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 2028 and those becoming eligible after 2027.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2026151151
2027131131
2028111111
20299292
20307474
20315756
20324039
20332323
203477
2035-9-10
2036-25-26
2037-41-42
2038-58-59
2039-76-77
2040-94-95
2041-112-114
2042-132-133
2043-151-153
2044-171-173
2045-192-194
2046-213-215
2047-234-237
2048-256-259
2049-279-281
2050-301-304
2051-324-327
2052-347-350
2053-371-374
2054-395-398
2055-420-423
2056-445-448
2057-470-473
2058-496-499
2059-522-526
2060-550-553
2061-578-581
2062-607-610
2063-636-640
2064-666-670
2065-697-701
2066-729-733
2067-761-765
2068-794-798
2069-827-831
2070-861-865
2071-896-900
2072-931-935
2073-967-971
2074-1004-1008
2075-1042-1046
2076-1081-1085
2077-1121-1125
2078-1162-1167
2079-1204-1209
2080-1248-1253
2081-1292-1297
2082-1337-1342
2083-1384-1389
2084-1431-1436
2085-1480-1485
2086-1530-1535
2087-1581-1586
2088-1633-1638
2089-1686-1692
2090-1740-1746
2091-1795-1801
2092-1850-1856
2093-1906-1912
2094-1962-1968
2095-2019-2025
2096-2075-2082
2097-2132-2139
2098-2189-2196
2099-2246-2253
2100-2303-2310
2101-2359-2366
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