I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5031 
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 
AUGUST 13, 2021 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. BEYER, and Mr. 
HILL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight 
and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions 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 2021’’ or the ‘‘Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FAMILY LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF A SON 
OR DAUGHTER. 
(a) FAMILY LEAVE.— 
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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)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘medical treatment’’ the following: ‘‘, 
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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)’’. 
(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.— 
(A) SCHEDULE.—Section 6382(b)(1) of 
such title is amended by inserting after the 
third sentence the following new sentence: 
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‘‘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 
the Office of Personnel Management may by regulation 
prescribe. If the Office issues a regulation requiring such 
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certification, the employee shall provide, in a timely man-
ner, a copy of such certification to the employer.’’. 
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