3.0.0 2340 2023-01-11T13:32:24Z 2023-01-11T13:32:24Z Senate S 2015-12-02 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-06-28T18:37:51Z Markup by 2016-02-10T15:08:34Z Referred to 2015-12-02T15:50:45Z S. Rept. 114-289 Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 114 4904 HR 2016-07-29 Became Public Law No: 114-210. Related bill CRS Related bill House Bolster Accountability to Drive Government Efficiency and Reform Washington Act of 2016 114 3011 S 2016-06-06 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 505. Related bill CRS 2016-07-08 14:43:03 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2016-07-08 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2016-07-08 12:14:00 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2016-07-07 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922) Floor 2016-07-07 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2016-06-28 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533. Calendars 2016-06-28 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate 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. Committee 2016-06-28 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. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2016-02-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2015-12-02 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-12-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-12-02 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2016-05-12 False 2016-04-22T12:18:00Z S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51493 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 10, 2016 Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Computers and information technology Government information and archives Licensing and registrations Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Performance measurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-12-02 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-09T20:44:01Z Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2015 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2015

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall:

  • identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and
  • require each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses, track and maintain such licenses, analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions, provide software license management training, establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program, and consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.

Each agency shall report to OMB in each fiscal year through FY2018 on the savings from improved software license management.

]]> 01 2016-06-28 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2016-08-09T20:30:07Z Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall:

  • identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and
  • require each CIO to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses, track and maintain such licenses, analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions, provide software license management training, establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program, and consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.

Each CIO shall report to OMB in each of the six fiscal years after this bill's enactment on the savings from improved software license management.

]]> 35 2016-07-07 Passed Senate amended 2016-08-09T20:33:13Z (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 28, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall:

  • identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and
  • require each CIO to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses, track and maintain such licenses, analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions, provide software license management training, establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program, and consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision-making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.

Each CIO shall report to OMB in each of the six fiscal years after this bill's enactment on the savings from improved software license management.

]]> Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 Display Title Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Reported to Senate MEGABYTE Act of 2016 S Senate Short Titles as Reported to Senate Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 S Senate Short Titles as Introduced MEGABYTE Act of 2015 Short Titles as Passed Senate Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate MEGABYTE Act of 2016 S Senate Short Titles as Introduced Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2015 Engrossed in Senate 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2340es/xml/BILLS-114s2340es.xml Reported to Senate 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2340rs/xml/BILLS-114s2340rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2340is/xml/BILLS-114s2340is.xml 2016-07-08 Held at the desk. 14:43:03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.