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 2024 and those becoming eligible after 2023.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2022230230
2023211211
2024194194
2025177177
2026160159
2027143142
2028126125
2029109108
20309191
20317473
20325756
20333938
20342120
203532
2036-16-17
2037-35-36
2038-54-56
2039-74-76
2040-95-97
2041-116-118
2042-137-139
2043-158-161
2044-180-182
2045-202-204
2046-224-226
2047-246-249
2048-268-271
2049-291-294
2050-313-317
2051-336-340
2052-359-363
2053-383-386
2054-406-409
2055-430-433
2056-453-457
2057-477-481
2058-501-505
2059-525-529
2060-550-554
2061-575-579
2062-601-605
2063-627-631
2064-654-658
2065-681-685
2066-708-713
2067-736-740
2068-764-769
2069-792-797
2070-821-826
2071-850-855
2072-880-885
2073-910-915
2074-940-945
2075-971-976
2076-1003-1008
2077-1036-1041
2078-1069-1075
2079-1104-1109
2080-1139-1145
2081-1175-1181
2082-1212-1217
2083-1249-1254
2084-1286-1292
2085-1324-1330
2086-1363-1369
2087-1402-1409
2088-1442-1448
2089-1481-1487
2090-1520-1526
2091-1558-1564
2092-1595-1602
2093-1632-1639
2094-1668-1675
2095-1703-1711
2096-1738-1746
2097-1773-1780
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