[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 130, 114th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


Public Law 114-210
114th Congress

An Act


 
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, <>
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) Definition.--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 decisionmaking and
incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.

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(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.

Approved July 29, 2016.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4904 (S. 2340):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114-587 (Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 114-289 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs) accompanying S. 2340.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016):
June 7, considered and passed House.
July 14, considered and passed Senate.