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 2023. 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 Present Law Provision
2016303303
2017293293
2018277277
2019262262
2020246246
2021231231
2022216216
2023200200
2024183184
2025165167
2026149150
2027132133
2028115117
202998100
20308183
20316466
20324649
20332731
2034812
2035-11-7
2036-30-26
2037-50-46
2038-71-66
2039-91-86
2040-112-106
2041-133-127
2042-154-148
2043-176-169
2044-197-190
2045-218-210
2046-240-231
2047-262-253
2048-283-274
2049-305-295
2050-327-316
2051-349-338
2052-371-359
2053-393-380
2054-415-402
2055-437-424
2056-460-445
2057-482-468
2058-506-490
2059-529-513
2060-553-536
2061-578-560
2062-603-584
2063-628-609
2064-654-634
2065-680-659
2066-706-685
2067-733-711
2068-760-738
2069-788-765
2070-816-792
2071-845-820
2072-874-849
2073-905-878
2074-935-908
2075-967-939
2076-1000-970
2077-1033-1003
2078-1068-1036
2079-1102-1070
2080-1138-1104
2081-1173-1138
2082-1208-1173
2083-1243-1207
2084-1279-1241
2085-1314-1275
2086-1349-1309
2087-1384-1343
2088-1419-1377
2089-1455-1412
2090-1491-1447
2091-1528-1483
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