Proposed Provision: 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 2015 and those becoming eligible after 2015.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2013330330
2014315315
2015301300
2016286285
2017271270
2018257257
2019244243
2020231230
2021218216
2022204202
2023189187
2024173172
2025158156
2026142140
2027125123
2028108106
20299088
20307169
20315249
20323129
2033118
2034-11-13
2035-32-35
2036-55-58
2037-78-81
2038-101-104
2039-124-128
2040-148-152
2041-172-176
2042-196-200
2043-220-225
2044-245-249
2045-269-274
2046-294-299
2047-319-324
2048-345-350
2049-371-376
2050-397-402
2051-423-428
2052-449-455
2053-476-481
2054-502-508
2055-530-536
2056-557-563
2057-585-591
2058-613-620
2059-642-649
2060-671-678
2061-701-708
2062-732-739
2063-763-770
2064-794-802
2065-826-834
2066-859-866
2067-892-899
2068-925-933
2069-959-967
2070-993-1001
2071-1028-1037
2072-1064-1073
2073-1101-1110
2074-1139-1148
2075-1178-1187
2076-1217-1226
2077-1258-1267
2078-1299-1308
2079-1340-1350
2080-1382-1392
2081-1424-1434
2082-1466-1476
2083-1508-1518
2084-1550-1560
2085-1592-1603
2086-1635-1646
2087-1678-1689
2088-1722-1733
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