The Federal Arbitration Act or FAA, is an act of Congress that provides for non-judicial facilitation of private dispute resolution through arbitration. 4 Therefore, a general choice-of-law provision.Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"). The FAA, enacted in 1925, is the cornerstone of arbitration law in the United States. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA; 9 U.S.C. Sec. 1 et seq.), enacted in 1925, and the California Arbitration Act (CAA; Code Civ. Proc. Passed in 1925, the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") intended to curtail the expenses and delay of judicial proceedings. Before Congress passed the Federal Arbitration Act in 1925, courts routinely refused to enforce arbitration agreements. In fact, the Federal Arbitration Act was adopted in 1925 and California followed with its first arbitration statute in 1927. The 1955 Uniform Arbitration Act, echoing the provisions of the 1925 Fed- eral Arbitration Act, provided a general framework for California courts to en-.