[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3585]
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  SA 6455. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.

       Section 6329d(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting ``, including any instance of the 
     natural or spontaneous loss of an unborn child, such as 
     through miscarriage, stillbirth, or a loss that occurs due to 
     a medical intervention for a pregnancy emergency, such as the 
     treatment of an ectopic pregnancy'' after ``of the 
     employee''.
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