12 2 STA T . 2 9 99 PUBLIC LA W 11 0–3 01 — AU G . 4, 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–3 01 110 thCongres s A n Act Tores o lv e p e ndi n gc l a i m s agains tL i by aby U nited S tates nationals , and f or ot h er p u rposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ L ibya nCl aims R es o l u tion Act ’ ’ . SEC. 2 . D E F INITIONS. I n this Act —(1) the te r m ‘‘a p propriate con g ressional committees’’ means the Committee on F oreign Relations and the Committee on the J udiciary o f the S enate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the H ouse of Representati v es
( 2 ) the term ‘‘claims agreement’’ means an international agreement bet w een the U nited States and Libya , binding under international law, that provides for the settlement of terrorism - related claims of nationals of the United States against Libya through fair compensation; ( 3 ) the term ‘‘national of the United States’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1 0 1(a)(22) of the Immigra- tion and N ationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)); ( 4 ) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of State; and ( 5 ) the term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the government of which the Secretary has determined, for purposes of section 6 ( j ) of the Ex port Administration Act of 1 97 9 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or any other provi- sion of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. SEC. 3 . SENSE OF CON G RESS. Congress supports the P resident in his efforts to provide fair compensation to all nationals of the United States who have ter- rorism-related claims against Libya through a comprehensive settle- ment of claims by such nationals against Libya pursuant to an international agreement between the United States and Libya as a part of the process of restoring normal relations between Libya and the United States. 28USC1605Anote. 28 USC 1605A note. 28 USC 1605A note. Libya nC l ai msR esol u tion A c t. Au g . 4, 2008 [ S. 3 3 7 0 ]
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