S.Res. 253

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Libya should apologize for the welcome home ceremony held to celebrate the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.

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III

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. RES. 253

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 8, 2009

Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Webb) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

September 23, 2009

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Libya should apologize for the welcome home ceremony held to celebrate the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.

That the Senate—

(1)

condemns the August 20, 2009, release from prison in Scotland of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the lone person convicted in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, including 189 Americans;

(2)

condemns the lavish welcome home ceremony held in Tripoli, Libya, to celebrate the release of Mr. al-Megrahi; and

(3)

calls on the Government of Libya to apologize for the public celebration of Mr. al-Megrahi's release.