Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act

FAIR Act of 2023
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleTo amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
Announced inthe 118th United States Congress
Number of co-sponsors101
Legislative history

The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act is proposed legislation in the US Congress. The comprehensive legislation would prohibit pre-dispute, forced arbitration agreements from being valid or enforceable if it requires forced arbitration of an employment, consumer, or civil rights claim against a corporation.[1]

The bill was introduced in the 116th Congress as H.R. 1423[1] and S. 610.[2] The bill's sponsors include Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Similar versions of this bill were previously introduced in the 115th United States Congress as H.R. 1374 [3] and S. 2591.[4] The FAIR Act passed the House of Representatives on September 20, 2019, by a vote of 225 to 186.[5]

Blumenthal re-introduced the FAIR Act in the 117th Congress due to the FAIR Act not passing the Senate in the 116th Congress. The Senate version of the bill, S.505, has 39 cosponsors, all of them being Democrats.[6]

  1. ^ a b "H.R.1423 - FAIR Act". Congress.gov. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "S.610 - Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act". Congress.gov. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "H.R.1374 - Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017". Congress.gov. March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "S.2591 - Arbitration Fairness Act of 2018". Congress.gov. March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Actions - H.R.1423 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act". www.congress.gov. September 24, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  6. ^ Blumenthal, Richard (March 1, 2021). "Text - S.505 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act". www.congress.gov. Retrieved July 21, 2021.