Proposed Provision: B5.11. Beginning for those newly eligible in 2026, reconfigure the special minimum benefit: (a) The number of years of work (YOWs) is determined as total quarters of coverage divided by 4, ignoring any fraction. Childcare years are granted to parents who have a child under 6, with a limit of 5 such years. (b) For beneficiaries becoming newly eligible in 2026, set the initial special minimum benefit for 30+ YOWs equal to 100 percent of the monthly HHS poverty level for 2025. For beneficiaries becoming newly eligible after 2026, the initial special minimum benefit is indexed by the AWI. For workers between 11 and 29 YOWs, reduce the special minimum by 3 1/3 percentage points per YOW so that at 29 YOWs the minimum would be 96 2/3% of poverty, ..., down to 11 YOWs at 36 2/3% of poverty. No minimum for 10 or fewer YOWs.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2025169169
2026149149
2027131131
2028113113
20299595
20307878
20316060
20324343
20332625
203498
2035-9-9
2036-27-27
2037-45-46
2038-63-64
2039-83-84
2040-102-104
2041-122-124
2042-143-145
2043-164-166
2044-185-187
2045-206-209
2046-228-231
2047-250-253
2048-272-275
2049-295-298
2050-317-321
2051-340-344
2052-363-367
2053-386-391
2054-409-415
2055-433-438
2056-457-463
2057-481-487
2058-505-512
2059-530-537
2060-556-563
2061-582-590
2062-609-617
2063-636-645
2064-664-673
2065-692-702
2066-721-731
2067-750-761
2068-780-791
2069-810-821
2070-840-852
2071-871-884
2072-903-916
2073-935-948
2074-967-981
2075-1000-1015
2076-1035-1050
2077-1070-1085
2078-1106-1122
2079-1142-1159
2080-1180-1197
2081-1219-1236
2082-1258-1276
2083-1298-1317
2084-1338-1358
2085-1380-1400
2086-1423-1444
2087-1466-1488
2088-1510-1532
2089-1554-1577
2090-1599-1622
2091-1643-1667
2092-1687-1712
2093-1731-1756
2094-1774-1800
2095-1816-1843
2096-1858-1886
2097-1900-1928
2098-1941-1970
2099-1982-2011
2100-2022-2052
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