303-488-3334FAA Table of Contents
- Section 1. "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title
- Section 2. Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate
- Section 3. Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration
- Section 4. Failure to arbitrate under agreement; petition to United States court having jurisdiction for order to compel arbitration; notice and service thereof; hearing and determination
- Section 5. Appointment of arbitrators or umpire
- Section 6. Application heard as motion
- Section 7. Witnesses before arbitrators; fees; compelling attendance
- Section 8. Proceedings begun by libel in admiralty and seizure of vessel or property
- Section 9. Award of arbitrators; confirmation; jurisdiction; procedure
- Section 10. Same; vacation; grounds; rehearing
- Section 11. Same; modification or correction; grounds; order
- Section 12. Notice of motions to vacate or modify; service; stay of proceedings
- Section 13. Papers filed with order on motions; judgment; docketing; force and effect; enforcement
- Section 14. Contracts not affected
- Section 15. Inapplicability of the Act of State doctrine
- Section 16. Appeals
Chapter 2. Convention On The Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards
- Section 201. Enforcement of Convention
- Section 202. Agreement or award falling under the Convention
- Section 203. Jurisdiction; amount in controversy
- Section 204. Venue
- Section 205. Removal of cases from State courts
- Section 206. Order to compel arbitration; appointment of arbitrators
- Section 207. Award of arbitrators; confirmation; jurisdiction; proceeding
- Section 208. Chapter 1; residual application
Chapter 3. Inter-American Convention On International Commercial Arbitration
- Section 301. Enforcement of Convention
- Section 302. Incorporation by reference
- Section 303. Order to compel arbitration; appointment of arbitrators; locale
- Section 304. Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral decisions and awards; reciprocity
- Section 305. Relationship between the Inter-American Convention and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958
- Section 306. Applicable rules of Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission
- Section 307. Chapter 1; residual application
Title 9, US Code, Sections 1-14 were enacted February 12, 1925, codified July 30, 1947, and amended September 3, 1954.
Chapter 2 added July 31, 1970; two new Sections were passed by the Congress in October of 1988 and renumbered on December 1, 1990.
Chapter 3 was added on August 15, 1990; and Section 10 was amended on November 15. Title 9 of the US Code as currently published by the US Government reflects the laws passed by Congress as of Feb.1, 2010.