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Creates a new federal leave reason and matching civil‑service leave right for employees who experience a spontaneous loss of an unborn child (or whose spouse experiences such a loss), including notice and medical‑certification rules and integration with existing FMLA paid‑leave substitution rules. Adds a new refundable federal tax credit for individuals who suffered a stillbirth in the taxable year, with documentation and identification requirements and an effective rule for taxable years beginning after enactment.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Thomas Bryant Cotton · Last progress July 23, 2025