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Bereavement leave for a member of the Armed Forces in the case of a loss of pregnancy or stillbirth

Division A · Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS · Subtitle C: Leave

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Members of the Armed Forces are allowed bereavement leave not only for the death of an immediate family member but also in the event of a pregnancy loss or stillbirth experienced by the member or their spouse. This expands the reasons for which service members can take bereavement leave.

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Section Text · Sec. 623.
(1)

by striking the death of an immediate family member. and inserting an em dash; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following new clauses:

(i)

the death of an immediate family member; or

(ii)

the loss of a pregnancy or a stillbirth by such member or the spouse of such member.