PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

If an arbitration award under this subchapter hurts someone, they can only ask a court to review it under the federal arbitration law. Whether an agency uses or skips dispute resolution under this subchapter is up to the agency and not for courts to review, except that arbitration can be reviewed under the federal arbitration law.

Title 5, §581

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an award made in an arbitration proceeding conducted under this subchapter may bring an action for review of such award only pursuant to the provisions of sections 9 through 13 of title 9.

(b)A decision by an agency to use or not to use a dispute resolution proceeding under this subchapter shall be committed to the discretion of the agency and shall not be subject to judicial review, except that arbitration shall be subject to judicial review under section 10(b) of title 9.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 10(b) of title 9, referred to in subsec. (b), was redesignated section 10(c) of title 9 by Pub. L. 107–169, § 1(4), May 7, 2002, 116 Stat. 132.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 581 was renumbered section 571 of this title. Another prior section 581 was renumbered section 561 of this title.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–320, which directed that section 581(d) of this title be amended by striking “(1)” after “(b)” and by striking par. (2), was executed to subsec. (b) of this section to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “A decision by the head of an agency under section 580 to terminate an arbitration proceeding or vacate an arbitral award shall be committed to the discretion of the agency and shall not be subject to judicial review.” 1992—Pub. L. 102–354, § 3(b)(2), renumbered section 591 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102–354, § 3(b)(4), substituted “section 580” for “section 590”.

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