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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 92 — Year 2000 Computer Date Change

§ 6613. Appointment of special masters or magistrate judges for Y2K actions

Statutory text

Any district court of the United States in which a Y2K action is pending may appoint a special master or a magistrate judge to hear the matter and to make findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Y2K Act

    Pub. L. 106–37 § 14 · 113 Stat. 185

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6613

    (Pub. L. 106–37, § 14, July 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 201.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–37, § 14, July 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 201.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 14. APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTERS OR MAGISTRATE JUDES FOR Y2K ACTIONS. Any district court of the United States in which a Y2K action is pending may appoint a special master or a magistrate judge to near the matter and to make findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in text, is set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–37, § 14, , 113 Stat. 201.)

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