An act to provide financial assistance for the development and maintenance of effective, fair, inexpensive, and expeditious mechanisms for the resolution for minor disputes.

Summary

Dispute Resolution Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish in the Department of Justice the Dispute Resolution Program, including the Dispute Resolution Resource Center. Includes among the functions of the Center: (1) serving as an information clearinghouse for dispute resolution information; (2) providing technical assistance to State and local governments; (3) conducting research with respect to dispute resolution; (4) surveying existing dispute resolution mechanisms; and (5) identifying the types of minor civil disputes which are amenable to informal resolution. Authorizes the Attorney General to provide financial assistance to State and local governments and nonprofit organizations for improving existing dispute resolution mechanisms or establishing new mechanisms. Specifies the purposes for which such assistance may be used, including a prohibition against the use of such funds for attorneys' fees. Directs the Attorney General to submit annually to Congress a report with respect to the administration of this Act. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to hire and treat employees on the basis of individual merit, without regard to race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 13 February 1980

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 12 December 1979

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• Reported to House amended, Part II

  summary · EN · 23 October 1979

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 28 September 1979

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 5 April 1979

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 February 1979

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