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S 1358 112th Congress Senate

Parental Bereavement Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter.

Introduced: October 11, 2011 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Employee leaveFamily relationshipsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Jul 13, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 13, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 13, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Parental Bereavement Act of 2011 - 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.

Allows such an employee to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay.

Applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6673 Related bill Sarah Grace Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 11, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1358: Parental Bereavement Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1358/
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"S. 1358: Parental Bereavement Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1358/.
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S. 1358, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1358/.
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