3.0.0 1443 2023-01-11T13:37:34Z 2023-01-11T13:37:34Z Senate S 2017-06-27 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-27T19:32:51Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 115 1519 S 2018-03-22 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1886-1892, S1892-1931) Related bill CRS 2017-06-27 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N Armed Forces and National Security Computers and information technology Intellectual property Licensing and registrations Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Research and development Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-18T17:56:11Z Department of Defense Software Management Improvement Act of 2017

This bill modifies Department of Defense (DOD) software devleopment standards to permit the use of open source software. Open source software is software with a source code that any individual can inspect, modify, and enhance. A software contractor must release source code and related technical data for such software in a public repository approved by DOD. DOD shall apply open source licenses to existing custom-developed computer software and release related source code and technical data into the repository.

]]> Department of Defense Software Management Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Department of Defense Software Management Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve Department of Defense software management, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Department of Defense Software Management Improvement Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1443is/xml/BILLS-115s1443is.xml 2017-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.