H.R. 1020 - Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009
- Sponsor:
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Summary:
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009
H.R. 1020 — 111th Congress (2009–2010)
- Keywords
- Arbitration, Legal, Law, Justice
- Summary
- (By CRS) 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. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration.
- Other Titles
- Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009
- Sponsor
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Co-Sponsors
- Laura Richardson
- Tim Ryan
- Ciro Rodriguez
- Gwen Moore
- Edward J. Markey
- Fortney Pete Stark
- Bob Filner
- Timothy H. Bishop
- André Carson
- Zachary Space
- Donna M. Christensen
- James R. Langevin
- Brad Miller
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- David Loebsack
- Dennis J. Kucinich
- Ben Chandler
- Joe Courtney
- Daniel B. Maffei
- Alan Grayson
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Jerrold Nadler
- Gerald E. Connolly
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Paul Kanjorski
- Gene Green
- Kendrick Meek
- James P. McGovern
- John F. Tierney
- Betty McCollum
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Lynn C. Woolsey
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Barbara Lee
- Chellie Pingree
- Barney Frank
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Hall
- William Delahunt
- Maxine Waters
- Phil Hare
- Anthony Weiner
- Al Green
- Michael Arcuri
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- Marcia L. Fudge
- Bobby L. Rush
- Nita M. Lowey
- Lloyd Doggett
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- José E. Serrano
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Robert Wexler
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Melvin L. Watt
- Wm. Lacy Clay
- John Barrow
- Russ Carnahan
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Allyson Y. Schwartz
- Judy Chu
- Keith Ellison
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
- Michael E. Capuano
- Chris Van Hollen
- Niki Tsongas
- Adam Smith
- Joe Baca
- Danny K. Davis
- Pedro R. Pierluisi
- David E. Price
- Betty Sutton
- John P. Sarbanes
- Martin Heinrich
- Norman D. Dicks
- Bart Stupak
- Michael M. Honda
- Brian Higgins
- Robert A. Brady
- Paul Hodes
- Eddie Bernice Johnson
- Ed Pastor
- John Murtha
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Earl Blumenauer
- Jerry McNerney
- Leonard L. Boswell
- Timothy J. Walz
- John Lewis
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Diana DeGette
- Charles A. Gonzalez
- Ike Skelton
- Linda T. Sánchez
- Howard L. Berman
- Bruce L. Braley
- Chaka Fattah
- Luis V. Gutiérrez
- Michael F. Doyle
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Henry A. Waxman
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- Donald Payne
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Peter A. DeFazio
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Zoe Lofgren
- Bennie G. Thompson
- Peter J. Visclosky
- George Miller
- Patrick Murphy
- Steven C. LaTourette
- Subjects
- Law
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Consumer affairs
- Contracts and agency
- Labor-management relations
- Retail and wholesale trades
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- Major Actions
Introduced 2/12/2009 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 2/12/2009 2/12/2009 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 3/16/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. 6/21/2010 Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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