# 119-s-1080: Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2025

119-s-1080, Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1080
- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1080
- Congress: 119
- Title: Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-14
- Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Excludes certain federally subsidized loan repayments to dental school faculty from federal taxable income.** It would extend that tax exclusion to repayments made through programs funded by the Dental Faculty Development and Loan Repayment Program and require a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of participation and retention. - Dental faculty: Dental school faculty who get loan repayments from qualifying federal or state programs would not include those payments in their federal gross income, increasing their take‑home pay. - Dental schools and clinics: The GAO review must track whether participants remain full‑time faculty teaching and practicing in dental school clinics, hospitals, or community affiliated sites after receiving funding. - Oversight for Congress: The GAO would report to congressional committees on how many dental providers and faculty participate in funded programs and on retention and practice-location outcomes.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Lower taxes on dental faculty loan repayments: benefit, high. If enacted, you would be able to exclude from your taxable income loan repayments you receive as dental school faculty under the Dental Faculty Development and Loan Repayment Program. The exclusion would apply to amounts received in taxable years beginning after the date of enactment. That could lo…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1080 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1080)

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- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1080 (as of 2025-12-21).