BOOST Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Tlaib
Introduced
Summary
Would create a nationwide universal adult cash assistance program and pair it with a new supplemental individual income tax to fund it.
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- Qualifying adults ages 19 through 67 would be eligible for a monthly payment of $250, with annual inflation adjustments starting after 2026. Payments would not count as income for federal tax purposes or for determining eligibility for federally funded benefit programs.
- A new supplemental individual income tax would apply at 2.5 percent to adjusted gross income above an exemption of $60,000 for joint filers and $30,000 for other filers, with inflation adjustments after 2026. The tax disallows other credits, deductions, or carryforwards to reduce the new tax and can be implemented with withholding or estimated payments.
- The Social Security Administration would operate the program through a new Office of Universal Adult Assistance, handle applications and fraud prevention, conduct outreach, and report annually to Congress. The SSA must provide data needed to run the program and issue regulations to implement it.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Monthly cash for most adults
If enacted, SSA would pay $250 per month to each qualified adult for every month after December 31, 2025. To qualify you would need to live in the U.S., be a U.S. citizen, national, or a qualified alien, and be age 19 through 67 on the last day of the month. You would need an approved SSA application that includes name, date of birth, and your Social Security number or taxpayer ID. Payments would be excluded from federal taxable income and would not count as income or resources for federal, state, or local means-tested programs. The $250 amount would get an annual inflation adjustment starting for calendar years after 2026.
New 2.5% tax on higher incomes
If enacted, a new supplemental individual income tax would apply for tax years after December 31, 2025. The tax would equal 2.5% of an individual's adjusted gross income above an exemption. The exemption would be $60,000 for married filers filing jointly and $30,000 for other filers, with annual inflation indexing after 2026. After subtracting the exemption, no credits, deductions, refunds, or similar benefits could reduce this supplemental tax. The Treasury would issue rules for withholding and estimated tax for this new tax.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tlaib
MI • D
Cosponsors
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Lee (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
McIver
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Omar
MN • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Thanedar
MI • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Carter (LA)
LA • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Pressley
MA • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Mfume
MD • D
Sponsored 11/28/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 1/12/2026
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