Monitor Accountability Act

Sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) · 2 active : 2 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMay 14, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

10 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Monitor Accountability Act

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.

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Among the conditions, this bill requires notice and an opportunity for public comment prior to the appointment of a monitor, limits an individual to one monitor appointment at a time, sets a five-year term limit for monitors, and requires a public accounting of the fees charged and services provided by the monitor. It also caps fees and explicitly authorizes the use of pro bono services.

In 2021, the Department of Justice began implementing a set of principles and specific recommendations regarding the use of monitors in civil settlement agreements and consent decrees involving state and local governmental entities, including recommendations relating to term limits, capping fees, and public accountability.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Federal district courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

75Swing 70–100
205Middle 30–70
147Entrenched 0–30
6Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 6 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 6.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 8365 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 533On PassageMonitor Accountability Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 1526 · Apr 9, 2025 · Roll call 97On PassageNo Rogue Rulings Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 1 · Sep 2, 2026 · Roll call 653On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5125 · Sep 17, 2025 · Roll call 273On PassageDistrict of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S. 4199 · Dec 12, 2024 · Roll call 1219On PassageJUDGES Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 788 · Jan 11, 2024 · Roll call 725On PassageStop Settlement Slush Funds Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

2 active

Show all 2 cosponsors

Russell Fry (R-SC-7)
Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Kevin KileyIndependent · California 3rd · Lean R+2House Committee on the JudiciaryOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 15% of 6 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall 202-225-2523 Website
2
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 6 similar votes
94Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 41% of 6 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
4
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 24% of 6 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
5
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 15% of 6 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
6
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 12% of 6 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
7
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 22% of 6 similar votes
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
8
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 17% of 5 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
9
Jared MoskowitzDemocrat · Florida 23rd · Lean D+2House Committee on the JudiciaryOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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Committee
Broke with party on 8% of 5 similar votes
90Swing
ContactCall
10
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 42% of 6 similar votes
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3101 Website