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HR 4570 115th Congress House Law Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Employment discrimination and employee rights Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act

Introduced: December 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Dec 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 6, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act

This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a sex discrimination dispute.

What's happening now January 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2203 Related bill Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017
  • HR 4734 Related bill Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Dec 7, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 6, 2017
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Dec 6, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4570: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4570/
MLA
"H.R. 4570: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4570/.
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H.R. 4570, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4570/.
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