I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6673 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave 
because of the death of a son or daughter. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2012 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was 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 pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee 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. 
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 2012’’ or the ‘‘Sarah Grace Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. FAMILY LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF A SON 
OR DAUGHTER. 
(a) FAMILY LEAVE.— 
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(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: 
‘‘(F) Because of the death of a son or 
daughter.’’. 
(2) 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)(F) 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 (F)’’. 
(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: 
‘‘(4) NOTICE FOR LEAVE DUE TO DEATH OF A 
SON OR DAUGHTER.—In any case in which the ne-
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cessity for leave under subsection (a)(1)(F) 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 (F)’’. 
(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)(F) 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— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by insert-
ing before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, 
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after ‘‘medical treatment’’ the 
following: ‘‘, or under section 
102(a)(1)(F) that is foresee-
able,’’; and 
(bb) in subparagraph (A), 
by inserting after ‘‘to exceed’’ the 
following: ‘‘(except in the case of 
leave 
under 
section 
102(a)(1)(F))’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘section 102(e)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 
102(e), as applicable’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (d), in paragraph (2) 
and (3), by striking ‘‘or (C)’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘(C), or (F)’’. 
(b) FAMILY LEAVE FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOY-
EES.— 
(1) 
ENTITLEMENT
TO
LEAVE.—Section 
6382(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) Because of the death of a son or daugh-
ter.’’. 
(2) 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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