Title 9 — Arbitration
Chapter 2 — Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
§ 202. Agreement or award falling under the Convention
Statutory text
An arbitration agreement or arbitral award arising out of a legal relationship, whether contractual or not, which is considered as commercial, including a transaction, contract, or agreement described in section 2 of this title, falls under the Convention. An agreement or award arising out of such a relationship which is entirely between citizens of the United States shall be deemed not to fall under the Convention unless that relationship involves property located abroad, envisages performance or enforcement abroad, or has some other reasonable relation with one or more foreign states. For the purpose of this section a corporation is a citizen of the United States if it is incorporated or has its principal place of business in the United States.
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.
Pub. L. 91–368 § 1 · 84 Stat. 692
Enacted · 9 U.S.C. § 202
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 692.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 692.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the entry into force of the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards with respect to the United States (), see section 4 of Pub. L. 91–368, set out as a note under section 201 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, , 84 Stat. 692.)