 In November 2015, Albanese introduced the Albanian Heritage Month Act as a Private Members’ Bill.It did not receive royal assent during the legislative session and needed to be reintroduced as early as Fall 2016 although Albanese could no longer introduce PMBs as a newly appointed Minister.The bill was introduced and passed in the Fall 2016 session by her Parliamentary Assistant, Dr. Shafiq Qaadri  but she was credited in bringing the legislation forward with the 2017 ACE Contribution to Albanian Community Award.