3.0.0 1782 2023-01-11T20:41:51Z 2023-01-11T20:41:51Z Senate S S 2007-07-12 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing ssju18 Constitution Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-12-12T15:17:04Z Referred to 2007-07-12T22:01:15Z Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 110 3010 HR 2008-07-15 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . Identical bill CRS 2007-12-12 ssju18 Constitution Subcommittee Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-396. Committee 2007-07-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9144-9145) IntroReferral 2007-07-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9144) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-07-12 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-10-04 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-10-04 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-10-31 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-11-01 False B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2007-11-06 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-09-22 False Law Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Consumer complaints Contracts Franchises (Retail trade) Labor and Employment Labor disputes Law 00 2007-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-27T21:19:40Z Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 - 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 or to regulate contracts or transactions between parties of unequal bargaining power.

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 arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements from this Act.

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