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Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

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

TL;DR

Amends title 10, United States Code relating to bereavement leave for a member of the armed forces in the case of a loss of pregnancy or stillbirth.

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..