[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 27 (Thursday, February 10, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S642-S643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 ENDING FORCED ARBITRATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARRASSMENT ACT

  Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam President, I want to be clear, there is 
nothing in the bill requiring any court to adopt new dismissal 
mechanisms for victims' claims. How and when a case moves forward is by 
virtue of current existing State or Federal law. There is no new 
mechanism in this bill to allow for dismissal, and there is no reason 
to require victims to have to prove a sexual assault or harassment 
claim prior to trial or have it go back through a forced arbitration 
process. Civil assault and battery claims are very difficult to prove 
under especially arcane State laws. But this bill allows any conduct 
alleging a violation of those laws, and any claims related to such 
conduct, to move forward together in one case.

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