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<item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1362" measure-id="id117hr1362" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-02-25" update-date="2021-04-07">
<title>BOOST Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id117hr1362v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-04-07">
<action-date>2021-02-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Broadening Online Opportunities through Simple Technologies Act or the BOOST Act</b></p> <p>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 <i>qualified signal booster expenditures</i> 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. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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