The Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9, US Code)
Full text from the Cornell University Legal Information Institute. The Federal Arbitration Act is codified in Title 9, US Code, Section 1 - 14. It was first enacted February 12, 1925 (43 Stat. 883), codified July 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 669), and amended September 3, 1954 (68 Stat. 1233). Chapter 2 was added July 31, 1970 (84 Stat. 692), two new Sections were passed by the Congress in October of 1988 and renumbered on December 1, 1990 (PLS 669 and 702); Chapter 3 was added on August 15, 1990 (PL 101-369); and Section 10 was amended on November 15, 1990, August 26, 1992, and May 7, 2002.