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Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

Sec. 623 — Bereavement leave for a member of the Armed Forces in the case of a loss of pregnancy or stillbirth

TL;DR

Bereavement leave for a member of the Armed Forces in the case of a loss of pregnancy or stillbirth — amends 10 U.S.C. § 701.

Statutory text

Subsection

(l)

(1) (A) of section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(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..