President certifies to Congress that the TNC or successor government is cooperating with such investigative activities.

Exempts property distributions for humanitarian purposes from such restriction. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction if in the U.S. national interest.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 7, 2011.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalSep 7, 2011
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalSep 7, 2011
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 7, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 7, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 7, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Subjects

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  1. Sep 7, 2011Introduced in Senate

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