The Commission has been given authority to adjudicate claims of U.S. nationals against Libya pursuant to the terms of the Claims Settlement Agreement between the United States of America and the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya of August 14, 2008, as implemented pursuant to the Libyan Claims Resolution Act, Pub. L. 110-301 and Executive Order 13477 dated October 31, 2008, and referred to the Commission by the Department of State by letters dated December 11, 2008 and January 15, 2009 pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 1623(a)(1)(c). The Commission is currently processing claims which qualify under the referral of December 11, 2008 and is receiving and processing claims under the referral of January 15, 2009.

CURRENT STATUS

 The table below provides the current status of the Commission’s work as of October 19, 2009 with regard to the aforementioned referrals.  This information will be updated approximately monthly following Commission meetings.

	December 2008 Referral	January 2009 Referral Category A	January 2009 Referral Category B	January 2009 Referral Category C	January 2009 Referral Category D	January 2009 Referral Category E	January 2009 Referral Category F
Claims Received	52	14	16	6	1	2	1
Decisions Issued	13 Awards and 12 Denials*
Value of Awards **	$39 Million*

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Fact Sheet of August 29, 2009
December 11, 2008 Referral Claim Form
December 11, 2008 Referral Claim Form Instructions
January 15, 2009 Referral Claim Form
January 15, 2009 Referral Claim Form Instructions