HR 2969
109th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Collective bargaining
Employee rights
Industrial arbitration
Industrial relations
Labor contracts
Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2005
Introduced: June 17, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jul 1, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jun 17, 2005
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 17, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Arbitration Act to modify the definition of commerce so as to exclude employment contracts from arbitration provisions (currently, employment contracts of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce are excluded).
Makes arbitration clauses in employment contracts unenforceable, with exceptions for: (1) consent by the involved parties after a claim arises; and (2) enforcement of rights or terms of collective bargaining agreements.
Provides that this Act shall apply to existing and future employment contracts.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Cosponsors
1