Proposed Provision: 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 2017 and those becoming eligible after 2017.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2015308308
2016298298
2017280280
2018264263
2019248248
2020233232
2021219218
2022204203
2023189187
2024173172
2025157156
2026142140
2027126125
2028110109
20299492
20307775
20316058
20324240
20332321
203441
2035-16-19
2036-36-39
2037-57-60
2038-78-81
2039-100-103
2040-122-125
2041-144-147
2042-166-170
2043-189-192
2044-211-215
2045-234-238
2046-257-261
2047-280-284
2048-303-308
2049-327-332
2050-351-355
2051-375-379
2052-398-403
2053-423-428
2054-447-452
2055-472-477
2056-496-502
2057-522-528
2058-548-554
2059-574-580
2060-601-607
2061-629-635
2062-657-663
2063-685-692
2064-714-721
2065-744-751
2066-774-781
2067-804-811
2068-835-842
2069-867-874
2070-899-906
2071-932-939
2072-965-973
2073-1000-1008
2074-1035-1043
2075-1072-1080
2076-1110-1118
2077-1148-1157
2078-1188-1197
2079-1228-1237
2080-1268-1277
2081-1309-1318
2082-1350-1359
2083-1391-1400
2084-1432-1441
2085-1472-1482
2086-1514-1524
2087-1555-1565
2088-1597-1608
2089-1640-1650
2090-1683-1694
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