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                                                       Calendar No. 533
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2340

                          [Report No. 114-289]

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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2015

 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Cochran) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                             June 28, 2016

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Making Electronic 
Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2015'' 
or the ``MEGABYTE Act of 2015''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. OMB DIRECTIVE ON MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE 
              LICENSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definition.--In this section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the term ``executive agency'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States 
        Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) OMB Directive.--The Director shall issue a directive 
to require each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software 
licensing policy, which shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and 
        central oversight authority within the executive agency for 
        managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial 
        software licenses; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) require the executive agency to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, 
                including 80 percent of software license spending and 
                enterprise licenses in the executive agency, by 
                identifying and collecting information about software 
                license agreements using automated discovery and 
                inventory tools;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) regularly track and maintain software 
                licenses to assist the executive agency in implementing 
                decisions throughout the software license management 
                life cycle;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) analyze software usage and other data 
                to make cost-effective decisions;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) provide training relevant to software 
                license management;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) establish goals and objectives of the 
                software license management program of the executive 
                agency; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) consider the software license 
                management life cycle phases, including the 
                requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, 
                retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective 
                decision making and incorporate existing standards, 
                processes, and metrics.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Report on Software License Management.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
        year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in 
        each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2018, each 
        executive agency shall submit to the Director a report on the 
        financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted from 
        improved software license management.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Availability.--The Director shall make each 
        report submitted under paragraph (1) publically 
        available.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Making Electronic Government 
Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016'' or the 
``MEGABYTE Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. OMB DIRECTIVE ON MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE LICENSES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the Office 
        of Management and Budget; and
            (2) the term ``Executive agency'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) OMB Directive.--The Director shall issue a directive to require 
the Chief Information Officer of each Executive agency to develop a 
comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall--
            (1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central 
        oversight authority within the Executive agency for managing 
        enterprise software license agreements and commercial software 
        licenses; and
            (2) require the Chief Information Officer of each Executive 
        agency to--
                    (A) establish a comprehensive inventory, including 
                80 percent of software license spending and enterprise 
                licenses in the Executive agency, by identifying and 
                collecting information about software license 
                agreements using automated discovery and inventory 
                tools;
                    (B) regularly track and maintain software licenses 
                to assist the Executive agency in implementing 
                decisions throughout the software license management 
                life cycle;
                    (C) analyze software usage and other data to make 
                cost-effective decisions;
                    (D) provide training relevant to software license 
                management;
                    (E) establish goals and objectives of the software 
                license management program of the Executive agency; and
                    (F) consider the software license management life 
                cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, 
                deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal 
                phases, to implement effective decision-making and 
                incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.
    (c) Report on Software License Management.--
            (1) In general.--Beginning in the first fiscal year 
        beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each 
        of the following 5 fiscal years, the Chief Information Officer 
        of each Executive agency shall submit to the Director a report 
        on the financial savings or avoidance of spending that resulted 
        from improved software license management.
            (2) Availability.--The Director shall make each report 
        submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.
                                                       Calendar No. 533

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2340

                          [Report No. 114-289]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 28, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment