S 226
113th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Parental Bereavement Act of 2013
Introduced: February 4, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 4, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Parental Bereavement Act of 2013 - 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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