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 2021 and those becoming eligible after 2021.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229229
2023213213
2024197196
2025180179
2026163162
2027147146
2028130129
2029114112
20309796
20318079
20326362
20334644
20342826
2035108
2036-9-11
2037-28-30
2038-47-50
2039-67-70
2040-87-90
2041-108-111
2042-129-132
2043-150-153
2044-171-174
2045-192-195
2046-213-216
2047-234-237
2048-255-258
2049-276-279
2050-297-301
2051-318-322
2052-338-343
2053-359-364
2054-380-385
2055-401-406
2056-422-427
2057-444-448
2058-465-470
2059-487-492
2060-509-514
2061-531-536
2062-554-559
2063-577-582
2064-601-606
2065-625-630
2066-649-655
2067-674-679
2068-699-704
2069-724-730
2070-749-755
2071-776-782
2072-802-809
2073-830-836
2074-857-864
2075-885-892
2076-914-921
2077-944-951
2078-975-982
2079-1007-1014
2080-1039-1046
2081-1072-1079
2082-1106-1113
2083-1139-1147
2084-1173-1181
2085-1207-1215
2086-1242-1249
2087-1275-1283
2088-1309-1317
2089-1342-1350
2090-1375-1383
2091-1407-1415
2092-1439-1448
2093-1471-1480
2094-1503-1512
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