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9 U.S.C. § 3 — Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration
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If any suit or proceeding be brought in any of the courts of the United States upon any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for such arbitration, the court in which such suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in such suit or proceeding is referable to arbitration under such an agreement, shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the agreement, providing the applicant for the stay is not in default in proceeding with such arbitration.
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If any suit or proceeding be brought in any of the courts of the United States upon any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for such arbitration, the court in which such suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in such suit or proceeding is referable to arbitration under such an agreement, shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the agreement, providing the applicant for the stay is not in default in proceeding with such arbitration.
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**(a)** An appeal may be taken from—
(1) an order—
(A) refusing a stay of any action under [section 3 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section3&num=0&edition=prelim),
(B) denying a petition under [section 4 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section4&num=0&edition=prelim) to order arbitration to proceed,
(C) denying an application under [section 206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section206&num=0&edition=prelim) to compel arbitration,
(D) confirming or denying confirmation of an award or partial award, or
(E) modifying, correcting, or vacating an award;
(2) an interlocutory order granting, continuing, or modifying an injunction against an arbitration that is subject to this title; or
(3) a final decision with respect to an arbitration that is subject to this title.
**(b)** Except as otherwise provided in [section 1292(b) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1292/b&num=0&edition=prelim), an appeal may not be taken from an interlocutory order—
(1) granting a stay of any action under [section 3 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section3&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) directing arbitration to proceed under [section 4 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) compelling arbitration under [section 206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section206&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(4) refusing to enjoin an arbitration that is subject to this title.
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TITLE 9—ARBITRATION
§ 2
and any State or Territory or foreign nation,
but nothing herein contained shall apply to con-
tracts of employment of seamen, railroad em-
ployees, or any other class of workers engaged
in foreign or interstate commerce.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670.)
DERIVATION
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 1, 43 Stat. 883.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE OF 2022 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 117–90, § 1, Mar. 3, 2022, 136 Stat. 26, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting chapter 4 of this title,
amending sections 2, 208, and 307 of this title, and en-
acting provisions set out as a note under section 401 of
this title] may be cited as the ‘Ending Forced Arbitra-
tion of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of
2021’.’’
§ 2. Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of
agreements to arbitrate
A written provision in any maritime trans-
action or a contract evidencing a transaction in-
volving commerce to settle by arbitration a con-
troversy thereafter arising out of such contract
or transaction, or the refusal to perform the
whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in
writing to submit to arbitration an existing con-
troversy arising out of such a contract, trans-
action, or refusal, shall be valid, irrevocable,
and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist
at law or in equity for the revocation of any
contract or as otherwise provided in chapter 4.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670; Pub. L. 117–90,
§ 2(b)(1)(A), Mar. 3, 2022, 136 Stat. 27.)
DERIVATION
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 2, 43 Stat. 883.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–90 inserted ‘‘or as otherwise pro-
vided in chapter 4’’ before period at end.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT
Amendment b
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