PRIA Logo™
119-hr-6236119th CongressWALLET

BOOST Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

Introduced

Summary

Would create a nationwide universal adult cash assistance program and pair it with a new supplemental individual income tax to fund it.

Show full summary
  • 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.

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

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, Rashida [D-MI-12]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 11/28/2025

  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/12/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation