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H.R. 1374: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017

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H.R. 1374: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-07 · Law · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017

Plain summary

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017 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. The validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Nothing in this bill applies to arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations, except that no such arbitration provision shall have the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.

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Official text

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · 82 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY) and 22 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] reported raising $514,399 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1374 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115