A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
- Introduced:
Dec 2, 2015
114th Congress, 2015–2017- Status:
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Enacted Via Other Measures
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was enacted as:
H.R. 4904: MEGABYTE Act of 2016Enacted — Signed by the President on Jul 29, 2016. (compare text)
History
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Dec 2, 2015
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Introduced
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Feb 10, 2016
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Ordered Reported
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Jun 7, 2016
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Identical Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4904 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2340 (114th). |
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Jun 28, 2016
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Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Jul 7, 2016
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Passed Senate (House next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Jul 14, 2016
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Identical Bill —
Passed Senate
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4904 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2340 (114th). |
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Jul 29, 2016
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Identical Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4904 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2340 (114th). |
S. 2340 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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