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H.R. 4904: Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

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H.R. 4904: Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-04-12 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-210.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-04-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 271 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR4904 (2016-06-07), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 114-210. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded House reported version is repeated here.) Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or the MEGABYTE Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) 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 the 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.

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Official text

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 28 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4904, MEGABYTE Act of 2016 (2016-04-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jim Costa (D-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), David P. Joyce (R-OH)

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The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4904 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114