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In January, 2011, two grieving parents, Kelly Farley of Chicago and Barry Kluger, of Scottsdale, Arizona, began a national petition to urge Congress to amend the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993.(www.farleykluger.com) In Summer of 2011, Sen.Jon Tester (D-MT), inspired by signatures and letters received from the Farley-Kluger Initiative Petition, introduced S1358, The Parental Bereavement Act of 2011 and it currently sits in Committee in the Senate. The Farley-Kluger Initiative has received major media coverage and as of May 7, 2012, had more than 36,000 petitions sent.