HR 515 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

Introduced Feb 5, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Steve Israel D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2013 to Jul 31, 2014, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalFeb 5, 2013
D-INAndré CarsonFeb 8, 2013
D-COJared PolisFeb 8, 2013
D-CAKaren BassFeb 8, 2013
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyFeb 15, 2013
D-AZEd PastorFeb 15, 2013
D-NJRush HoltFeb 15, 2013
D-MNKeith EllisonFeb 25, 2013
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeApr 9, 2013
Show all 43 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Feb 5, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 5, 2013Referred 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 226Parental Bereavement Act of 2013Related billFeb 4, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2013Introduced in House

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