Sec. 203. Software licensing
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Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 343 ), as amended by section 202 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, the Chief Information Officer, in consultation with Chief Information Officers of components of the Department, shall— conduct a Department-wide inventory of all existing software licenses held by the Department, including utilized and unutilized licenses; assess the needs of the Department for software licenses for the subsequent 2 fiscal years; assess the actions that could be carried out by the Department to achieve the greatest possible economies of scale and cost savings in the procurement of software licenses; determine how the use of technological advancements will impact the needs for software licenses for the subsequent 2 fiscal years; establish plans and estimated costs for eliminating unutilized software licenses for the subsequent 2 fiscal years; and consult with the Federal Chief Information Officer to identify best practices in the Federal government Government for purchasing and maintaining software licenses.
If the Chief Information Officer determines through the inventory conducted under paragraph (1)(A) that the number of software licenses held by the Department exceed the needs of the Department as assessed under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the date on which the inventory is completed, shall establish a plan for bringing the number of such software licenses into balance with such needs of the Department. Except as provided in clause (ii), upon completion of a plan established under paragraph
(1)subparagraph (A), no additional budgetary resources may be obligated for the procurement of additional software licenses of the same types until such time as the needs of the Department equals or exceeds the number of used and unused licenses held by the Department. The Chief Information Officer may authorize the purchase of additional licenses and amend the number of needed licenses as necessary. The Chief Information Officer shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a copy of each inventory conducted under paragraph (1)(A), each plan established under paragraph (2)(A), and each exception exercised under paragraph (2)(B)(ii). . Not later than 1 year after the date on which the results of the first inventory are submitted to Congress under subsection 703(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall assess whether the Department complied with the requirements under paragraphs
(1)and (2)(A) of such section 703(d) and provide the results of the review to the congressional homeland security committees.
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