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 2027 and those becoming eligible after 2026.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2025169169
2026149149
2027131131
2028113113
20299595
20307877
20316060
20324342
20332625
203498
2035-9-10
2036-27-28
2037-45-46
2038-63-65
2039-83-84
2040-102-104
2041-122-124
2042-143-145
2043-164-166
2044-185-187
2045-206-209
2046-228-230
2047-250-253
2048-272-275
2049-295-297
2050-317-320
2051-340-343
2052-363-366
2053-386-389
2054-409-412
2055-433-436
2056-457-460
2057-481-484
2058-505-509
2059-530-534
2060-556-559
2061-582-586
2062-609-613
2063-636-640
2064-664-668
2065-692-696
2066-721-725
2067-750-754
2068-780-784
2069-810-814
2070-840-845
2071-871-876
2072-903-907
2073-935-939
2074-967-972
2075-1000-1005
2076-1035-1040
2077-1070-1075
2078-1106-1111
2079-1142-1148
2080-1180-1185
2081-1219-1224
2082-1258-1263
2083-1298-1303
2084-1338-1344
2085-1380-1386
2086-1423-1429
2087-1466-1472
2088-1510-1516
2089-1554-1560
2090-1599-1605
2091-1643-1650
2092-1687-1694
2093-1731-1737
2094-1774-1780
2095-1816-1823
2096-1858-1865
2097-1900-1907
2098-1941-1948
2099-1982-1989
2100-2022-2029
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