Requests the President to place in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, a memorial cairn honoring the victims of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.
[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.J. Res. 240 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 240
To authorize the placement of a memorial cairn in Arlington National
Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, to honor the 270 victims of the
terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 27, 1993
Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Sangmeister, Mr. Evans, Mr. Walsh, Mr.
Gutierrez, and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following joint resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the placement of a memorial cairn in Arlington National
Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, to honor the 270 victims of the
terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
Whereas Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb during the flight over
Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988;
Whereas 270 persons from 21 countries were killed in this terrorist bombing;
Whereas 189 of those killed were citizens of the United States including the
following citizens from 21 States, the District of Columbia, and United
States citizens living abroad:
Arkansas: Frederick Sanford Phillips;
California: Jerry Don Avritt, Surinder Mohan Bhatia, Stacie Denise
Franklin, Matthew Kevin Gannon, Paul Isaac Garrett, Barry Joseph
Valentino, Jonathan White;
Colorado: Steven Lee Butler;
Connecticut: Scott Marsh Cory, Patricia Mary Coyle, Shannon Davis,
Turhan Ergin, Thomas Britton Schultz, Amy Elizabeth Shapiro;
District of Columbia: Nicholas Andreas Vrenios;
Florida: John Binning Cummock;
Illinois: Janina Jozefa Waido;
Kansas: Lloyd David Ludlow;
Maryland: Michael Stuart Bernstein, Jay Joseph Kingham, Karen
Elizabeth Noonan, Anne Lindsey Otenasek, Anita Lynn Reeves, Louise Ann
Rogers, George Watterson Williams, Miriam Luby Wolfe;
Massachusetts: Julian MacBain Benello, Nicole Elise Boulanger,
Nicholas Bright, Gary Leonard Colasanti, Joseph Patrick Curry, Mary
Lincoln Johnson, Julianne Frances Kelly, Wendy Anne Lincoln, Daniel
Emmett O'Connor, Sarah Susannah Buchanan Philipps, James Andrew Campbell
Pitt, Cynthia Joan Smith, Thomas Edwin Walker;
Michigan: Lawrence Ray Bennett, Diane Boatman-Fuller, James Ralph
Fuller, Kenneth James Gibson, Pamela Elaine Herbert, Khalid Nazir
Jaafar, Gregory Kosmowski, Louis Anthony Marengo, Anmol Rattan, Garima
Rattan, Suruchi Rattan, Mary Edna Smith, Arva Anthony Thomas, Jonathan
Ryan Thomas, Lawanda Thomas;
Minnesota: Philip Vernon Bergstrom;
New Hampshire: Stephen John Boland, James Bruce MacQuarrie;
New Jersey: Thomas Joseph Ammerman, Michael Warren Buser, Warren Max
Buser, Frank Ciulla, Eric Michael Coker, Jason Michael Coker, William
Allan Daniels, Gretchen Joyce Dater, Michael Joseph Doyle, John Patrick
Flynn, Kenneth Raymond Garczynski, William David Giebler, Roger Elwood
Hurst, Robert Van Houten Jeck, Timothy Baron Johnson, Patricia Ann
Klein, Robert Milton Leckburg, Alexander Lowenstein, Richard Paul
Monetti, Martha Owens, Sarah Rebecca Owens, Laura Abigail Owens, Robert
Plack Owens, William Pugh, Diane Marie Rencevicz, Saul Mark Rosen,
Irving Stanley Sigal, Elia Stratis, Alexia Kathryn Tsairis, Raymond
Ronald Wagner, Dedera Lynn Woods, Chelsea Marie Woods, Joe Nathan Woods,
Joe Nathan Woods, Jr.;
New York: John Michael Gerard Ahern, Rachel Maria Asrelsky, Harry
Michael Bainbridge, Kenneth John Bissett, Paula Marie Bouckley, Colleen
Renee Brunner, Gregory Capasso, Richard Anthony Cawley, Theodora Eugenia
Cohen, Joyce Christine Dimauro, Edgar Howard Eggleston III, Arthur
Fondiler, Robert Gerard Fortune, Amy Beth Gallagher, Andre Nikolai
Guevorgian, Lorraine Buser Halsch, Lynne Carol Hartunian, Katherine
Augusta Hollister, Melina Kristina Hudson, Karen Lee Hunt, Kathleen Mary
Jermyn, Christopher Andrew Jones, William Chase Leyrer, William Edward
Mack, Elizabeth Lillian Marek, Daniel Emmet McCarthy, Suzanne Marie
Miazga, Joseph Kenneth Miller, Jewell Courtney Mitchell, Eva Ingeborg
Morson, John Mulroy, Mary Denice O'Neill, Robert Italo Pagnucco,
Christos Michael Papadopoulos, David Platt, Walter Leonard Porter,
Pamela Lynn Posen, Mark Alan Rein, Andrea Victoria Rosenthal, Daniel
Peter Rosenthal, Joan Sheanshang, Martin Bernard Carruthers Simpson,
James Alvin Smith, James Ralph Stow, Mark Lawrence Tobin, David William
Trimmer-Smith, Asaad Eidi Vejdany, Kesha Weedon, Jerome Lee Weston,
Bonnie Leigh Williams, Brittany Leigh Williams, Eric Jon Williams,
Stephanie Leigh Williams, Mark James Zwynenburg;
North Dakota: Steven Russell Berrell;
Ohio: John David Akerstrom, Shanti Dixit, Douglas Eugene Malicote,
Wendy Gay Malicote, Peter Raymond Peirce, Michael Pescatore, Peter
Vulcu;
Pennsylvania: Martin Lewis Apfelbaum, Timothy Michael Cardwell,
David Scott Dornstein, Anne Madelene Gorgacz, Linda Susan Gordon-
Gorgacz, Loretta Anne Gorgacz, David J. Gould, Rodney Peter Hilbert,
Beth Ann Johnson, Robert Eugene McCollum, Elyse Jeanne Saraceni, Scott
Christopher Saunders;
Rhode Island: Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, Robert Thomas Schlageter;
Texas: Willis Larry Coursey, Michael Gary Stinnett, Charlotte Ann
Stinnett, Stacey Leanne Stinnett;
Virginia: Ronald Albert Lariviere, Charles Dennis McKee;
West Virginia: Valerie Canady;
United States Citizens Living Abroad: Sarah Margaret Aicher, Judith
Bernstein Atkinson, William Garretson Atkinson III, Noelle Lydie Berti,
Charles Thomas Fisher IV, Lilibeth Tobila Macalolooy, Diane Marie
Maslowski, Jane Susan Melber, Jane Ann Morgan, Sean Kevin Mulroy,
Jocelyn Reina, Myra Josephine Royal, Irja Syhnove Skabo, Milutin
Velimirovich;
Whereas 15 active duty members and at least 10 veterans of the United States
Armed Forces and members of their families were among those who lost
their lives in this tragedy;
Whereas the terrorist bombing of Flight 103 was unquestionably an attack on the
United States;
Whereas a memorial cairn honoring the victims of the bombing of Flight 103 has
been donated to the people of the United States by the people of
Scotland;
Whereas a small, vacant plot of land, unsuitable for gravesites, has been
located in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia; and
Whereas Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, is a fitting and
appropriate place for a memorial in honor of those who perished in the
Flight 103 bombing: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is
authorized and requested to place in Arlington National Cemetery,
Arlington, Virginia, a memorial cairn, donated by the people of
Scotland, honoring the 270 victims of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am
Flight 103 who died on December 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1900)
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs.
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