US Congress · H.R. 5457 · Passed the House

Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced 2025-09-18

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act” Read the full text

Government Operations and Politics

What it does

Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act This bill requires federal agencies and Intelligence Community (IC) elements to assess their software inventory and develop software management plans. The bill requires each agency and each IC element to complete a comprehensive assessment of the software paid for by, in use at, or deployed throughout the agency or element. The assessment must include information such as (1) the current inventory of software; (2) contracts and other arrangements used to acquire, build, deploy, or use the software; (3) costs and fees not inclu

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Introduced · 2025-09-18

In the House.

Passed the House · 2025-12-15

Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLCvia AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

3 filings

COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTEvia COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE

2 filings

From 5 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.

Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (2025-12-16).