#aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #hcfe  ,,an ,,act  ,to provide for  
conditions on the appointment of        
monitors by courts1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,monitor            
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,conditions  
on the appointment of monitors by courts
  7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj  
days after the effective date of this   
section1 the ,judicial ,conference of   
the ,united ,states shall by rule       
establish conditions on the appointment 
by a district court of the ,united      
,states of any person charged1 pursuant 
to a court order1 with monitoring the   
conduct of a ,state or unit of local    
government4 ,such conditions shall      
include the following3  7#a7 ,fees ,such
 person-- 7,a7 may not assess a fee in  
excess of such maximum rates as the     
,judicial ,conference of the ,united    
,states may establish2 and  7,b7 shall  
be authorized to employ the use of pro  
bono time or reduced rates4  7#b7       

,exclusivity and term ,such person may  
not be--  7,a7 appointed to more than   
one such monitorship at a time2  7,b7   
appointed for a term greater than #e    
years2 or  7,c7 reappointed after the   
expiration of such term pursuant to the 
same court order4  7#c7 ,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 monitor4  7#d7 ,public comment
 ,prior to the appointment of a monitor1
 the court shall provide notice of the  
person to be appointed and afford the   
public an opportunity for comment       
thereon4  7#e7 ,termination  7,a7       
,revision ,in the case that a court1 a  
party1 or a monitor seeks to revise a   
monitorship imposed by a court order1   
the court shall conduct a hearing4  7,b7
 ,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      
compliance4  7b7 ,transfer ,on the date 
that is #f years after the court order  
imposing a monitorship1 if such         
monitorship is in effect on such date1  
the case shall be transferred to another
 judge in the district in which the case
 is pending4  7c7 ,accounting  7#a7 ,in 
general ,on an annual basis1 a monitor  
shall submit to the court imposing the  
monitorship an accounting1 which shall  
include-- 7,a7 information on the       
services provided and the fee charged   
for such services2 and  7,b7 whether any
 such services were provided pro bono or
 at a reduced rate4  7#b7 ,publication  
,the court shall make available to the  
public any accounting submitted to the  
court under paragraph 7#a74  7d7        
,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 #f years-- 7#a7 a new
 monitor shall be appointed not later   

than #ahj days after such date of       
enactment in accordance with the        
limitations under this section2 and     
7#b7 the case shall be transferred not  
later than #a year after such date of   
enactment in accordance with this       
section4  7e7 ,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 rates4  
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,may #ad1 #bjbf4;,clerk4