---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6613"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6613"
heading: "Appointment of special masters or magistrate judges for Y2K actions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6613"
units:
  - "Chapter 92 — Year 2000 Computer Date Change"
---

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


Any district court of the United States in which a [Y2K action](/usc/15/6602.md?p=1) 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](/usc/15/53.md) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.


## Source credit

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

## Notes

### 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.