Proposed Provision: D2. The current spouse benefit is based on 50 percent of the PIA of the other spouse. Reduce this percent each year by 1 percentage point beginning with newly eligible spouses in 2024, until the percent reaches 33 in 2040.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Current Law Provision
2023204204
2024187187
2025168168
2026149149
2027131131
2028114114
20299696
20307878
20316061
20324343
20332525
203477
2035-12-12
2036-31-31
2037-51-50
2038-70-70
2039-91-90
2040-112-111
2041-133-132
2042-154-153
2043-176-175
2044-198-196
2045-220-218
2046-243-240
2047-265-262
2048-288-285
2049-311-307
2050-333-330
2051-357-352
2052-380-375
2053-403-398
2054-427-421
2055-450-444
2056-474-467
2057-498-491
2058-522-514
2059-547-538
2060-572-563
2061-597-588
2062-623-614
2063-650-640
2064-677-666
2065-705-693
2066-733-721
2067-762-749
2068-791-777
2069-820-806
2070-850-835
2071-880-865
2072-911-895
2073-942-926
2074-974-957
2075-1006-988
2076-1039-1021
2077-1074-1054
2078-1108-1089
2079-1144-1124
2080-1181-1160
2081-1218-1196
2082-1256-1233
2083-1294-1271
2084-1333-1309
2085-1373-1348
2086-1413-1387
2087-1453-1427
2088-1494-1466
2089-1534-1506
2090-1574-1545
2091-1613-1583
2092-1651-1621
2093-1689-1658
2094-1726-1694
2095-1762-1729
2096-1798-1764
2097-1833-1799
2098-1868-1833
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