5 USC § 6329d - Parental bereavement leave

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s6329d"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 6329d - Parental bereavement leave"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "6329d"
section_name: "Parental bereavement leave"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "LEAVE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "OTHER PAID LEAVE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XI, § 1111(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1953.)"
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# § 6329d. Parental bereavement leave

**(a)** **Definitions.—** In this section—

**(1)** the terms “employee” and “son or daughter” have the meanings given those terms in section 6381; and

**(2)** the term “paid leave” means, with respect to an employee, leave without loss of or reduction in—

**(A)** pay;

**(B)** leave to which the employee is otherwise entitled under law; or

**(C)** credit for time or service.

**(b)** **Bereavement Leave.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an employee shall be entitled to a total of 2 administrative workweeks of paid leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter of the employee.

**(2)** **Limitation.—** Leave under paragraph (1) may not be taken by an employee intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule unless the employee and the employing agency of the employee agree otherwise.

**(3)** **Notice.—** In any case in which the necessity for leave under this subsection is foreseeable, the employee shall provide the employing agency with such notice as is reasonable and practicable.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XI, § 1111(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1953.)