HR 2087 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015

Introduced Apr 29, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 26, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 29, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015

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.

Cosponsors 86

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 29, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016; 67 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-TXGene GreenOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAKaren BassOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CALois CappsOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CASam FarrOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-OHTim RyanOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalApr 29, 2015
D-NCDavid E. PriceSep 17, 2015
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.Sep 17, 2015
D-CTElizabeth H. EstySep 17, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonSep 17, 2015
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezSep 17, 2015
D-INPeter J. ViscloskySep 17, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOct 20, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierDec 9, 2015
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroDec 9, 2015
D-OHMarcy KapturDec 18, 2015
D-NYEliot L. EngelMar 1, 2016
D-TNSteve CohenMar 1, 2016
D-ILTammy DuckworthMay 23, 2016
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanMay 26, 2016
D-FLGwen GrahamMay 26, 2016
D-PARobert A. BradyJun 7, 2016
D-TXRuben HinojosaJun 7, 2016
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickJun 20, 2016
D-WAAdam SmithNov 14, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Apr 29, 2015
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee
Referred Jun 26, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  2. Apr 29, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Apr 29, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E533Keith Ellison D-MNApr 20, 2016
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E511Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VAApr 19, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H1722, H1725, H1727Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Joseph P. Kennedy III D-MA, Matt Cartwright D-PAApr 14, 2016

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 63, April 29, 2015, page H2654.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 114-52FOOD WASTE FROM FIELD TO TABLE160 pagesAgriculture CommitteeMay 25, 2016

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1133Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015Identical billApr 29, 2015
HR 1374Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017Reintroduced BillMar 17, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
Short Titles as Introduced
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 29, 2015Introduced in House

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