HR 6554 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

BOOST Act

Introduced Dec 1, 2023 Originated House Sponsor John R. Moolenaar R-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 1, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 1, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 2027. The bill defines qualified signal booster expenditures as amounts paid for the purchase of any communications signal booster and other equipment for use by the taxpayer in a principal residence located in an unserved area. The booster is designed to increase the strength or range of a broadband communications signal.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 1, 2023 to Dec 16, 2024, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MIBill HuizengaOriginalDec 1, 2023
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalDec 1, 2023
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalDec 1, 2023
D-NMGabe VasquezFeb 5, 2024
D-COJoe NeguseDec 16, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 1, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Dec 1, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

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  1. Dec 1, 2023Introduced in House

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