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H.R. 1423

Referred to Committee

FAIR Act

Introduced 2/28/2019•116th Congress•House

Latest Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

9/24/2019 • Senate

Summary

Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act or the FAIR Act

This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.

Passed House • 9/20/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Law
Age discriminationAlternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustConsumer creditDisability and health-based discriminationEmployment discrimination and employee rightsHousing discriminationLabor-management relationsRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationVoting rights

Amendments (2)

This bill has 2 amendments proposed or adopted.

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Sponsor & Cosponsors (223)

Party Breakdown

222
Democrats
1
Republicans
0
Independents

Sponsor

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Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]

Democrat • GA-4

Sponsored 2/28/2019

Cosponsors (222)

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Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]

D-CA-37

Joined 2/28/2019

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Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]

D-OR-3

Joined 2/28/2019

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Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

D-OR-1

Joined 2/28/2019

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Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]

D-PA-2

Joined 2/28/2019