I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6411 
To direct the Secretary of State to prepare a report on the treatment of 
ethnic minorities in Serbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 3, 2025 
Mr. SELF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State to prepare a report on 
the treatment of ethnic minorities in Serbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preshevo Valley Dis-
crimination Assessment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON TREATMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN 
SERBIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Foreign Af-
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fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the treat-
ment of ethnic minorities in Serbia. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) should include the following: 
(1) The deactivation of registered residences, 
referred to as ‘‘passivation’’ or ‘‘passivization’’ of 
addresses by Serbian government authorities, be-
longing to ethnic Albanians in the Preshevo Valley 
(also referred to as the ‘‘Presˇevo Valley’’, ‘‘Presheva 
Valley’’, or the ‘‘Presevo Valley’’). 
(2) If such occurrence is confirmed, whether 
such passivation is preventing ethnic Albanians from 
renewing identity documents and exercising basic 
rights that require identification, such as voting. 
(3) Whether Serbia disregards a proportional 
integration of ethnic Albanians in state and other 
public institutions. 
(4) Whether Serbia neglects or refuses to recog-
nize diplomas and degrees earned in Kosovo by Al-
banians who live in the Preshevo Valley. 
(5) Whether Serbia restricts or prohibits the 
use of the Albanian language in public institutions 
at any level or on any personal documents, including 
personal identification, driver’s licenses, health 
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cards, birth, marriage, or death certificates, particu-
larly in Serbian municipalities where most of the in-
habitants are Albanian. 
(6) Whether Serbia is preventing or hindering 
the regular and timely provision of school textbooks 
in the Albanian language to ethnic Albanian stu-
dents in the Preshevo Valley. 
(7) Whether Serbia actively opposes or dis-
regards a proportional integration of ethnic Alba-
nians in state or other public institutions. 
(8) Whether Serbia provides low amounts of 
central government grants to majority-Albanian mu-
nicipalities relative to majority-Serb municipalities, 
and whether if such grant funding adequately en-
ables local governments to maintain or build new in-
frastructure or provide other public goods as needed 
by local residents. 
(9) Whether Serbia suppresses or restricts the 
use of symbols which are a feature of one’s ethnic 
identity. 
(10) Whether Serbia uses police or any law en-
forcement forces to interrogate, threaten, and intimi-
date local ethnic Albanians without due cause or 
process. 
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(11) The level of support provided by Serbia for 
Albanian language media, press, or cultural activi-
ties. 
(12) Serbia’s consideration to implement man-
datory military service for ethnic Albanians. 
(13) Whether Serbia takes any measures to de-
liberately increase poverty or make life unsustainable 
in the Preshevo Valley for ethnic Albanians. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
should be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex if necessary. 
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