[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4181 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4181

 To amend title 9, United States Code, to exclude employment contracts 
                and employment disputes from such title.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2012

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 9, United States Code, to exclude employment contracts 
                and employment disputes from such title.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 9.

    Title 9, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 1, by striking ``of seamen,'' and all that 
        follows through ``interstate commerce''; and
            (2) in section 2--
                    (A) by striking ``A written provision'' and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(a) A written provision''; and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (a), the 
                following new subsections:
    ``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no 
predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it 
requires arbitration of an employment dispute. The term `employment 
dispute' means a dispute between an employer and employee arising out 
of the relationship of employer and employee.
    ``(c) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any arbitration 
provision in a contract between an employer and a labor organization, 
except that no such arbitration provision shall have the effect of 
waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a 
right arising under a provision of the Constitution of the United 
States, a State constitution, or a Federal or State statute, or public 
policy arising therefore.''.
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