Proposed Provision: D2. The current spouse benefit is based on 50 percent of the PIA of the other spouse. Reduce this percent each year by 1 percentage point beginning with newly eligible spouses in 2023, until the percent reaches 33 in 2039.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2022230230
2023211211
2024194194
2025177177
2026160160
2027143143
2028126126
2029109109
20309192
20317474
20325757
20333940
20342122
203534
2036-16-15
2037-35-34
2038-54-53
2039-74-73
2040-95-94
2041-116-114
2042-137-135
2043-158-156
2044-180-177
2045-202-199
2046-224-220
2047-246-242
2048-268-264
2049-291-286
2050-313-308
2051-336-331
2052-359-353
2053-383-376
2054-406-399
2055-430-422
2056-453-445
2057-477-468
2058-501-492
2059-525-515
2060-550-540
2061-575-564
2062-601-589
2063-627-615
2064-654-641
2065-681-667
2066-708-694
2067-736-721
2068-764-749
2069-792-776
2070-821-804
2071-850-833
2072-880-862
2073-910-891
2074-940-921
2075-971-951
2076-1003-983
2077-1036-1014
2078-1069-1047
2079-1104-1081
2080-1139-1116
2081-1175-1151
2082-1212-1187
2083-1249-1223
2084-1286-1260
2085-1324-1297
2086-1363-1335
2087-1402-1374
2088-1442-1412
2089-1481-1450
2090-1520-1488
2091-1558-1526
2092-1595-1562
2093-1632-1598
2094-1668-1633
2095-1703-1668
2096-1738-1702
2097-1773-1736
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