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S. 2340Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)Passed Senate

MEGABYTE Act of 2016

Sponsored by Bill CassidySen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Introduced December 2, 2015

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Introduced in Senate

December 2, 2015

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

December 2, 2015

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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

February 10, 2016

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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-289.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

June 28, 2016

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.

June 28, 2016

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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922)

July 7, 2016

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Received in the House.

July 8, 2016 • 12:14 PM

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July 8, 2016

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July 8, 2016 • 2:43 PM

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Engrossed in SenateIssued July 7, 2016

114th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2340

AN ACT

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016.

2.

OMB Directive on management of software licenses

(a)

Definitions

In this section—

(1)

the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and

(2)

the term Executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

(b)

OMB Directive

The Director shall issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer of each Executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall—

(1)

identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the Executive agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and

(2)

require the Chief Information Officer of each Executive agency to—

(A)

establish a comprehensive inventory, including 80 percent of software license spending and enterprise licenses in the Executive agency, by identifying and collecting information about software license agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools;

(B)

regularly track and maintain software licenses to assist the Executive agency in implementing decisions throughout the software license management life cycle;

(C)

analyze software usage and other data to make cost-effective decisions;

(D)

provide training relevant to software license management;

(E)

establish goals and objectives of the software license management program of the Executive agency; and

(F)

consider the software license management life cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.

(c)

Report on software license management

(1)

In general

Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each of the following 5 fiscal years, the Chief Information Officer of each Executive agency shall submit to the Director a report on the financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from improved software license management.

(2)

Availability

The Director shall make each report submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.

Passed the Senate July 7, 2016.

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