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To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter. This bill entitles 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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Brad Schneider (D)*,  Don Beyer (D),  Paul Cook (R),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Paul Gosar (R),  Josh Gottheimer (D),  Josh Harder (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Denver Riggleman (R),  Greg Stanton (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Jeff Van Drew (R),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Daniel Webster (R),  Susan Wild (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (on 02/05/2019)

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