S. 3250 (ENR) - An Act To provide remote access to court proceedings for victims of the 1988 Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 3250 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3250

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four


                                 An Act


 
 To provide remote access to court proceedings for victims of the 1988 
         Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REMOTE ACCESS TO COURT PROCEEDINGS FOR VICTIMS OF THE 1988 
BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103 OVER LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND.
    (a) Definition of Victim of Crimes Associated With the Bombing of 
Pan Am Flight 103.--In this section:
        (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the term ``victim of 
    crimes associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103'' means any 
    individual--
            (A) who suffered direct or proximate harm as a result of 
        the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that occurred over Lockerbie, 
        Scotland, on December 21, 1988, and was present at or near the 
        scene of the bombing when it occurred, or immediately 
        thereafter; or
            (B) who is the spouse, legal guardian, parent, child, 
        brother, sister, next of kin, or other relative of, or who is 
        determined by the applicable district court of the United 
        States to be an individual who possesses a relationship of 
        similar significance to, an individual described in 
        subparagraph (A) or an individual otherwise described in this 
        subsection.
        (2) Limitation.--The term ``victim of crimes associated with 
    the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103'' does not include an individual 
    who participated or conspired in the crimes associated with the 
    bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
    (b) Authorization.--
        (1) In general.--On and after the date of enactment of this 
    Act, and notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of 
    Criminal Procedure or other law or rule to the contrary, in order 
    to permit victims of crimes associated with the bombing of Pan Am 
    Flight 103 to access court proceedings in the criminal case against 
    Abu Agila Mohammed Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi and against any co-
    conspirator subsequently charged and prosecuted in a court of the 
    United States for crimes related to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 
    Flight 103, the district court of the United States in such a case 
    shall order that reasonable efforts be made to make remote video 
    and telephonic access to proceedings in the case available to 
    victims of crimes associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
        (2) No limit on location.--Remote video and telephonic access 
    to proceedings shall be made available under paragraph (1) to a 
    victim of crimes associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 
    without regard to the location of the victim of crimes associated 
    with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
    (c) District Court Discretion.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to eliminate or limit the discretion of a district court of 
the United States to control the manner, circumstances, or availability 
of remote video or telephonic transmissions where necessary to control 
the courtroom or protect the integrity of court proceedings or the 
safety of parties, witnesses, or other participants in the proceedings.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.