Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall: (1) require the CIO of each agency to establish a comprehensive inventory of software licenses; (2) track and maintain such licenses; (3) analyze software usage to make cost-effective decisions; (4) provide software license management training; (5) establish goals and objectives of the agency's software license management program; and (6) consider the software license management life cycle phases to implement effective decision making and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.
The CIO of each executive agency must report to OMB, beginning in the first fiscal year after this Act's enactment and in each of the following five fiscal years, on the savings from improved software license management.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-29 | President | Became Public Law No: 114-210. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-29 | President | Signed by President. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-19 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2016-07-15 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2016-07-14 | Floor | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. | Senate |
| 2016-07-14 | Discharge | Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5126) | Senate |
| 2016-06-08 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate |
| 2016-06-07 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-07 | Vote | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 366 - 0 (Roll no. 271). (text: CR H3480) | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-07 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3492) | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-07 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-07 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4904. | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-07 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3480-3482) | House floor actions |
| 2016-06-07 | Floor | Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-23 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-23 | Committee | Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-587. | House floor actions |
| 2016-04-14 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2016-04-14 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2016-04-12 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House floor actions |
| 2016-04-12 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |