HR 8365
Passed a chamber
Limits how federal courts select, pay, and time-limit the monitors they appoint to oversee state and local governments under court orders.
Official title: Monitor Accountability Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
20-APR-2026
Referred
20-APR-2026
Approved by committee
22-APR-2026
Reported
04-MAY-2026
On the calendar
04-MAY-2026
Passed
14-MAY-2026
Senate
Received
18-MAY-2026
- Directs the Judicial Conference to set rules within 180 days capping monitor fees and encouraging pro bono or reduced-rate work.
- Bars monitors from serving more than one monitorship at a time or for terms over 5 years, and bars reappointment under the same court order.
- Requires public notice and comment before a monitor is appointed, and public annual accounting of monitor fees and services.
- Transfers a monitorship case to another judge after 6 years and applies these limits to monitorships in effect on the date of enactment that have run 6 years.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (04-MAY-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 14-MAY-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
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