22 USC § 5508 - Assessment of Lockerbie experience

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s5508"
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title: "22 USC § 5508 - Assessment of Lockerbie experience"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "5508"
section_name: "Assessment of Lockerbie experience"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO TERRORISM AFFECTING AMERICANS ABROAD"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 209, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3085.)"
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# § 5508. Assessment of Lockerbie experience

**(a)** **Assessment** December 21, 1988

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 .

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 209, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3085.)