S. 528: Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-06 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

Plain summary

Parental Bereavement Act of 2017 or the Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act This bill 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. Such an employee may substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay. The bill applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.

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Official text

Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 15 cosponsors

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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s528.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s528 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115