SENATE 528115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act
- Last Action
- 3/6/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-06Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2017-03-06Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-06 (00)
Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 or the Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act
This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter.
Such an employee may substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay.
The bill applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.
Cosponsors (15)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Al Franken (D-MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Subjects
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee leave
- Family relationships
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
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