Proposed Provision: D6. For spouses and children of retired and disabled workers becoming newly eligible beginning in 2026 and phased in for 2026 through 2035, limit their auxiliary benefit to one-half of the PIA for a hypothetical worker with earnings equal to the national average wage index (AWI) each year.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229229
2023213213
2024197197
2025180180
2026163163
2027147147
2028130130
2029114114
20309797
20318080
20326363
20334646
20342828
20351010
2036-9-9
2037-28-28
2038-47-47
2039-67-67
2040-87-87
2041-108-107
2042-129-127
2043-150-148
2044-171-169
2045-192-190
2046-213-210
2047-234-231
2048-255-251
2049-276-272
2050-297-293
2051-318-313
2052-338-333
2053-359-354
2054-380-374
2055-401-395
2056-422-416
2057-444-436
2058-465-457
2059-487-478
2060-509-500
2061-531-522
2062-554-544
2063-577-567
2064-601-590
2065-625-613
2066-649-637
2067-674-661
2068-699-686
2069-724-711
2070-749-736
2071-776-761
2072-802-788
2073-830-814
2074-857-841
2075-885-869
2076-914-898
2077-944-927
2078-975-957
2079-1007-988
2080-1039-1020
2081-1072-1052
2082-1106-1085
2083-1139-1118
2084-1173-1151
2085-1207-1185
2086-1242-1218
2087-1275-1252
2088-1309-1284
2089-1342-1317
2090-1375-1349
2091-1407-1381
2092-1439-1412
2093-1471-1443
2094-1503-1475
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