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 2029. 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
2022230230
2023211211
2024194194
2025177177
2026160160
2027143143
2028126126
2029109109
20309191
20317474
20325757
20333939
20342121
203533
2036-16-15
2037-35-35
2038-54-54
2039-74-74
2040-95-95
2041-116-115
2042-137-136
2043-158-157
2044-180-179
2045-202-200
2046-224-222
2047-246-244
2048-268-266
2049-291-289
2050-313-311
2051-336-334
2052-359-356
2053-383-379
2054-406-402
2055-430-425
2056-453-449
2057-477-472
2058-501-496
2059-525-520
2060-550-544
2061-575-569
2062-601-594
2063-627-620
2064-654-646
2065-681-673
2066-708-700
2067-736-727
2068-764-755
2069-792-782
2070-821-811
2071-850-839
2072-880-869
2073-910-898
2074-940-928
2075-971-958
2076-1003-990
2077-1036-1022
2078-1069-1055
2079-1104-1089
2080-1139-1123
2081-1175-1159
2082-1212-1195
2083-1249-1231
2084-1286-1268
2085-1324-1306
2086-1363-1344
2087-1402-1382
2088-1442-1421
2089-1481-1459
2090-1520-1497
2091-1558-1535
2092-1595-1571
2093-1632-1607
2094-1668-1643
2095-1703-1677
2096-1738-1711
2097-1773-1745
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