US Congress House Bill 1844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 81-1)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that 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. Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, 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.

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
2013-05-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2013-05-07	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2448)

SB878 (Same As) 2013-12-17 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-373.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1844/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1844/BILLS-113hr1844ih.pdf