Proposed Provision: D2. 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 2021, until the percent reaches 33 in 2037.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2020261261
2021248248
2022233233
2023217217
2024200200
2025183183
2026165165
2027148148
2028130130
2029112112
20309494
20317676
20325858
20333940
20342021
203512
2036-19-17
2037-38-37
2038-59-57
2039-80-78
2040-101-98
2041-122-119
2042-144-141
2043-166-162
2044-188-184
2045-210-205
2046-232-227
2047-255-249
2048-277-271
2049-299-293
2050-322-314
2051-344-336
2052-367-358
2053-389-380
2054-412-402
2055-434-424
2056-457-446
2057-480-469
2058-504-491
2059-527-514
2060-551-537
2061-575-561
2062-599-584
2063-624-609
2064-650-633
2065-676-659
2066-702-684
2067-728-710
2068-755-736
2069-782-762
2070-809-789
2071-837-816
2072-866-844
2073-895-873
2074-925-902
2075-955-931
2076-986-961
2077-1018-993
2078-1051-1024
2079-1084-1057
2080-1119-1091
2081-1154-1125
2082-1190-1160
2083-1226-1196
2084-1263-1231
2085-1300-1268
2086-1337-1304
2087-1374-1340
2088-1411-1377
2089-1448-1412
2090-1484-1448
2091-1520-1482
2092-1554-1516
2093-1589-1550
2094-1623-1583
2095-1657-1616
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