9 U.S.C. § 2 : US Code - Section 2: Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

Search 9 U.S.C. § 2 : US Code - Section 2: Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

A written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract
evidencing a transaction involving commerce to settle by
arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract
or transaction, or the refusal to perform the whole or any part
thereof, or an agreement in writing to submit to arbitration an
existing controversy arising out of such a contract, transaction,
or refusal, shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon
such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any
contract.