Proposed Provision: 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 2015, until the percent reaches 33 in 2031.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292292
2017277277
2018262262
2019248248
2020233233
2021219219
2022203204
2023187188
2024171172
2025154155
2026137138
2027119120
2028101103
20298384
20306465
20314446
20322326
203325
2034-20-17
2035-42-38
2036-65-61
2037-88-83
2038-112-107
2039-136-130
2040-160-154
2041-185-178
2042-210-202
2043-235-226
2044-260-250
2045-285-275
2046-310-299
2047-336-324
2048-362-350
2049-388-375
2050-415-401
2051-442-427
2052-468-452
2053-495-478
2054-523-505
2055-550-531
2056-578-558
2057-606-586
2058-635-613
2059-664-642
2060-694-671
2061-725-700
2062-756-730
2063-787-760
2064-819-791
2065-852-823
2066-885-855
2067-918-887
2068-952-920
2069-987-954
2070-1022-988
2071-1057-1022
2072-1094-1058
2073-1132-1095
2074-1171-1132
2075-1210-1171
2076-1251-1210
2077-1293-1250
2078-1335-1292
2079-1378-1333
2080-1421-1375
2081-1464-1416
2082-1507-1458
2083-1550-1500
2084-1593-1542
2085-1636-1584
2086-1680-1626
2087-1724-1669
2088-1769-1712
2089-1814-1756
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