Proposed Provision: D5. Limit the spousal benefit to that received by the spouse of the 75th percentile career-average worker, beginning with retired workers newly eligible in 2033. For future cohorts, this limit would be indexed for inflation annually using chain weighted CPI-U. The provision affects divorced spouses and young spouses (retired workers) but not spouses of disabled workers.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2026151151
2027131131
2028111111
20299292
20307474
20315757
20324040
20332323
203477
2035-9-9
2036-25-25
2037-41-41
2038-58-58
2039-76-76
2040-94-94
2041-112-112
2042-132-131
2043-151-151
2044-171-171
2045-192-191
2046-213-212
2047-234-234
2048-256-256
2049-279-278
2050-301-300
2051-324-323
2052-347-346
2053-371-370
2054-395-393
2055-420-418
2056-445-442
2057-470-467
2058-496-493
2059-522-519
2060-550-546
2061-578-574
2062-607-602
2063-636-632
2064-666-662
2065-697-692
2066-729-723
2067-761-755
2068-794-787
2069-827-820
2070-861-854
2071-896-888
2072-931-916
2073-967-952
2074-1004-989
2075-1042-1026
2076-1081-1065
2077-1121-1105
2078-1162-1146
2079-1204-1188
2080-1248-1242
2081-1292-1286
2082-1337-1330
2083-1384-1376
2084-1431-1423
2085-1480-1471
2086-1530-1521
2087-1581-1572
2088-1633-1624
2089-1686-1676
2090-1740-1729
2091-1795-1783
2092-1850-1838
2093-1906-1893
2094-1962-1949
2095-2019-2004
2096-2075-2061
2097-2132-2118
2098-2189-2174
2099-2246-2230
2100-2303-2286
2101-2359-2342
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