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Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

Public Law 114-210 · H.R. 4904 · 114th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Jul 29, 2016 · Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA-17)

Cosponsors (28): Rep. Robin Kelly,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 366 yea, 0 nay366–0
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

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.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 114th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 366 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

366 yea0 nay67 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(142)

Republicans who voted yea(224)

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The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 971 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • S. 2340Related bill

    Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016

  • S. 3011Related bill

    Bolster Accountability to Drive Government Efficiency and Reform Washington Act of 2016

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.

  1. Jul 29, 2016Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 114-210.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Jul 19, 2016FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Jul 15, 2016FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Jul 14, 2016FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Jun 8, 2016CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  8. Jun 7, 2016FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. FloorFloor · 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).House roll call 271
  10. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  11. FloorFloor · 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.
  12. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4904.
  13. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  14. FloorFloor · Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  15. May 23, 2016CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.
  16. CommitteeCommittee · Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-587.
  17. Apr 14, 2016CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  18. CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  19. Apr 12, 2016CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  20. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.