HR 5457
Passed a chamber
Requires each federal agency to inventory its software licenses and contracts, identify unnecessary or duplicate costs, and develop a plan to consolidate and better manage its software.
Official title: Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
18-SEP-2025
Referred
18-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
02-DEC-2025
Passed
15-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
16-DEC-2025
- Requires each agency's chief information officer to complete a comprehensive assessment of its software within 18 months, covering licenses, contracts, costs, and use restrictions.
- Requires agencies to submit the assessment to the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, the Comptroller General, and congressional committees within 30 days.
- Requires each agency to develop a plan within one year of submitting its assessment to consolidate software licenses, adopt enterprise licensing, and restrict software purchases without chief information officer approval.
- Directs the Comptroller General to report on agency software practices within 3 years and authorizes no additional funds.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (18-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
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