# 114-hr-2260: Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

114-hr-2260, Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2260
- Congress: 114
- Title: Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Introduced: 2015-05-12
- Sponsor: STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 47
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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)

- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2015-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2015-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10] (R-IL), 2015-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2015-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2015-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2015-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2015-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2015-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2015-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2016-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2260 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2260)

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