# 119-hr-5457: Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

119-hr-5457, Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH); status passed_house (as of 2026-07-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5457
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-09-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

**This law creates a government-wide framework to strengthen federal software asset management** by forcing agencies to inventory, assess, and modernize software entitlements while coordinating across OMB and GSA for standards and oversight. - Agency IT leaders must run a detailed software assessment within 18 months that lists inventories, entitlements, contracts, duplicate or unused licenses, cloud costs, interoperability limits, and largest vendor entitlements. These assessments must go to agency heads, OMB, GSA, GAO, and relevant congressional committees. - Agencies must build a Software Modernization Plan within 1 year of their assessment that consolidates licenses, pursues enterprise or open-source options, automates license tracking, requires CIO approval for new acquisitions, and includes training and cost estimates to reduce waste and improve interoperability. - OMB and GSA will harmonize definitions and procurement practices and report recommended government-wide actions within 2 years. GAO will issue a government-wide progress report in 3 years. Agencies may hire external contractors for assessments if conflicts of interest are avoided. *This Act does not authorize new appropriations to carry out its requirements.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Agency plans to modernize software buying: benefit, high. If enacted, each CIO would use the review to draft a software modernization plan within 1 year after submitting the assessment. The plan would consolidate licenses, use enterprise deals or open‑source where it makes sense, and estimate costs and savings. It would address limits in licenses, improve…
- Agency-wide software checks and reporting: benefit, high. If enacted, every executive agency CIO would review all software the agency pays for, uses, or deploys. The CIO would work with the CFO, acquisition, data, and legal chiefs. The review would be done as soon as possible and no later than 18 months after enactment. It would list software licenses, co…
- Government-wide software standards and oversight reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, OMB would work with GSA and federal councils to set common terms and requirements for software. OMB would use existing reporting where possible. Within 2 years after enactment, OMB would send Congress recommendations to boost license interoperability (including government‑built tools),…
- Protected software reviews for intelligence agencies: benefit, medium. If enacted, each intelligence element would run its own software review through a designee. The review would protect information that could harm national security if shared. The element head would send a short summary to OMB and the House and Senate intelligence committees within 30 days. The eleme…
- No new funding to carry this out: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would not authorize new money for these tasks. Agencies would need to use existing budgets to do the required reviews and plans. This could slow work if resources are tight.

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- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5457 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5457)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5457 (as of 2026-07-15).