2014 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking (Sections 1 - 5710)
Chapter 53 - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection (Sections 5301 - 5641)
Subchapter V - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Sections 5481 - 5603)
Part B - General Powers of the Bureau (Sections 5511 - 5519)
Sec. 5518 - Authority to restrict mandatory pre-dispute arbitration
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING CHAPTER 53 - WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER V - BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION Part B - General Powers of the Bureau Sec. 5518 - Authority to restrict mandatory pre-dispute arbitration |
Contains | section 5518 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-203, title X, §1028, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2003. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 2003 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-203 |
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The Bureau shall conduct a study of, and shall provide a report to Congress concerning, the use of agreements providing for arbitration of any future dispute between covered persons and consumers in connection with the offering or providing of consumer financial products or services.
(b) Further authorityThe Bureau, by regulation, may prohibit or impose conditions or limitations on the use of an agreement between a covered person and a consumer for a consumer financial product or service providing for arbitration of any future dispute between the parties, if the Bureau finds that such a prohibition or imposition of conditions or limitations is in the public interest and for the protection of consumers. The findings in such rule shall be consistent with the study conducted under subsection (a).
(c) LimitationThe authority described in subsection (b) may not be construed to prohibit or restrict a consumer from entering into a voluntary arbitration agreement with a covered person after a dispute has arisen.
(d) Effective dateNotwithstanding any other provision of law, any regulation prescribed by the Bureau under subsection (b) shall apply, consistent with the terms of the regulation, to any agreement between a consumer and a covered person entered into after the end of the 180-day period beginning on the effective date of the regulation, as established by the Bureau.
(Pub. L. 111–203, title X, §1028, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2003.)
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1029A of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 5511 of this title.
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