FAIR Act of 2022
Latest action · Mar 21, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2021
- Passed HouseMar 17, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2022 or the FAIR Act of 2022
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.
Recorded votes 3
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 203
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2021 to Mar 8, 2022; 155 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Feb 11, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2021Markup Nov 3, 2021Reported Mar 11, 2022 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2021Discharged Nov 3, 2021 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2022 |
Actions 24
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 17, 2022Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 979. (consideration: CR H3788-3798)
- Mar 17, 2022Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 963 and H.R. 2116. The rule provides for one hour of general debate on both H.R. 963 and H.R. 2116.
- Mar 17, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 963.
- Mar 17, 2022DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 979, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Fitzgerald amendment No. 1.
In the Congressional Record 4
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3842 | Rashida Tlaib D-MI | Mar 18, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3788–H3798Text printed H3788Amendments H3797Motions H3812Recorded votes H3811, H3812, H3813Bentz motion to recommitenactFitzgerald amendment (restore parity between union and nonunion workers in certain arbitration clauses)Lists H3812, H3813Votes recorded by proxy on Bentz motion to recommit H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) ActVotes recorded by proxy on Fitzgerald amendment to H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, Cliff Bentz R-OR (motion), Dan Bishop R-NC, David N. Cicilline D-RI, Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Lizzie Fletcher D-TX, Matt Gaetz R-FL, Pramila Jayapal D-WA, Scott Fitzgerald R-WI (amendment), Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve Cohen D-TN, Susan Wild D-PA, Thomas P. Tiffany R-WI, Tom McClintock R-CA | Mar 17, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3754–H3760Text printed H3754Amendments H3758Recorded votes H3759consideration (H. Res. 979), previous questionLists H3759, H3760Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 979, consideration of H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) ActVotes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 979, consideration of H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act | Bill Johnson R-OH, Dusty Johnson R-SD, Jeff Duncan R-SC, Lance Gooden R-TX, Michelle Fischbach R-MN (amendment), Norma J. Torres D-CA | Mar 16, 2022 |
| House | Declaratory Statements H3746 | — | Mar 15, 2022 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 15, 2022CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 963, the FAIR Act of 2022As posted on the website of the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 26, February 11, 2021, page H502.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-859 | PROTECTING INVESTORS AND SAVERS: UNDERSTANDING SCAMS AND RISKS IN CRYPTO AND SECURITIES MARKETS100 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Jul 28, 2022 |
Amendments 2
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 183 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 979, the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-34 is considered adopted. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. |
| HAmdt 184 | Amendment sought to strike the carve out for unions. | Scott Fitzgerald R-WI | On agreeing to the Fitzgerald amendment (A002) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 184 - 246 (Roll no. 79). |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 505 | Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act | Related bill | Mar 1, 2021 |
| HRES 979 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 963) to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2116) to prohibit discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair. | Related bill | Mar 16, 2022 |
| HR 1423 | FAIR Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 24, 2019 |
| S 5315 | Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act | Related bill | Dec 20, 2022 |
| HR 9623 | Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act | Related bill | Dec 20, 2022 |
Titles 9
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
- FAIR Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- FAIR Act of 2022
- Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2022
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- FAIR Act of 2022
- Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2022
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2022
- FAIR Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
- Age discrimination
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Civil actions and liability
- Competition and antitrust
- Consumer credit
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Housing discrimination
- Labor-management relations
- Law
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Voting rights
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2022Referred in Senate
- Mar 17, 2022Engrossed in House
- Mar 11, 2022Reported in House
- Feb 11, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
