Parental Bereavement Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Parental Bereavement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers. The main policy domain is Social Welfare, Government Operations, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H3B685E3F4BFF4D0D9F2A268D5E894236: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parental Bereavement Act of 2026 or the Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger-Barklage Act.
- Section H233386D4312E4B7A8D02CDBE088C6EB8: 2. Family leave because of the death of a son or daughter Section 101(12) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(12)) is amended by—...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Parental Bereavement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Social Welfare, Government Operations, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, Parental Bereavement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in …
Introduced in House
Mr. Schneider (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Beyer, and Mr. …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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