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 2031. 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
2024188188
2025171171
2026152152
2027134134
2028117117
2029101101
20308484
20316868
20325353
20333737
20342222
203577
2036-9-9
2037-26-26
2038-43-43
2039-60-60
2040-78-78
2041-96-96
2042-115-115
2043-135-134
2044-154-154
2045-174-174
2046-194-194
2047-215-214
2048-235-234
2049-256-255
2050-277-276
2051-299-297
2052-320-318
2053-342-340
2054-364-362
2055-386-383
2056-409-406
2057-431-428
2058-455-451
2059-478-474
2060-502-498
2061-527-523
2062-553-548
2063-579-573
2064-605-600
2065-632-626
2066-660-653
2067-688-681
2068-716-709
2069-745-737
2070-774-766
2071-803-795
2072-834-825
2073-864-855
2074-895-886
2075-927-917
2076-960-949
2077-993-982
2078-1027-1015
2079-1062-1050
2080-1098-1085
2081-1134-1121
2082-1172-1158
2083-1209-1195
2084-1248-1233
2085-1287-1272
2086-1327-1311
2087-1368-1351
2088-1409-1392
2089-1450-1432
2090-1491-1473
2091-1532-1513
2092-1573-1553
2093-1612-1591
2094-1651-1630
2095-1689-1667
2096-1727-1704
2097-1764-1741
2098-1801-1777
2099-1838-1813
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