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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2719 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to improve the protections provided to members of the uniformed services... · Sec. 401

Sec. 401. Election of arbitration to resolve controversies under Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

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Section 102 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3912 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a contract with a servicemember provides for the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy subject to a provision of this Act and arising out of or relating to such contract, arbitration may be used to settle such controversy only if, after such controversy arises, all parties to such controversy consent in writing to use arbitration to settle such controversy.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever arbitration is elected to settle a dispute pursuant to paragraph (1), the arbitrator shall provide the parties to such contract with a written explanation of the factual and legal basis for any decision made by the arbitrator in the course of such arbitration. . Subsection
(d)of such section, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to contracts entered into, amended, altered, modified, renewed, or extended after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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