“A bill to amend title 9, United States Code, with respect to arbitration of disputes involving race discrimination.”
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This section amends the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9, U.S. Code) to add a new chapter 5 declaring that, at the election of the claimant (or class/collective action representative), no predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver is valid or enforceable in a race discrimination dispute filed under Federal, Tribal, State, or local law. (Race discrimination dispute means a dispute alleging discrimination—including harassment—or retaliation based on race, color, or national origin.) Applicability of the chapter, including to arbitration agreements, is determined by a court under Federal law rather than an arbitrator. The section also makes conforming amendments to FAA sections 2, 208, and 307 and the table of chapters to reference chapter 5.