Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
Proposed law banning most pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act is proposed legislation in the US Congress. The comprehensive legislation would prohibit pre-dispute, forced arbitration agreements from being valid or enforceable if it requires forced arbitration of an employment, consumer, or civil rights claim against a corporation.[1]
Long title | To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration. |
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Announced in | the 118th United States Congress |
Number of co-sponsors | 100 |
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The bill was introduced in the 116th Congress as H.R. 1423[1] and S. 610.[2] The bill's sponsors include Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Similar versions of this bill were previously introduced in the 115th United States Congress as H.R. 1374 [3] and S. 2591.[4] The FAIR Act passed the House of Representatives on September 20, 2019, by a vote of 225 to 186.[5]
Blumenthal re-introduced the FAIR Act in the 117th Congress due to the FAIR Act not passing the Senate in the 116th Congress. The Senate version of the bill, S.505, has 39 cosponsors, all of them being Democrats.[6]