Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Makes predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers unenforceable, at the election of the claimant, in disputes involving race, color, or national-origin discrimination.
Who Benefits and How
People alleging race discrimination, including harassment or retaliation, could choose to pursue claims in court rather than being forced into predispute arbitration.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Parties that rely on predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers would face more court litigation, and courts would decide enforceability questions instead of arbitrators.
Key Provisions
- Creates a new arbitration-law chapter for race discrimination disputes.
- Makes predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers unenforceable at the claimant's election.
- Requires courts rather than arbitrators to decide applicability and enforceability questions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers unenforceable, at the election of the claimant, in disputes involving race, color, or national-origin discrimination.
Key Policy Areas
Civil Rights, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Makes predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers unenforceable, at the election of the claimant, in disputes involving race, color, or national-origin discrimination.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- People alleging race, color, or national-origin discrimination
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Parties seeking to compel predispute arbitration in race discrimination disputes
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
People alleging race, color, or national-origin discrimination
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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