Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 64 — United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad
§ 5508. Assessment of Lockerbie experience
Statutory text
Assessment
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 .
Guidelines
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.
Legislative history
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Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–604 title II § 209 · 104 Stat. 3066
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5508
(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 209, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3085.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 209, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3085.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 209. ASSESSMENT OF LOCKERBIE EXPERIENCE. (a) Assessment.— 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) Guidelines.— 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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