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Read. Follow. Verify.Proposed Amendment to Expand Federal Bereavement Leave
Record date · June 24, 2026
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What This Bill Does
Senator Lankford has proposed an amendment to the 2027 defense authorization bill that would expand the definition of bereavement leave for federal employees. The change would explicitly include the loss of an unborn child, such as through miscarriage, stillbirth, or pregnancy emergencies, under the existing federal bereavement leave policy.
This amendment would change the eligibility criteria for federal employees to take bereavement leave, specifically allowing them to use this leave for the loss of an unborn child.
- Mr. Lankford is a United States Senator representing Oklahoma. context
- S. 4784 is the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, which sets policy and funding for the Department of Defense. context
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Federal employees
The amendment changes the eligibility criteria for bereavement leave for all federal employees covered under title 5 of the United States Code.
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Expansion of Bereavement Leave
The amendment seeks to codify specific pregnancy-related losses as qualifying events for federal bereavement leave, moving beyond general bereavement definitions.
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