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HR 515 113th Congress House Labor and Employment Employee leave Family relationships Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Teaching, teachers, curricula

Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

Introduced: February 5, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Apr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 5, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 5, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Parental Bereavement Act of 2013 or Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act - 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.

What's happening now April 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 226 Related bill Parental Bereavement Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 13 Republican 1
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 26, 2014
Lipinski, Daniel
· Apr 8, 2014
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 3, 2014
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Apr 3, 2014
Delaney, John
· Apr 3, 2014
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 6, 2014
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jan 7, 2014
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Dec 3, 2013
LOWEY, NITA
· Jun 10, 2013
Esty, Elizabeth
· May 3, 2013
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 3, 2013
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 3, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 26, 2013
Tsongas, Niki
· Apr 26, 2013
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Apr 25, 2013
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Apr 12, 2013
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Apr 9, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Feb 25, 2013
MCCARTHY, CAROLYN
· Feb 15, 2013
PASTOR, ED
· Feb 15, 2013
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 8, 2013
Polis, Jared
· Feb 8, 2013
CLAY, WM.
· Feb 5, 2013
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 5, 2013
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 5, 2013
SERRANO, JOSE
· Feb 5, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 515: Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-515/
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"H.R. 515: Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-515/.
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H.R. 515, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-515/.
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