Proposed Provision: The current spouse benefit is based on 50 percent of the PIA of the other spouse. Reduce this percent each year by 1 percentage point beginning with newly eligible spouses in 2014, until the percent reaches 33 in 2030.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2013330330
2014315315
2015301301
2016286286
2017271271
2018257257
2019244244
2020231231
2021218218
2022204204
2023189189
2024173174
2025158159
2026142143
2027125127
2028108110
20299092
20307174
20315255
20323135
20331115
2034-11-6
2035-32-27
2036-55-49
2037-78-71
2038-101-94
2039-124-117
2040-148-140
2041-172-163
2042-196-186
2043-220-210
2044-245-233
2045-269-257
2046-294-281
2047-319-305
2048-345-330
2049-371-355
2050-397-380
2051-423-405
2052-449-430
2053-476-456
2054-502-482
2055-530-508
2056-557-534
2057-585-561
2058-613-588
2059-642-616
2060-671-645
2061-701-674
2062-732-703
2063-763-733
2064-794-763
2065-826-794
2066-859-826
2067-892-857
2068-925-890
2069-959-922
2070-993-956
2071-1028-990
2072-1064-1025
2073-1101-1060
2074-1139-1097
2075-1178-1134
2076-1217-1173
2077-1258-1212
2078-1299-1252
2079-1340-1292
2080-1382-1332
2081-1424-1373
2082-1466-1413
2083-1508-1454
2084-1550-1495
2085-1592-1536
2086-1635-1577
2087-1678-1619
2088-1722-1661
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