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H.R. 1020 (111th)

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009

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Introduced

12 February 2009

Last action

21 June 2010 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.

Sponsors

Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

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Summary

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of: (1) an employment, consumer, or franchise dispute, or (2) a dispute arising under any statute intended to protect civil rights. Declares, further, that the validity or 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. Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements.

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Timeline

  1. 12 February 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 12 February 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 February 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 March 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

    Source: Committee

  5. 21 June 2010

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.

    Source: Committee

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