1、1 Any reference to the combined Social Security OASDI trust fund assumes the mergedoperations of the separate federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and thefederal Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund and treats them as if they were one collective(OASDI) fund. In reality, the two
2、trust funds have distinct dedicated primary revenue sourcesin their respective portions of federal payroll taxes, and operate separately. The two trust fundsand their respective programs are closely linked, however, and collectively make up what iscommonly referred to as “Social Security.”Order Code
3、 RS22139Updated January 30, 2007Social Security: Summary of ProgramSolvency and ProjectionsGary SidorInformation Research SpecialistKnowledge Services GroupSummaryOn May 1, 2006, the Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual reportto Congress on the status of the Social Security trust fu
4、nds. The Social Security trustfunds, under the latest forecast, continue to face long-range financing problems. On acombined basis, the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) trust fundsare projected to be depleted in 2040 (which is one year earlier than the projection fromthe 2005 rep