,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #cb  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#c1 #bjai,mr4 ,zeldin 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,engel1 and ,ms4 ,meng7 submitted the  
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress regarding the execution-style 
murders of ,united ,states citizens     
,ylli1 ,agron1 and ,mehmet ,bytyqi in   
the ,republic of ,serbia in ,july #aiii4
  ,whereas brothers ,ylli1 ,agron1 and  
,mehmet ,bytyqi were citizens of the    
,united ,states1 born in ,chicago1      
,illinois1 to ethnic ,albanian parents  
from what is today the ,republic of     
,kosovo1 and who subsequently lived in  
,hampton ,bays1 ,new ,york2 ,whereas the
 three ,bytyqi brothers responded to the
 brutality of the conflict associated   
with ,kosovo's separation from the      
,republic of ,serbia and the ,federal   
,republic of ,yugoslavia of which       

,serbia was a constituent republic by   
joining the so-called ,atlantic ,brigade
 of the ,kosovo ,liberation ,army in    
,april #aiii2 ,whereas a                
,military-,technical ,agreement between 
the ,government of ,yugoslavia and the  
,north ,atlantic ,council came into     
effect on ,june #aj1 #aiii1 leading to a
 cessation of hostilities2 ,whereas the 
,bytyqi brothers were arrested on ,june 
#bc1 #aiii1 by ,serbian police within   
the ,federal ,republic of ,yugoslavia   
when the brothers accidently crossed    
what was then an unmarked administrative
 border while escorting an ethnic       
,romani family who had been neighbors to
 safety outside ,kosovo2 ,whereas the   
,bytyqi brothers were jailed for #ae    
days for illegal entry into the ,federal
 ,republic of ,yugoslavia in ,prokuplje1
 ,serbia1 until a judge ordered their   
release on ,july #h1 #aiii2 ,whereas    
instead of being released1 the ,bytyqi  
brothers were taken by a special        
operations unit of the ,serbian         

,ministry of ,internal ,affairs to a    
training facility near ,petrovo ,selo1  
,serbia1 where all three were executed2 
,whereas at the time of their murders1  
,ylli was #be1 ,agron was #bc1 and      
,mehmet was #ba years of age2 ,whereas  
,yugoslav ,president ,slobodan          
,milosevic was removed from office on   
,october #e1 #bjjj1 following massive   
demonstrations protesting his refusal to
 acknowledge and accept election results
 the month before2 ,whereas in the      
following years1 the political          
leadership of ,serbia has worked to     
strengthen democratic institutions1 to  
develop stronger adherence to the rule  
of law1 and to ensure respect for human 
rights and fundamental freedoms1        
including as the ,federal ,republic of  
,yugoslavia evolved into a ,state ,union
 of ,serbia and ,montenegro in ,february
 #bjjc1 which itself dissolved when both
 republics proclaimed their respective  
independence in ,june #bjjf2 ,whereas   
the ,united ,states ,embassy in         

,belgrade1 ,serbia1 was informed on     
,july #ag1 #bjja1 that the bodies of    
,ylli1 ,agron1 and ,mehmet ,bytyqi were 
found with their hands bound and gunshot
 wounds to the back of their heads1     
buried atop an earlier mass grave of    
approximately #gj bodies of murdered    
civilians from ,kosovo2 ,whereas        
,serbian authorities subsequently       
investigated but never charged those    
individuals who were part of the        
,ministry of ,internal ,affairs chain of
 command related to this crime1         
including former ,minister of ,internal 
,affairs ,vlajko ,stojilkovic1          
,assistant ,minister and ,chief of the  
,public ,security ,department ,vlastimir
 ,djordjevic1 and special operations    
training camp commander ,goran ,guri    
,radosavljevic2 ,whereas ,vlajko        
,stojilkovic died of a self-inflicted   
gunshot wound in ,april #bjjb prior to  
being transferred to the custody of the 
,international ,criminal ,tribunal for  
the former ,yugoslavia where he had been

 charged with crimes against humanity   
and violations of the laws or customs of
 war during the ,kosovo conflict2       
,whereas ,vlastimir ,djordjevic was     
arrested and transferred to the custody 
of the ,international ,criminal         
,tribunal for the former ,yugoslavia in 
,june #bjjg1 and sentenced in ,february 
#bjaa to #bg years imprisonment 7later  
reduced to #ah years7 for crimes against
 humanity and violations of the laws or 
customs of war committed during the     
,kosovo conflict2 ,whereas ,goran ,guri 
,radosavljevic is reported to reside in 
,serbia1 working as director of a       
security consulting firm in ,belgrade1  
and is a prominent member of the        
governing political party2 ,whereas the 
,secretary of ,state designated ,goran  
,radosavljevic of ,serbia under section 
#gjca7;c7 of the ,department of ,state1 
,foreign ,operations1 and ,related      
,programs ,appropriations ,act1 #bjah as
 ineligible for entry into the ,united  
,states due to his involvement in gross 

violations of human rights2 ,whereas two
 ,serbian ,ministry of ,internal        
,affairs officers1 ,sretan ,popovic and 
,milos ,stojanovic1 were charged in     
#bjjf for crimes associated with their  
involvement in the detention and        
transport of the ,bytyqi brothers from  
,prokuplje to ,petrovo ,selo1 but       
acquitted in ,may #bjab with an appeals 
court confirming the verdict in ,march  
#bjac2 ,whereas the ,serbian ,president 
,aleksandar ,vucic promised several high
 ranking ,united ,states officials to   
deliver justice in the cases of the     
deaths of ,ylli1 ,agron1 and ,mehmet    
,bytyqi2 ,whereas no individual has ever
 been found guilty for the murders of   
,ylli1 ,agron1 and ,mehmet ,bytyqi or of
 any other crimes associated with their 
deaths2 and ,whereas no individual is   
currently facing criminal charges       
regarding the murder of the ,bytyqi     
brothers despite many promises by       
,serbian officials to resolve the case3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the 

sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 those    
individuals responsible for the murders 
in ,july #aiii of ,united ,states       
citizens ,ylli1 ,agron1 and ,mehmet     
,bytyqi in ,serbia should be brought to 
justice2  7#b7 it is reprehensible that 
no individual has ever been found guilty
 for executing the ,bytyqi brothers1 or 
of any other crimes associated with     
their deaths1 and that no individual is 
even facing charges for these horrible  
crimes2  7#c7 the ,government of ,serbia
 and its relevant ministries and        
offices1 including the ,serbian ,war    
,crimes ,prosecutor's ,office1 should   
make it a priority to investigate and   
prosecute as soon as possible those     
current or former officials believed to 
be responsible for their deaths1        
directly or indirectly2  7#d7 the       
,united ,states should devote sufficient
 resources fully to assist and properly 
to monitor efforts by the ,government of
 ,serbia and its relevant ministries and
 offices to investigate and prosecute as

 soon as possible those individuals     
believed to be responsible for their    
deaths1 directly or indirectly2 and     
7#e7 progress in resolving this case1 or
 the lack thereof1 should remain a      
significant factor determining the      
further development of relations between
 the ,united ,states and the ,republic  
of ,serbia4