Title 9 — Arbitration
Chapter 1 — General Provisions
§ 2. Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate
Statutory text
A written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract or transaction, or the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in writing to submit to arbitration an existing controversy arising out of such a contract, transaction, or refusal, shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract or as otherwise provided in chapter 4.
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.
9 U. S. C., § —
Pub. L. 80–392 · 61 Stat. 669
Enacted · 9 U.S.C. § 2
July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–90 § 2(b)(1)(A) · 136 Stat. 26
Inserted · 9 U.S.C. § 2
Pub. L. 117–90 inserted “or as otherwise provided in chapter 4” before period at end
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 117–90 inserted “or as otherwise provided in chapter 4” before period at end.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) in section 2, by inserting “or as otherwise provided in chapter 4” before the period at the end;Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–90 applicable with respect to any dispute or claim that arises or accrues on or after Mar. 3, 2022, see section 3 of Pub. L. 117–90, set out as an Effective Date note under section 401 of this title.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Derivation
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 2, 43 Stat. 883.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–90 inserted “or as otherwise provided in chapter 4” before period at end.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2022 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–90 applicable with respect to any dispute or claim that arises or accrues on or after , see section 3 of Pub. L. 117–90, set out as an Effective Date note under section 401 of this title.
Credits
1947–2022 · 2 acts
- 1947July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670
- 2022Pub. L. 117–90, § 2(b)(1)(A), , 136 Stat. 27.
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(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670; Pub. L. 117–90, § 2(b)(1)(A), , 136 Stat. 27.)