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 2026. 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 | Current Law | Provision | 
    
    
      | 2019 | 273 | 273 | 
| 2020 | 260 | 260 | 
| 2021 | 245 | 245 | 
| 2022 | 229 | 229 | 
| 2023 | 213 | 213 | 
| 2024 | 197 | 197 | 
| 2025 | 180 | 180 | 
| 2026 | 163 | 163 | 
| 2027 | 147 | 147 | 
| 2028 | 130 | 130 | 
| 2029 | 114 | 114 | 
| 2030 | 97 | 97 | 
| 2031 | 80 | 80 | 
| 2032 | 63 | 63 | 
| 2033 | 46 | 46 | 
| 2034 | 28 | 28 | 
| 2035 | 10 | 10 | 
| 2036 | -9 | -8 | 
| 2037 | -28 | -27 | 
| 2038 | -47 | -47 | 
| 2039 | -67 | -66 | 
| 2040 | -87 | -86 | 
| 2041 | -108 | -107 | 
| 2042 | -129 | -127 | 
| 2043 | -150 | -148 | 
| 2044 | -171 | -169 | 
| 2045 | -192 | -189 | 
| 2046 | -213 | -210 | 
| 2047 | -234 | -231 | 
| 2048 | -255 | -251 | 
| 2049 | -276 | -272 | 
| 2050 | -297 | -292 | 
| 2051 | -318 | -313 | 
| 2052 | -338 | -333 | 
| 2053 | -359 | -354 | 
| 2054 | -380 | -374 | 
| 2055 | -401 | -395 | 
| 2056 | -422 | -416 | 
| 2057 | -444 | -436 | 
| 2058 | -465 | -457 | 
| 2059 | -487 | -478 | 
| 2060 | -509 | -500 | 
| 2061 | -531 | -522 | 
| 2062 | -554 | -544 | 
| 2063 | -577 | -567 | 
| 2064 | -601 | -590 | 
| 2065 | -625 | -613 | 
| 2066 | -649 | -637 | 
| 2067 | -674 | -661 | 
| 2068 | -699 | -685 | 
| 2069 | -724 | -710 | 
| 2070 | -749 | -735 | 
| 2071 | -776 | -761 | 
| 2072 | -802 | -787 | 
| 2073 | -830 | -813 | 
| 2074 | -857 | -840 | 
| 2075 | -885 | -868 | 
| 2076 | -914 | -896 | 
| 2077 | -944 | -925 | 
| 2078 | -975 | -955 | 
| 2079 | -1007 | -986 | 
| 2080 | -1039 | -1018 | 
| 2081 | -1072 | -1050 | 
| 2082 | -1106 | -1083 | 
| 2083 | -1139 | -1116 | 
| 2084 | -1173 | -1149 | 
| 2085 | -1207 | -1182 | 
| 2086 | -1242 | -1215 | 
| 2087 | -1275 | -1248 | 
| 2088 | -1309 | -1281 | 
| 2089 | -1342 | -1313 | 
| 2090 | -1375 | -1345 | 
| 2091 | -1407 | -1377 | 
| 2092 | -1439 | -1408 | 
| 2093 | -1471 | -1439 | 
| 2094 | -1503 | -1470 | 
    
  
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