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 2026, until the percent reaches 33 in 2042.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2025169169
2026149149
2027131131
2028113113
20299595
20307878
20316060
20324343
20332626
203499
2035-9-9
2036-27-26
2037-45-44
2038-63-63
2039-83-82
2040-102-102
2041-122-122
2042-143-142
2043-164-163
2044-185-184
2045-206-205
2046-228-227
2047-250-248
2048-272-270
2049-295-292
2050-317-314
2051-340-337
2052-363-359
2053-386-382
2054-409-405
2055-433-428
2056-457-452
2057-481-475
2058-505-499
2059-530-524
2060-556-549
2061-582-574
2062-609-601
2063-636-627
2064-664-655
2065-692-682
2066-721-711
2067-750-739
2068-780-768
2069-810-798
2070-840-827
2071-871-858
2072-903-889
2073-935-920
2074-967-952
2075-1000-985
2076-1035-1018
2077-1070-1053
2078-1106-1088
2079-1142-1124
2080-1180-1161
2081-1219-1199
2082-1258-1237
2083-1298-1277
2084-1338-1317
2085-1380-1358
2086-1423-1400
2087-1466-1442
2088-1510-1485
2089-1554-1529
2090-1599-1572
2091-1643-1616
2092-1687-1659
2093-1731-1702
2094-1774-1744
2095-1816-1786
2096-1858-1827
2097-1900-1868
2098-1941-1908
2099-1982-1948
2100-2022-1988
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