Proposed Provision: D3. Allow divorced aged spouses and divorced surviving spouses married 5 to 9 years to get benefits based on the former spouse's account. Divorced aged and surviving spouses would receive 50% of the applicable current-law PIA percentage if married 5 years, 60% of the applicable PIA percentage if married 6 years, ..., 90% of the applicable PIA percentage if married 9 years. This benefit would be available to divorced spouses on the rolls at the beginning of 2025 and those becoming eligible after 2024.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2023204204
2024187187
2025168168
2026149149
2027131131
2028114113
20299695
20307877
20316060
20324342
20332524
203476
2035-12-13
2036-31-32
2037-51-52
2038-70-72
2039-91-93
2040-112-114
2041-133-135
2042-154-156
2043-176-178
2044-198-200
2045-220-223
2046-243-245
2047-265-268
2048-288-290
2049-311-313
2050-333-336
2051-357-360
2052-380-383
2053-403-406
2054-427-430
2055-450-453
2056-474-477
2057-498-501
2058-522-526
2059-547-550
2060-572-575
2061-597-601
2062-623-627
2063-650-654
2064-677-681
2065-705-709
2066-733-737
2067-762-766
2068-791-795
2069-820-825
2070-850-854
2071-880-885
2072-911-916
2073-942-947
2074-974-979
2075-1006-1011
2076-1039-1044
2077-1074-1078
2078-1108-1113
2079-1144-1149
2080-1181-1186
2081-1218-1223
2082-1256-1261
2083-1294-1300
2084-1333-1339
2085-1373-1379
2086-1413-1419
2087-1453-1459
2088-1494-1499
2089-1534-1540
2090-1574-1580
2091-1613-1619
2092-1651-1658
2093-1689-1695
2094-1726-1732
2095-1762-1769
2096-1798-1805
2097-1833-1840
2098-1868-1875
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