Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 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.
- IntroducedMay 12, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Parental Bereavement Act of 2015 or the 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 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2015 to Sep 20, 2016; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | May 12, 2015 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 18, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jun 4, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jul 20, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Jul 20, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jul 31, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Sep 28, 2015 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 28, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Feb 24, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Sep 20, 2016 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 12, 2015 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2015 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 12, 2015 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred May 12, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- May 12, 2015Introduced in House
- May 12, 2015Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 72, May 12, 2015, page H2878.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44693 | Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): Proposed Legislation in the 114th Congress | Report | Feb 9, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 473 | SONG Act | Related bill | Feb 12, 2015 |
| S 1302 | Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act | Identical bill | May 12, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act
- Parental Bereavement Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
