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House Bill 8365
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Monitor Accountability Act
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H. R. 8365 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 551

119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8365

[Report No. 119–635]


To provide for conditions on the appointment of monitors by courts, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 20, 2026

Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Fry, and Mr. Nehls) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

May 4, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 20, 2026]

A BILL

To provide for conditions on the appointment of monitors by courts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Monitor Accountability Act”.

SEC. 2. Conditions on the appointment of monitors by courts.

(a) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall by rule establish conditions on the appointment by a district court of the United States of any person charged, pursuant to a court order, with monitoring the conduct of a State or unit of local government. Such conditions shall include the following:

(1) FEES.—Such person—

(A) may not assess a fee in excess of such maximum rates as the Administrator may establish; and

(B) shall be authorized to employ the use of pro bono time or reduced rates.

(2) EXCLUSIVITY AND TERM.—Such person may not be—

(A) appointed to more than one such monitorship at a time;

(B) appointed for a term greater than 5 years; or

(C) reappointed after the expiration of such term pursuant to the same court order.

(3) SUBSEQUENT MONITORS.—A monitor who is appointed to a monitorship after the expiration of the term of a monitor who served pursuant to the same court order may not be employed by the same employer as the previous monitor.

(4) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Prior to the appointment of a monitor, the court shall provide notice of the person to be appointed and afford the public an opportunity for comment thereon.

(5) TERMINATION.—

(A) REVISION.—In the case that a court, a party, or a monitor seeks to revise a monitorship imposed by a court order, the court shall conduct a hearing.

(B) SCOPE OF MONITORSHIP.—The court may only revise a requirement of a monitorship with respect to which the subject of the monitorship has not attained substantial and sustained compliance.

(b) Transfer.—On the date that is 6 years after the court order imposing a monitorship, if such monitorship is in effect on such date, the case shall be transferred to another judge in the district in which the case is pending.

(c) Accounting.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, a monitor shall submit to the court imposing the monitorship an accounting, which shall include—

(A) information on the services provided and the fee charged for such services; and

(B) whether any such services were provided pro bono or at a reduced rate.

(2) PUBLICATION.—The court shall make available to the public any accounting submitted to the court under paragraph (1).

(d) Retroactivity.—In the case of a monitorship that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and has been in effect for 6 years—

(1) a new monitor shall be appointed not later than 180 days after such date of enactment in accordance with the limitations under this section; and

(2) the case shall be transferred not later than 1 year after such date of enactment in accordance with this section.

(e) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that monitoring is a public service and monitorships should be structured to encourage the use of pro bono time or reduced rates.

Union Calendar No. 551

119th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 8365
[Report No. 119–635]
A BILL
To provide for conditions on the appointment of monitors by courts, and for other purposes.
May 4, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed