Proposed Provision: A7. Starting December 2025, reduce the annual COLA by 1 percentage point, but not to less than zero. In cases where the unreduced COLA is less than 1 percentage point, do not carry over the unused reduction into future years.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2024188188
2025171171
2026152153
2027134138
2028117123
2029101109
20308496
20316884
20325373
20333763
20342253
2035744
2036-934
2037-2625
2038-4315
2039-606
2040-78-4
2041-96-14
2042-115-23
2043-135-33
2044-154-43
2045-174-53
2046-194-63
2047-215-72
2048-235-82
2049-256-92
2050-277-102
2051-299-112
2052-320-122
2053-342-133
2054-364-144
2055-386-155
2056-409-166
2057-431-177
2058-455-189
2059-478-202
2060-502-215
2061-527-228
2062-553-242
2063-579-256
2064-605-271
2065-632-286
2066-660-302
2067-688-317
2068-716-334
2069-745-350
2070-774-367
2071-803-384
2072-834-402
2073-864-420
2074-895-438
2075-927-457
2076-960-476
2077-993-496
2078-1027-516
2079-1062-537
2080-1098-558
2081-1134-580
2082-1172-602
2083-1209-624
2084-1248-646
2085-1287-669
2086-1327-692
2087-1368-715
2088-1409-739
2089-1450-762
2090-1491-785
2091-1532-808
2092-1573-830
2093-1612-852
2094-1651-873
2095-1689-894
2096-1727-914
2097-1764-934
2098-1801-954
2099-1838-974
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