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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4904 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 12, 2016 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 

TED LIEU of California, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

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 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making Electronic 

5 Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Effi6 ciencies Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘MEGABYTE Act of 2016’’. 

7 SEC. 2. OMB DIRECTIVE ON MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE 

8 LICENSES. 

9 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section— 


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1 (1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

2 the Office of Management and Budget; and 

3 (2) the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the mean4 ing given that term in section 105 of title 5, United 

5 States Code. 

6 (b) OMB DIRECTIVE.—The Director shall issue a di7 rective to require the Chief Information Officer of each 

8 executive agency to develop a comprehensive software li9 censing policy, which shall— 

10 (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and cen11 tral oversight authority within the executive agency 

12 for managing enterprise software license agreements 

13 and commercial software licenses; and 

14 (2) require the Chief Information Officer of 

15 each executive agency to— 

16 (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, 

17 including 80 percent of software license spend18 ing and enterprise licenses in the executive 

19 agency, by identifying and collecting informa20 tion about software license agreements using 

21 automated discovery and inventory tools; 

22 (B) regularly track and maintain software 

23 licenses to assist the executive agency in imple24 menting decisions throughout the software li25 cense management life cycle; 


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1 (C) analyze software usage and other data 

2 to make cost-effective decisions; 

3 (D) provide training relevant to software 

4 license management; 

5 (E) establish goals and objectives of the 

6 software license management program of the 

7 executive agency; and 

8 (F) consider the software license manage9 ment life cycle phases, including the requisition, 

10 reception, deployment and maintenance, retire11 ment, and disposal phases, to implement effec12 tive decisionmaking and incorporate existing 

13 standards, processes, and metrics. 

14 (c) REPORT ON SOFTWARE LICENSE MANAGE15 MENT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

17 year beginning after the date of enactment of this 

18 Act, and in each of the following 5 fiscal years, the 

19 Chief Information Officer of each executive agency 

20 shall submit to the Director a report on the financial 

21 savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from 

22 improved software license management. 


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1 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall make 

2 each report submitted under paragraph (1) pub3 lically available. 

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