§ 1. — "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 9USC1]
TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1. ``Maritime transactions'' and ``commerce'' defined;
exceptions to operation of title
``Maritime transactions'', as herein defined, means charter parties,
bills of lading of water carriers, agreements relating to wharfage,
supplies furnished vessels or repairs to vessels, collisions, or any
other matters in foreign commerce which, if the subject of controversy,
would be embraced within admiralty jurisdiction; ``commerce'', as herein
defined, means commerce among the several States or with foreign
nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of
Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such
Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of
Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation, but nothing
herein contained shall apply to contracts of employment of seamen,
railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or
interstate commerce.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670.)
Derivation
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 883.
