Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§5508 Assessment of Lockerbie experience
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 64— - UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO TERRORISM AFFECTING AMERICANS ABROAD › § 5508
Summary
The Secretary of State must assess how the Department of State handled the Pan American Airways Flight 103 disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, and use that review to create guidelines sent to all U.S. diplomatic and consular posts abroad.
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Title 22, §5508
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(a)The Secretary of State shall compile an assessment of the Department of State response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 aviation disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988.
(b)The Secretary of State shall establish, based on the assessment compiled under subsection (a) and other relevant factors, guidelines for future Department of State responses to comparable disasters and shall distribute such guidelines to all United States diplomatic and consular posts abroad.
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22 U.S.C. § 5508
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73