,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #diag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,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 ,definition ,in this section1 the 
term monitor means a person charged1    
pursuant to a court order1 with         
monitoring the conduct of a ,state or   
unit of local government4  7b7          
,establishment of ,conditions ,not later
 than #ahj days after the date of       
enactment of this ,act1 the ,judicial   
,conference of the ,united ,states shall
 by rule establish conditions on the    
appointment by a district court of the  
,united ,states of a monitor4  7c7      

,contents ,the conditions on the        
appointment of a monitor established    
under subsection 7b7 shall include the  
following3 7#a7 ,fees ,a monitor-- 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 may employ the use 
of pro bono time or reduced rates4  7#b7
 ,exclusivity and term ,a person shall  
not be-- 7,a7 appointed to more than one
 monitorship at a time2  7,b7 appointed 
as a monitor for a term greater than #e 
years2 or  7,c7 reappointed as a monitor
 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 ,if a court1 a party1 or a    
monitor seeks to revise a monitorship1  
the court shall conduct a hearing2 and  
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  7d7 ,transfer ,if a        
monitorship is in effect on the date    
that is #f years after the date of the  
court order imposing the monitorship1   
the case shall be transferred to another
 judge in the district in which the case
 is pending4  7e7 ,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 fees charged  
for such services2 and  7,b7 whether any
 such services were provided pro bono or
 at a reduced rate4  7#b7 ,publication  

,a court shall make available to the    
public any accounting submitted to the  
court under paragraph 7#a74  7f7        
,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 on which 
the rule required under subsection 7b7  
is finalized1 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  7g7 ,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