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 2022 and those becoming eligible after 2022.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2020261261
2021248248
2022233232
2023217216
2024200199
2025183182
2026165164
2027148147
2028130129
2029112111
20309493
20317674
20325856
20333937
20342019
20351-1
2036-19-20
2037-38-41
2038-59-61
2039-80-82
2040-101-103
2041-122-124
2042-144-146
2043-166-168
2044-188-191
2045-210-213
2046-232-235
2047-255-258
2048-277-280
2049-299-303
2050-322-325
2051-344-348
2052-367-370
2053-389-393
2054-412-416
2055-434-439
2056-457-462
2057-480-485
2058-504-508
2059-527-532
2060-551-555
2061-575-580
2062-599-604
2063-624-629
2064-650-655
2065-676-681
2066-702-707
2067-728-733
2068-755-760
2069-782-787
2070-809-815
2071-837-843
2072-866-872
2073-895-901
2074-925-931
2075-955-961
2076-986-992
2077-1018-1024
2078-1051-1057
2079-1084-1091
2080-1119-1125
2081-1154-1161
2082-1190-1196
2083-1226-1233
2084-1263-1270
2085-1300-1307
2086-1337-1344
2087-1374-1382
2088-1411-1419
2089-1448-1455
2090-1484-1492
2091-1520-1527
2092-1554-1562
2093-1589-1597
2094-1623-1631
2095-1657-1665
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