1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mandatory Arbitration Transparency Act of 2017 . 2. Validity and enforceability of predispute arbitration agreements containing confidentiality clauses (a) In general Title 9, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4 Predispute arbitration agreements containing confidentiality clauses 401. Definitions. 402. Validity and enforceability. 401. Definitions (a) In this chapter— (1) the term civil rights dispute means a dispute— (A) arising under— (i) the Constitution of the United States or the constitution of a State; or (ii) a Federal or State statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, national origin, or any invidious basis in education, employment, credit, housing, public accommodations and facilities, voting, or any program funded or conducted by the Federal Government or a State government, including any statute enforced by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and any statute enumerated in section 62(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to unlawful discrimination); and (B) in which at least 1 party alleging a violation of the Constitution of the United States, a State constitution, or a statute prohibiting discrimination is an individual; (2) the term consumer dispute means a dispute between an individual who seeks or acquires real or personal property, services, securities or other investments, money, or credit for personal, family, or household purposes and the seller or provider of such property, services, securities or other investments, money, or credit; (3) the term covered confidentiality clause means a provision of a predispute arbitration agreement that, with respect to an employment dispute, consumer dispute, or civil rights dispute, purports to, or could be interpreted by a reasonable person to, prohibit a party to the dispute from— (A) making a communication in a manner such that the prohibition would violate a State or Federal whistleblower statute