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 2016 and those becoming eligible after 2016.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292291
2017277277
2018262262
2019248247
2020233232
2021219217
2022203202
2023187186
2024171170
2025154153
2026137135
2027119118
202810199
20298381
20306461
20314441
20322321
20332-1
2034-20-23
2035-42-45
2036-65-68
2037-88-91
2038-112-115
2039-136-139
2040-160-164
2041-185-189
2042-210-214
2043-235-239
2044-260-264
2045-285-289
2046-310-315
2047-336-341
2048-362-367
2049-388-393
2050-415-420
2051-442-447
2052-468-474
2053-495-501
2054-523-528
2055-550-556
2056-578-584
2057-606-613
2058-635-642
2059-664-671
2060-694-701
2061-725-732
2062-756-763
2063-787-795
2064-819-827
2065-852-859
2066-885-892
2067-918-926
2068-952-960
2069-987-995
2070-1022-1030
2071-1057-1066
2072-1094-1103
2073-1132-1141
2074-1171-1180
2075-1210-1220
2076-1251-1261
2077-1293-1302
2078-1335-1345
2079-1378-1388
2080-1421-1431
2081-1464-1474
2082-1507-1517
2083-1550-1561
2084-1593-1604
2085-1636-1648
2086-1680-1691
2087-1724-1736
2088-1769-1780
2089-1814-1826
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