5 USC § 576 - Enforcement of arbitration agreements

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title: "5 USC § 576 - Enforcement of arbitration agreements"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "576"
section_name: "Enforcement of arbitration agreements"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "THE AGENCIES GENERALLY"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–552, § 4(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2742, § 586; renumbered § 576, Pub. L. 102–354, § 3(b)(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944.)"
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# § 576. Enforcement of arbitration agreements

section 4 of title 9

An agreement to arbitrate a matter to which this subchapter applies is enforceable pursuant to , 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–552, § 4(b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2742, § 586; renumbered § 576, Pub. L. 102–354, § 3(b)(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 576 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, was transferred to , Agriculture, and subsequently repealed by , , .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 576 was renumbered .

### Amendments

1992— renumbered  as this section.