,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cccf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ae1 
#bjbc,ms4 ,collins 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,rosen1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 and  
,mr4 ,warnock7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide compensation for    
,united ,states victims of ,libyan      
state-sponsored terrorism1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,justice for the    
,living ,victims of ,lockerbie ,act4    
#b4 ,defined term ,in this ,act1 the    
term compensable living victim of       
,libyan state-sponsored terrorism means 
an individual who-- 7#a7 is a ,united   
,states person2  7#b7 was #de years of  
age or older on ,december #c1 #aiia2    
7#c7 was employed by ,pan ,american     
,world ,airways1 ,inc41 on ,december #c1
 #aiia2  7#d7 was a named claimant in   
,abbott et al4 v4 ,socialist ,people's  
,libyan ,arab ,jamahiriya 7case number  

#a3id-;cv-#jbddd-,,ss7 in the ,united   
,states ,district ,court for the        
,district of ,columbia2 and  7#e7 was   
alive on ,august #ad1 #bjjh4  #c4       
,living ,victims of ,lockerbie ,claims  
,trust ,fund  7a7 ,establishment ,not   
later than #cj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
establish1 in the ,treasury of the      
,united ,states1 a trust fund1 to be    
known as the ,living ,victims of        
,lockerbie ,claims ,trust ,fund 7in this
 section referred to as the ,fund7 for  
the payment of claims submitted by      
compensable living victims of ,libyan   
state-sponsored terrorism under section 
#d4  7b7 ,appropriations ,once the ,fund
 is established pursuant to subsection  
7a71 there shall be appropriated to the 
,fund1 out of any money in the ,treasury
 of the ,united ,states not otherwise   
appropriated1 #bj1jjj1jjj1 to remain    
available until expended1 which shall be
 made available to provide compensation 

to compensable living victims of ,libyan
 state-sponsored terrorism4  #d4        
,compensation for living victims of     
,libyan state-sponsored terrorism  7a7  
,certification by the ,foreign ,claims  
,settlement ,commission ,the ,foreign   
,claims ,settlement ,commission shall-- 
7#a7 not later than #cj days after the  
date of the enactment of this ,act1     
publish in the ,federal ,register a     
notice of a process for filing claims on
 behalf of compensable living victims of
 ,libyan state-sponsored terrorism1     
which shall include a deadline for the  
filing of claims of not later than the  
date that is #fj days after the date of 
publication of the notice2  7#b7 not    
later than #fj days after the end of the
 period for filing claims described in  
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 determine if each 
individual who submitted a claim under  
that paragraph is a compensable living  
victim of ,libyan state-sponsored       
terrorism2 and  7,b7 approve the claim  
of each individual the ,commission      

determines under subparagraph 7,a7 to be
 a compensable living victim of ,libyan 
state-sponsored terrorism2 and  7#c7    
upon approving a claim under paragraph  
7#b77;,b71 certify approval of the claim
 to the ,secretary of the ,treasury for 
purposes of authorization of payment    
under subsection 7b74  7b7 ,payments    
authorized ,upon receiving a            
certification from the ,foreign ,claims 
,settlement ,commission under subsection
 7a77#c71 the ,secretary of the         
,treasury shall make payments from the  
,fund to compensable living victims of  
,libyan state-sponsored terrorism in    
accordance with subsection 7c74  7c7    
,compensation  7#a7 ,in general ,upon a 
certification by the ,foreign ,claims   
,settlement ,commission under subsection
 7a77#c7 of the claim of a compensable  
living victim of ,libyan state-sponsored
 terrorism1 the claimant 7or1 in the    
case of a deceased claimant1 the        
personal representative of the          
claimant's estate7 shall be entitled to 

an award in an amount equal to-- 7,a7   
#bj1jjj1jjj1 divided by  7,b7 the total 
number of claims certified under        
subsection 7a77#c74  7#b7               
,representative ,if a putative claimant 
that otherwise qualifies for            
compensation under this section is      
deceased1 a personal representative may 
bring a claim on behalf of the estate of
 the claimant4