(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv-
ices. 
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, 
United States Code, except that such term does not 
include an element of the intelligence community. 
(3) CLOUD
COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud 
computing’’ has the meaning given the term in Spe-
cial Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, or any successor docu-
ment. 
(4) CLOUD
SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘cloud service provider’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 3607(b) of title 44, United States 
Code. 
(5) COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT.—The term 
‘‘comprehensive assessment’’ means a comprehensive 
assessment conducted pursuant to section 3(a). 
(6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
(7) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given the 
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term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(8) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the plan 
developed by a Chief Information Officer, or equiva-
lent official, pursuant to section 4(a). 
(9) 
SOFTWARE
ENTITLEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘software entitlement’’ means any software that— 
(A) has been purchased, leased, or licensed 
by or billed to an agency under any contract or 
other business arrangement; and 
(B) is subject to use limitations. 
(10) SOFTWARE INVENTORY.—The term ‘‘soft-
ware inventory’’ means the software inventory of an 
agency required pursuant to— 
(A) section 2(b)(2)(A) of the Making Elec-
tronic Government Accountable By Yielding 
Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 
11302 note; Public Law 114–210); or 
(B) subsequent guidance issued by the Di-
rector pursuant to that Act. 
SEC. 3. SOFTWARE INVENTORY UPDATE AND EXPANSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, and not 
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Chief Information Officer of each agency, in con-
sultation with the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Ac-
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quisition Officer, the Chief Data Officer, and General 
Counsel of the agency, or the equivalent officials of the 
agency, shall complete a comprehensive assessment of the 
software paid for by, in use at, or deployed throughout 
the agency, which shall include— 
(1) the current software inventory of the agen-
cy, including software entitlements, contracts and 
other agreements or arrangements of the agency, 
and a list of the largest software entitlements of the 
agency separated by provider and category of soft-
ware; 
(2) a comprehensive, detailed accounting of— 
(A) any software used by or deployed with-
in the agency, including software developed or 
built by the agency, or by another agency for 
use by the agency, including shared services, as 
of the date of the comprehensive assessment, 
including, to the extent identifiable, the con-
tracts and other agreements or arrangements 
used by the agency to acquire, build, deploy, or 
use such software; 
(B) information and data on software enti-
tlements, which shall include information on 
any additional fees or costs, including fees or 
costs for the use of cloud services, that are not 
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included in the initial costs of the contract, 
agreement, or arrangement— 
(i) for which the agency pays; 
(ii) that are not deployed or in use by 
the agency; and 
(iii) that are billed to the agency 
under any contract or business arrange-
ment that creates duplication, or are other-
wise determined to be unnecessary by the 
Chief Information Officer of the agency, or 
the equivalent official, in the deployment 
or use by the agency; and 
(C) the extent— 
(i) to which any software paid for, in 
use, or deployed throughout the agency is 
interoperable; and 
(ii) of the efforts of the agency to im-
prove interoperability of software assets 
throughout the agency enterprise; 
(3) a categorization of software entitlements of 
the agency by cost, volume, and type of software; 
(4) a list of any provisions in the software enti-
tlements of the agency that may restrict how the 
software can be deployed, accessed, or used, includ-
ing any such restrictions on desktop or server hard-
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ware, through a cloud service provider, or on data 
ownership or access; and 
(5) an analysis addressing— 
(A) the accuracy and completeness of the 
comprehensive assessment; 
(B) agency management of and compliance 
with all contracts or other agreements or ar-
rangements that include or reference software 
entitlements or software management within 
the agency; 
(C) the extent to which the agency accu-
rately captures the total cost of software enti-
tlements and related costs, including the total 
cost of upgrades over the life of a contract, 
cloud usage costs, and any other cost associated 
with the maintenance or servicing of contracts; 
and 
(D) compliance with software license man-
agement policies of the agency. 
(b) CONTRACT SUPPORT.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The head of an agency may 
enter into 1 or more contracts to support the re-
quirements of subsection (a). 
(2) NO
CONFLICT
OF
INTEREST.—Contracts 
under paragraph (1) shall not include contractors 
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with organizational conflicts of interest, within the 
meaning given that term under subpart 9.5 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(3) OPERATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.—Over the 
course of a comprehensive assessment, contractors 
hired pursuant to paragraph (1) shall maintain oper-
ational independence from the integration, manage-
ment, and operations of the software inventory and 
software entitlements of the agency. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—On the date on which the Chief In-
formation Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer, the Chief Data Officer, and General Counsel 
of an agency, or the equivalent officials of the agency, 
complete the comprehensive assessment, the Chief Infor-
mation Officer shall submit the comprehensive assessment 
to the head of the agency. 
(d) SUBSEQUENT SUBMISSION.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the head of an agency re-
ceives the comprehensive assessment under subsection (c), 
the head of the agency shall submit the comprehensive as-
sessment to— 
(1) the Director; 
(2) the Administrator; 
(3) the Comptroller General of the United 
States; 
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