H.R. 8365Monitor Accountability Act

What the bill would do

This bill requires the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish conditions on the appointment of monitors to oversee state and local governmental entities. A monitor is an independent official appointed to oversee corrective reforms as part of a civil settlement agreement or consent decree, such as to remedy a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service. Last updated May 11, 2026.

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