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 2020 and those becoming eligible after 2020.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2018288288
2019272272
2020256255
2021239239
2022223222
2023206205
2024188187
2025171170
2026154153
2027137136
2028120119
2029104102
20308685
20316967
20325150
20333331
20341412
2035-5-7
2036-25-27
2037-46-48
2038-67-69
2039-88-91
2040-110-112
2041-132-135
2042-154-157
2043-176-179
2044-199-202
2045-221-225
2046-244-248
2047-267-270
2048-289-293
2049-312-316
2050-335-339
2051-358-362
2052-381-385
2053-403-408
2054-426-431
2055-450-454
2056-473-478
2057-496-501
2058-520-525
2059-544-549
2060-569-574
2061-594-599
2062-619-624
2063-645-650
2064-671-677
2065-698-704
2066-725-731
2067-752-758
2068-780-786
2069-808-815
2070-837-843
2071-866-873
2072-896-903
2073-927-934
2074-958-965
2075-990-997
2076-1023-1030
2077-1057-1064
2078-1092-1099
2079-1128-1135
2080-1165-1172
2081-1202-1210
2082-1240-1247
2083-1278-1285
2084-1316-1324
2085-1354-1362
2086-1392-1401
2087-1430-1439
2088-1468-1477
2089-1505-1514
2090-1543-1552
2091-1580-1589
2092-1618-1627
2093-1655-1665
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