2016 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part I - The Agencies Generally
Chapter 5 - Administrative Procedure
Subchapter IV - Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution in the Administrative Process
Sec. 576 - Enforcement of arbitration agreements

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 576 (2016)
Section Name §576. Enforcement of arbitration agreements
Section Text

An agreement to arbitrate a matter to which this subchapter applies is enforceable pursuant to section 4 of title 9, and no action brought to enforce such an agreement shall be dismissed nor shall relief therein be denied on the grounds that it is against the United States or that the United States is an indispensable party.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–552, §4(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2742, §586; renumbered §576, Pub. L. 102–354, §3(b)(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section 576 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, was transferred to section 2260 of Title 7, Agriculture, and subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 107–171, title X, §10418(a)(3), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 507.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 576 was renumbered section 596 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1992—Pub. L. 102–354 renumbered section 586 of this title as this section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART I - THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
SUBCHAPTER IV - ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS
Sec. 576 - Enforcement of arbitration agreements
Contains section 576
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 104 Stat. 2742
106 Stat. 944
116 Stat. 507
Public Law References Public Law 101-552, Public Law 102-354, Public Law 107-171
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