<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id6bd60fd1-be3e-11e7-b5db-b6135e5b6523" identifier="/us/usc/t5/s577"><num value="577">§ 577.</num><heading> Arbitrators</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id6bd60fd2-be3e-11e7-b5db-b6135e5b6523" identifier="/us/usc/t5/s577/a"><num value="a">(a)</num><content> The parties to an arbitration proceeding shall be entitled to participate in the selection of the arbitrator.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id6bd60fd3-be3e-11e7-b5db-b6135e5b6523" identifier="/us/usc/t5/s577/b"><num value="b">(b)</num><content> The arbitrator shall be a neutral who meets the criteria of <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s573">section 573 of this title</ref>.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id6bd60fd4-be3e-11e7-b5db-b6135e5b6523">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/101/552">Pub. L. 101–552</ref>, § 4(b), <date date="1990-11-15">Nov. 15, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/2742">104 Stat. 2742</ref>, § 587; renumbered § 577 and amended <ref href="/us/pl/102/354">Pub. L. 102–354</ref>, § 3(b)(2), (3), <date date="1992-08-26">Aug. 26, 1992</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/106/944">106 Stat. 944</ref>, 945.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id6bd60fd6-be3e-11e7-b5db-b6135e5b6523"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1992—<ref href="/us/pl/102/354">Pub. L. 102–354</ref>, § 3(b)(2), renumbered <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s587">section 587 of this title</ref> as this section.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b). <ref href="/us/pl/102/354">Pub. L. 102–354</ref>, § 3(b)(3), substituted “section 573” for “section 583”.</p>
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