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HR 2882 105th Congress House

Fairness and Voluntary Arbitration Act of 1998

Official title: To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code to permit each party to certain contracts to accept or reject arbitrations as a means of settling disputes under the contracts.

Introduced: July 29, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Nov 7, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 7, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 18, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness and Voluntary Arbitration Act of 1998 - Requires each party to a sales and service contract that provides for the use of arbitration in resolving controversies to have the option to reject arbitration as the means of settling a controversy.

Requires the arbitrator, whenever arbitration is elected to settle a dispute under such a contract, to provide the parties with a written explanation of the factual and legal basis for the award.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
BUYER, STEPHEN
· Sep 23, 1998
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 29, 1998
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