# 119-hr-6172: Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2025

119-hr-6172, Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6172
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Law
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-23

## Summary

**Would ban predispute arbitration agreements and predispute joint-action waivers for disputes alleging race, color, or national origin discrimination.** It would let the person alleging discrimination or a named class representative choose court proceedings instead of arbitration, and it makes courts, not arbitrators, decide whether the rule applies. - Workers and individuals alleging race discrimination could bring claims in court and elect class or collective actions instead of being forced into private arbitration. - Employers and businesses could no longer rely on pre-dispute arbitration clauses or joint-action waivers to block race discrimination suits under Federal, Tribal, State, or local law. - Courts would determine arbitrability for these disputes, moving initial challenges about arbitration from private arbitrators to judges.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Choose court over arbitration for race claims: benefit, medium. If enacted, people alleging race discrimination could choose court instead of arbitration. Predispute arbitration clauses and class or collective action waivers would not be enforceable for these cases under federal, tribal, state, or local law. A court, not an arbitrator, would decide if this law…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6172 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6172)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6172 (as of 2026-10-23).