1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID Justice and Accountability Act . 2. Cause of action for violations of COVID–19 laws Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual may bring a cause of action in the appropriate district court of the United States against any person who violates or fails to comply with a requirement under the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) or the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 ), or an amendment made by each such Act, for harm that the individual suffered as a result of such violation or failure. 3. Temporary suspension of arbitration (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this law, during the covered emergency period no predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver shall be valid or enforceable with respect to an employment dispute, consumer dispute, antitrust dispute, or civil rights dispute. (b) Applicability (1) In general An issue as to whether this section applies with respect to a dispute shall be determined under Federal law. The applicability of this section to an agreement to arbitrate and the validity and enforceability of an agreement to which this section applies shall be determined by a court, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement, and irrespective of whether the agreement purports to delegate such determinations to an arbitrator. (2) Collective bargaining agreements Nothing in this section shall apply to any arbitration provision in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations, except that no such arbitration provision shall have the effect of waiving the right of a worker to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under a provision of the Constitution of the United States, a State constitution, or a Federal or State statute, or public policy arising therefrom. (c)