I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10405 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave 
because of the death of a son or daughter, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2024 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself, Mr. BEYER, and Mr. CASTEN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Account-
ability, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to 
provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parental Bereavement 
Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FAMILY LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF A SON 
OR DAUGHTER. 
(a) SON OR DAUGHTER.—Section 101(12) of the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2611(12)) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
clauses (i) and (ii), resepctively; 
(2) by striking ‘‘, who is—’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) who is—’’; and 
(3) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or 
‘‘(B) with respect to leave taken under sec-
tion 102(a)(1)(G), who is any years of age.’’. 
(b) FAMILY LEAVE.— 
(1) 
ENTITLEMENT
TO
LEAVE.—Section 
102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) Because of the death of a son or 
daughter.’’. 
(2) EXPIRATION
OF
ENTITLEMENT.—Section 
102(a)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(2)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under subparagraphs’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under— 
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‘‘(A) subparagraphs’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and 
‘‘(B) subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) 
for a death of a son or daughter shall expire at 
the end of the 12-month period beginning on 
the date of such death.’’. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LEAVE.— 
(A) SCHEDULE.—Section 102(b)(1) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(b)(1)) is amended by 
inserting after the third sentence the following 
new 
sentence: 
‘‘Leave 
under 
subsection 
(a)(1)(G) shall not be taken by an employee 
intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule 
unless the employee and the employer of the 
employee agree otherwise.’’. 
(B) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Sec-
tion 102(d)(2)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2612(d)(2)(B)) is amended, in the first sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘(C) or (D)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(C), (D), or (G)’’. 
(C) NOTICE.—Section 102(e) of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2612(e)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) NOTICE FOR LEAVE DUE TO DEATH OF A 
SON OR DAUGHTER.—In any case in which the ne-
cessity for leave under subsection (a)(1)(G) is fore-
seeable, the employee shall provide such notice to the 
employer as is reasonable and practicable.’’. 
(D) SPOUSES
EMPLOYED
BY
SAME
EM-
PLOYER.—Section 102(f)(1)(A) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2612(f)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (G)’’. 
(E) 
CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2613) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION RELATED TO THE DEATH OF 
A SON OR DAUGHTER.—An employer may require that a 
request for leave under section 102(a)(1)(G) be supported 
by a certification issued at such time and in such manner 
as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. If the Sec-
retary issues a regulation requiring such certification, the 
employee shall provide, in a timely manner, a copy of such 
certification to the employer.’’. 
(F) FAILURE TO RETURN FROM LEAVE.— 
Section 104(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)) 
is amended— 
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(i) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by insert-
ing before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, 
or a death that entitles the employee to 
leave under section 102(a)(1)(G)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by inserting ‘‘, or the death,’’ be-
fore ‘‘described’’; 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(III) by redesignating clause (iii) 
as clause (iv); and 
(IV) by inserting after clause (ii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) a certification that meets such 
requirements as the Secretary may by reg-
ulation prescribe, in the case of an em-
ployee unable to return to work because of 
a death specified in section 102(a)(1)(G); 
or’’. 
(G) EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES.—Section 108 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2618) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (c)(1)— 
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(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘medical treatment’’ the following: ‘‘, 
or under section 102(a)(1)(G) that is 
foreseeable,’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting after ‘‘to exceed’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(except in the case of leave 
under section 102(a)(1)(G))’’; 
(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 
‘‘section 102(e)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (2) and (4) of section 102(e), as 
applicable’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (d), in paragraph 
(2) and (3), by striking ‘‘or (C)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘(C), or 
(G)’’. 
(c) FAMILY LEAVE FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOY-
EES.— 
(1) SON OR DAUGHTER.—Section 6381(6) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, who is—’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(A) who is—’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘disability;’’ and inserting ‘‘disability; 
or 
‘‘(B) with respect to leave taken under sec-
tion 6382(a)(1)(F), who is any years of age;’’. 
(2) 
ENTITLEMENT
TO
LEAVE.—Section 
6382(a)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(F) Because of the death of a son or 
daughter.’’. 
(3) 
EXPIRATION
OF
LEAVE.—Section 
6382(a)(2) of such title is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘under subparagraph’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under— 
‘‘(A) subparagraph’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; or 
‘‘(B) subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) 
for a death of a son or daughter shall expire at 
the end of the 12-month period beginning on 
the date of such death.’’. 
(4) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LEAVE.— 
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(A) SCHEDULE.—Section 6382(b)(1) of 
such title is amended by inserting after the 
third sentence the following new sentence: 
‘‘Leave under subsection (a)(1)(F) shall not be 
taken by an employee intermittently or on a re-
duced leave schedule unless the employee and 
the employing agency of the employee agree 
otherwise.’’. 
(B) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.—Sec-
tion 6382(d) of such title is amended, in the 
first sentence, by striking ‘‘or (E)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(E), or (F)’’. 
(C) NOTICE.—Section 6382(e) of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In any case in which the necessity for 
leave under subsection (a)(1)(F) is foreseeable, the 
employee shall provide such notice to the employing 
agency as is reasonable and practicable.’’. 
(D) 
CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 6383 of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) An employing agency may require that a request 
for leave under section 6382(a)(1)(F) be supported by a 
certification issued at such time and in such manner as 
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the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation 
prescribe. If the Office issues a regulation requiring such 
certification, the employee shall provide, in a timely man-
ner, a copy of such certification to the employer.’’. 
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