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 2023 and those becoming eligible after 2022.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2021253253
2022231231
2023214213
2024196195
2025178177
2026159159
2027141140
2028122122
2029104103
20308584
20316664
20324645
20332726
203476
2035-13-14
2036-33-35
2037-54-56
2038-76-78
2039-97-99
2040-119-122
2041-142-144
2042-165-167
2043-188-190
2044-211-214
2045-235-237
2046-258-261
2047-282-285
2048-306-309
2049-330-333
2050-354-357
2051-378-382
2052-403-406
2053-427-431
2054-452-456
2055-477-481
2056-502-506
2057-527-531
2058-552-557
2059-578-582
2060-604-608
2061-630-635
2062-657-661
2063-684-689
2064-712-716
2065-740-744
2066-768-773
2067-796-801
2068-825-831
2069-855-860
2070-884-890
2071-914-920
2072-945-950
2073-976-981
2074-1007-1012
2075-1039-1044
2076-1071-1077
2077-1105-1111
2078-1139-1145
2079-1175-1181
2080-1211-1217
2081-1248-1254
2082-1286-1292
2083-1324-1331
2084-1363-1370
2085-1403-1410
2086-1443-1450
2087-1483-1490
2088-1524-1531
2089-1564-1572
2090-1604-1611
2091-1643-1650
2092-1681-1688
2093-1718-1725
2094-1754-1761
2095-1789-1797
2096-1825-1833
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