3.0.0 1956 2026-02-24T15:33:52Z 2026-02-24T15:33:52Z Senate S S 2025-06-04 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1956 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-06-04T21:38:57Z Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act 119 5457 HR 2025-12-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act 119 2417 HR 2025-03-27 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Related bill CRS 2025-06-04 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2025-06-04 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2025-06-04 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2025-06-04 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2025-06-04 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2025-06-04 True Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Budget process 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Computers and information technology 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Congressional oversight 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Government information and archives 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Government studies and investigations 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Licensing and registrations 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Public contracts and procurement 2025-12-17T19:22:34Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-07-18T15:59:03Z 00 2025-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-24T15:33:46Z Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

This bill requires federal agencies to assess their software inventory and develop software management plans.

The bill requires each agency (which includes any executive department, military department, or other establishment in the executive branch) to complete a comprehensive assessment of the software paid for by, in use at, or deployed throughout the agency. The assessment must include information such as (1) the current inventory of software; (2) contracts and other arrangements used to acquire, build, deploy, or use the software; (3) costs and fees not included in the initial contract or agreement; and (4) the interoperability of the software and restrictions on its use.

Each agency must use their assessment to develop a plan to consolidate software entitlements, develop procedures for cost-effective acquisition strategies, and restrict subordinate entities from using any software entitlement without approval. (A software entitlement is software that has been purchased, leased, or licensed by or billed to an agency and that is subject to use limitations.) Such plans must be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress. 

Within two years of enactment, OMB must submit recommendations to Congress regarding government software procurement policies and practices to

    • increase the interoperability of software licenses,
    • consolidate licenses when appropriate,
    • reduce costs,
    • improve performance, and
    • modernize the management and oversight of agency software.
    
The GAO must report on certain related topics, including governmentwide trends in agency software asset management practices and comparisons of such practices among agencies.

]]> Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act Display Title 45 Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act 2025-06-12T05:38:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act 2025-06-12T05:38:16Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to improve the visibility, accountability, and oversight of agency software asset management practices, and for other purposes. 2025-06-12T05:33:19Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1956is/xml/BILLS-119s1956is.xml 2025-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.