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S. 2340 114th Congress Senate

MEGABYTE Act of 2016

Official title: 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: December 2, 2015 Introduced by: Bill Cassidy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 8, 2016
Held at the desk.
Jul 8, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 8, 2016
Received in the House.
Jul 7, 2016
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4922)
Jul 7, 2016
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)
Jun 28, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
Jun 28, 2016
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.
Feb 10, 2016
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Dec 2, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 2, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 8, 2016

Held at the desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3011 Bolster Accountability to Drive Government Efficiency and Reform Washington Act of 2016
  • HR 4904 MEGABYTE Act of 2016
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Dec 2, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2340: MEGABYTE Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2340/
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"S. 2340: MEGABYTE Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2340/.
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S. 2340, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2340/.
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