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 2019 and those becoming eligible after 2019.

OASDI Cost Rates and Income Rates
(as a percentage of taxable payroll)

  Income Rates Cost Rates
Year Current Law Provision Current Law Provision
201713.013.013.413.4
201812.912.913.513.5
201912.912.913.713.7
202013.013.013.913.9
202113.013.014.014.0
202213.013.014.314.3
202313.013.014.514.6
202413.113.114.814.9
202513.113.115.115.1
202613.113.115.415.4
202713.213.215.615.6
202813.213.215.915.9
202913.213.216.116.1
203013.213.216.316.3
203113.213.216.416.5
203213.213.216.616.6
203313.213.216.716.8
203413.213.216.816.9
203513.213.216.917.0
203613.213.217.017.0
203713.213.217.017.0
203813.213.317.017.0
203913.213.217.017.0
204013.213.217.017.0
204113.213.216.916.9
204213.213.216.916.9
204313.213.216.816.8
204413.213.216.816.8
204513.213.216.716.7
204613.213.216.716.7
204713.213.216.616.7
204813.213.216.616.6
204913.213.216.616.6
205013.213.216.616.6
205113.213.216.616.6
205213.213.216.616.6
205313.213.216.616.6
205413.213.216.616.6
205513.213.216.616.6
205613.213.216.716.7
205713.213.216.716.7
205813.213.216.716.8
205913.213.316.816.8
206013.313.316.816.8
206113.313.316.916.9
206213.313.316.916.9
206313.313.317.017.0
206413.313.317.017.0
206513.313.317.117.1
206613.313.317.117.1
206713.313.317.217.2
206813.313.317.217.2
206913.313.317.317.3
207013.313.317.317.3
207113.313.317.417.4
207213.313.317.417.4
207313.313.317.417.5
207413.313.317.517.5
207513.313.317.517.5
207613.313.317.517.5
207713.313.317.517.5
207813.313.317.517.5
207913.313.317.517.5
208013.313.317.517.5
208113.313.317.517.5
208213.313.317.517.5
208313.313.317.517.5
208413.313.317.517.5
208513.313.317.617.6
208613.313.317.617.6
208713.313.317.617.6
208813.313.317.717.7
208913.313.317.717.7
209013.313.317.717.8
209113.313.317.817.8
209213.313.317.817.9
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