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H.R. 8365119th CongressPassed one chamberLatest action May 18, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The bill caps court-appointed monitors at five years, limits fees, and shifts long-running cases to new judges.
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HR 8365 would require federal courts to set rules limiting monitor fees, capping appointments at five years with no reappointment to the same case, and barring monitors from handling more than one case at once. It also requires public notice before appointment, a public hearing before changing monitoring requirements, and yearly public fee reports. Monitorships lasting six years or more would get a new monitor within 180 days and be reassigned to a different judge within a year, with future cases past six years automatically moving to a new judge.
State and local governments under federal court oversight (such as police departments, jails, or agencies under consent decrees), the attorneys and consultants who serve as monitors, and the federal judges who appoint them.
The changes would add new procedural requirements and time limits to how courts oversee government reform efforts, affecting how long monitors serve and who supervises their cases.
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Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.