House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BOOST Act
Official title: 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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1020.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H506):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1020, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1020
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 22, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 22, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Moolenaar.
- H.R. 2306 (119th) Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act
- H.R. 1082 (119th) Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act
- H.R. 9642 (119th) Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act
- H.R. 1723 (119th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025
- H.R. 8730 (119th) Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 63 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 26 through February 1, 2025, as "National School Choice Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.