BOOST Act
Latest action · Feb 26, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Broadening Online Opportunities through Simple Technologies Act or the BOOST Act
This bill allows an individual taxpayer to elect a tax credit for 75% of qualified signal booster expenditures up to $400 in a single taxable year through 2025. The bill defines qualified signal booster expenditures as amounts paid for the purchase of any communications signal booster for use by the taxpayer in a principal residence located in an underserved area. The booster is designed to increase the strength or range of a broadband communications signal.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2021 to Nov 16, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-MI | Lisa C. McClain | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Mar 2, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Mar 3, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Apr 16, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Nov 16, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2021 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2021 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 26, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2021Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 36, February 25, 2021, page H731.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-4 | Rural Broadband-Examining Internet Connectivity Needs and Opportunities in Rural America142 pages | Agriculture Committee | Apr 20, 2021 |
| — | AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2022499 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 25, 2021–May 18, 2021 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46780 | Overview of the Universal Service Fund and Selected Federal Broadband Programs Archived | Report | Jun 25, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit against tax for the purchase of communications signal boosters in areas with inadequate broadband internet access service, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BOOST Act
- Broadening Online Opportunities through Simple Technologies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
