HR 1362 United States House · 117th Congress

BOOST Act

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.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2021

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Introduced Feb 25, 2021 Last action Feb 26, 2021

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Committee

Feb 26, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

lower

Feb 25, 2021

Committee

Referred 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.

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Feb 25, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 19 co-sponsors