Proposed Provision: A8. Starting December 2025, for OASI beneficiaries only (DI beneficiaries would only be affected when their benefit converts to OASI at NRA), the annual COLA would be based on the chain-weighted version of the CPI-U.
  
    OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
    (assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)
    
    
    
    
    
      
        | Year | Current Law | Provision | 
    
    
      | 2024 | 188 | 188 | 
| 2025 | 171 | 171 | 
| 2026 | 152 | 152 | 
| 2027 | 134 | 135 | 
| 2028 | 117 | 119 | 
| 2029 | 101 | 103 | 
| 2030 | 84 | 88 | 
| 2031 | 68 | 73 | 
| 2032 | 53 | 58 | 
| 2033 | 37 | 44 | 
| 2034 | 22 | 31 | 
| 2035 | 7 | 17 | 
| 2036 | -9 | 3 | 
| 2037 | -26 | -12 | 
| 2038 | -43 | -27 | 
| 2039 | -60 | -42 | 
| 2040 | -78 | -58 | 
| 2041 | -96 | -74 | 
| 2042 | -115 | -90 | 
| 2043 | -135 | -107 | 
| 2044 | -154 | -124 | 
| 2045 | -174 | -141 | 
| 2046 | -194 | -159 | 
| 2047 | -215 | -176 | 
| 2048 | -235 | -194 | 
| 2049 | -256 | -212 | 
| 2050 | -277 | -230 | 
| 2051 | -299 | -248 | 
| 2052 | -320 | -267 | 
| 2053 | -342 | -285 | 
| 2054 | -364 | -304 | 
| 2055 | -386 | -323 | 
| 2056 | -409 | -343 | 
| 2057 | -431 | -363 | 
| 2058 | -455 | -383 | 
| 2059 | -478 | -404 | 
| 2060 | -502 | -425 | 
| 2061 | -527 | -446 | 
| 2062 | -553 | -469 | 
| 2063 | -579 | -492 | 
| 2064 | -605 | -515 | 
| 2065 | -632 | -539 | 
| 2066 | -660 | -563 | 
| 2067 | -688 | -588 | 
| 2068 | -716 | -613 | 
| 2069 | -745 | -639 | 
| 2070 | -774 | -664 | 
| 2071 | -803 | -691 | 
| 2072 | -834 | -718 | 
| 2073 | -864 | -745 | 
| 2074 | -895 | -773 | 
| 2075 | -927 | -801 | 
| 2076 | -960 | -830 | 
| 2077 | -993 | -860 | 
| 2078 | -1027 | -890 | 
| 2079 | -1062 | -922 | 
| 2080 | -1098 | -954 | 
| 2081 | -1134 | -986 | 
| 2082 | -1172 | -1019 | 
| 2083 | -1209 | -1053 | 
| 2084 | -1248 | -1087 | 
| 2085 | -1287 | -1122 | 
| 2086 | -1327 | -1158 | 
| 2087 | -1368 | -1194 | 
| 2088 | -1409 | -1230 | 
| 2089 | -1450 | -1266 | 
| 2090 | -1491 | -1303 | 
| 2091 | -1532 | -1339 | 
| 2092 | -1573 | -1374 | 
| 2093 | -1612 | -1409 | 
| 2094 | -1651 | -1443 | 
| 2095 | -1689 | -1477 | 
| 2096 | -1727 | -1510 | 
| 2097 | -1764 | -1542 | 
| 2098 | -1801 | -1575 | 
| 2099 | -1838 | -1607 | 
    
  
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