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[CITE: 9USC301]

 
                          TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
 
    CHAPTER 3--INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL 
                               ARBITRATION
 
Sec. 301. Enforcement of Convention

    The Inter-American Convention on International Commercial 
Arbitration of January 30, 1975, shall be enforced in United States 
courts in accordance with this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 101-369, Sec. 1, Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 448.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 101-369 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
this chapter] shall take effect upon the entry into force of the Inter-
American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of January 
30, 1975, with respect to the United States.'' The Convention was 
entered into force for the United States on Oct. 27, 1990.
