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Union Calendar No. 457 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4904 

[Report No. 114–587] 

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 

MAY 23, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. BLUM, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. 

PALMER, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. KNIGHT, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 

MALONEY of New York, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. MCKINLEY, 

Mr. COSTA, Mr. LANCE, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, 

Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

GOSAR, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. JOYCE, and Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia 

MAY 23, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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— 

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

11 the Office of Management and Budget; and 

12 (2) the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the mean13 ing given that term in section 105 of title 5, United 

14 States Code. 

15 (b) OMB DIRECTIVE.—The Director shall issue a di16 rective to require the Chief Information Officer of each 

17 executive agency to develop a comprehensive software li18 censing policy, which shall— 

19 (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and cen20 tral oversight authority within the executive agency 

21 for managing enterprise software license agreements 

22 and commercial software licenses; and 

23 (2) require the Chief Information Officer of 

24 each executive agency to— 


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1 (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, 

2 including 80 percent of software license spend3 ing and enterprise licenses in the executive 

4 agency, by identifying and collecting informa5 tion about software license agreements using 

6 automated discovery and inventory tools; 

7 (B) regularly track and maintain software 

8 licenses to assist the executive agency in imple9 menting decisions throughout the software li10 cense management life cycle; 

11 (C) analyze software usage and other data 

12 to make cost-effective decisions; 

13 (D) provide training relevant to software 

14 license management; 

15 (E) establish goals and objectives of the 

16 software license management program of the 

17 executive agency; and 

18 (F) consider the software license manage19 ment life cycle phases, including the requisition, 

20 reception, deployment and maintenance, retire21 ment, and disposal phases, to implement effec22 tive decisionmaking and incorporate existing 

23 standards, processes, and metrics. 

24 (c) REPORT ON SOFTWARE LICENSE MANAGE25 MENT.— 


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

2 year beginning after the date of enactment of this 

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

4 Chief Information Officer of each executive agency 

5 shall submit to the Director a report on the financial 

6 savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from 

7 improved software license management. 

8 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall make 

9 each report submitted under paragraph (1) pub10 lically available. 


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Union Calendar No. 457 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4904 

[Report No. 114–587] 

A BILL 

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

MAY 23, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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