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[CITE: 5USC576]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
                   CHAPTER 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
 
     SUBCHAPTER IV--ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE 
                         ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS
 
Sec. 576. Enforcement of arbitration agreements

    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.

(Added Pub. L. 101-552, Sec. 4(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2742, 
Sec. 586; renumbered Sec. 576, Pub. L. 102-354, Sec. 3(b)(2), Aug. 26, 
1992, 106 Stat. 944.)

                          Codification

    Section 576 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government 
Officers and Employees, was transferred to section 2260 of Title 7, 
Agriculture.


                            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.
