This Act directs the Secretary of State to prepare and submit a report, within 180 days of the law taking effect, on the treatment of ethnic minorities in Serbia. The report must be sent to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It lists specific topics to investigate in the Preshevo (Presevo) Valley area, including the reported deactivation of registered addresses (called "passivation"), possible impacts on renewing identity documents and voting, representation of ethnic Albanians in public institutions, recognition of diplomas from Kosovo, use of the Albanian language in public documents and institutions, access to Albanian-language school textbooks, levels of central government grants to majority-Albanian municipalities, use of police against local ethnic Albanians, support for Albanian-language media and culture, possible mandatory military service for ethnic Albanians, and whether steps are being taken that could increase poverty or make life unsustainable for ethnic Albanians in the area. The report must be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex if needed.
This bill does not itself change services, benefits, or legal rights for people. It requires the State Department to investigate and report to two congressional committees about many specific concerns raised for ethnic Albanians in the Preshevo Valley. The report could inform future congressional or executive actions, but the bill only creates a reporting requirement.
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No publicly available information in the bill text about proponents' detailed statements or arguments. Sponsors listed in the bill metadata are Keith Self and Eugene Vindman.
No publicly available information in the bill text about opponents' detailed statements or arguments. The bill status metadata shows it was ordered to be reported by a recorded vote of 44 to 3.