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S 2435 107th Congress Senate

Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2002

Official title: A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code to exclude all employment contracts from the arbitration provisions of chapter 1 of such title; and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 3, 2002 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Collective bargaining agreementsIndustrial arbitrationLabor contracts
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 1, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 1, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Arbitration Act to exclude all employment contracts from arbitration provisions (current law excludes employment contracts of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce).

Makes clauses in employment contracts that require arbitration of a dispute arising under the Constitution or U.S. laws unenforceable, with exceptions: (1) where the parties knowingly and voluntarily consent to submit a dispute to arbitration after the dispute arises; and (2) with regard to an employee or union enforcing any rights or terms of a valid collective bargaining agreement.

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 3, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2435: Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2435/
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