# 117-hr-8098: To limit eligibility for public service loan forgiveness to borrowers of Federal student loans with incomes below a certain maximum threshold, and for other purposes.

117-hr-8098, To limit eligibility for public service loan forgiveness to borrowers of Federal student loans with incomes below a certain maximum threshold, and for other purposes., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] (R-CO); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8098
- Congress: 117
- Title: To limit eligibility for public service loan forgiveness to borrowers of Federal student loans with incomes below a certain maximum threshold, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2022-06-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] (R-CO)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill limits eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to borrowers with adjusted gross incomes below a certain maximum threshold. Under the current PSLF program, the Department of Education must cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after the borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments while employed in a public service job and, at the time of loan forgiveness, the borrower is employed in a public service job. This bill specifies that, in order to count as a qualifying monthly loan payment under the PSLF program, the borrower must have an adjusted gross income that does not exceed $173,000.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8098 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8098)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8098 (as of 2025-11-18).