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 2019 and those becoming eligible after 2019.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2017298298
2018287287
2019273272
2020259258
2021245244
2022230229
2023215214
2024199198
2025182181
2026165164
2027148146
2028130129
2029112111
20309492
20317574
20325655
20333735
20341614
2035-4-7
2036-26-28
2037-47-50
2038-70-72
2039-92-95
2040-115-118
2041-138-141
2042-161-164
2043-184-187
2044-207-210
2045-230-234
2046-253-257
2047-276-280
2048-300-304
2049-323-327
2050-346-351
2051-370-374
2052-393-398
2053-417-421
2054-440-445
2055-464-468
2056-487-492
2057-511-516
2058-536-541
2059-560-566
2060-585-591
2061-611-616
2062-637-642
2063-663-669
2064-690-696
2065-717-723
2066-745-751
2067-772-779
2068-801-807
2069-829-836
2070-858-865
2071-888-895
2072-918-925
2073-949-956
2074-981-988
2075-1014-1021
2076-1047-1055
2077-1082-1089
2078-1117-1125
2079-1153-1161
2080-1190-1198
2081-1227-1235
2082-1264-1272
2083-1300-1309
2084-1337-1345
2085-1374-1382
2086-1410-1419
2087-1446-1455
2088-1483-1492
2089-1520-1529
2090-1557-1566
2091-1595-1604
2092-1633-1642
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