Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§576 Enforcement of arbitration agreements
Title 5 › Part PART I— - THE AGENCIES GENERALLY › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS › § 576
Summary
Arbitration agreements under this subchapter must be enforced under sec. 4, title 9; courts can't deny or dismiss enforcement just because the United States is involved.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §576
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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and Government Officers and Employees, was transferred to section 2260 of Title 7, Agriculture, and subsequently repealed by Pub.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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
5 U.S.C. § 576
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73