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A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.

USA115th CongressS-537| Senate 
| Updated: 3/7/2017
Al Franken

Al Franken

Democratic Senator

Minnesota

Cosponsors (26)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. The validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Nothing in this bill applies to arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations, except that no such arbitration provision shall have the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 14, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-4130
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 7, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • November 14, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-4130
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Law

Related Bills

  • S 115-2591: A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
  • HR 115-1374: To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCompetition and antitrustConsumer affairsContracts and agencyLabor-management relations

A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.

USA115th CongressS-537| Senate 
| Updated: 3/7/2017
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. The validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Nothing in this bill applies to arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations, except that no such arbitration provision shall have the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 14, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-4130
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 7, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • November 14, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-4130
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Al Franken

Al Franken

Democratic Senator

Minnesota

Cosponsors (26)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Law

Related Bills

  • S 115-2591: A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
  • HR 115-1374: To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCompetition and antitrustConsumer affairsContracts and agencyLabor-management relations