S. 2340: Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2015-12-02 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Held at the desk.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-12-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

Plain summary

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.

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Official text

Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015 (2016-04-22)

Cosponsors on this site

Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] reported raising $6.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2340.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s2340 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114