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Title 9 — Arbitration

Chapter 1 — General Provisions

§ 15. Inapplicability of the Act of State doctrine

Statutory text

Enforcement of arbitral agreements, confirmation of arbitral awards, and execution upon judgments based on orders confirming such awards shall not be refused on the basis of the Act of State doctrine.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 100–669 § 1 · 102 Stat. 3969

    Enacted · 9 U.S.C. § 15

    (Added Pub. L. 100–669, § 1, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3969.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 100–669, § 1, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3969.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 15. Inapplicability of the Act of State doctrine “Enforcement of arbitral agreements, confirmation of arbitral awards, and execution upon judgments based on orders confirming such awards shall not be refused on the basis of the Act of State doctrine.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 100–669, § 1, , 102 Stat. 3969.)

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