1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Stronger Safety Net Act , or the SSN Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Improving benefits for divorced spouses, widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses. Sec. 3. Extended benefit eligibility for children who are full-time students. Sec. 4. Establishment of payroll surtax for high-income individuals. Sec. 5. Inclusion of surplus earnings in social security benefit formula. 2. Improving benefits for divorced spouses, widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses (a) Expansion of benefits for divorced spouses (1) Wife's insurance benefits Section 202(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(b) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(G), by striking 10 years and inserting 5 years ; and (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) (A) Except as provided in subsections (k)(5) and (q), a wife's insurance benefit for each month shall be equal to— (i) in the case of a wife (as defined in section 216(b)), one-half of the primary insurance amount of her husband for such month; or (ii) in the case of a divorced wife (as defined in section 216(d)), the applicable percentage (as determined under subparagraph (B)) of one-half of the primary insurance amount of her former husband for such month. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the applicable percentage shall be equal to 100 percent reduced by 10 percentage points for each year in the period immediately before the date the divorce became effective in which the divorced wife was married to her former husband that is less than 10 years. . (2) Husband's insurance benefits Section 202(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(c) ) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(G), by striking 10 years and inserting 5 years