A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code regarding arbitral awards.

Summary

Requires an agreement to arbitrate to be deemed to constitute consent to proceedings to recognize, confirm, or enforce any arbitral award made pursuant to such agreement. Declares that neither the Federal act of State doctrine nor the doctrine of sovereign immunity shall constitute grounds for refusal or deferral of recognition, confirmation, or enforcement of any such arbitral award against a foreign state or an agency of a foreign state.

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Timeline

1. 18 March 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 20 March 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.

   Source: Committee

5. 28 May 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 16 November 1988

   Committee

   See S.2204.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 March 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-19] · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← A bill to implement the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration.