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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Thursday, Jan. 16, 1986
Budget cuts could cost state
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The first round of potential budget cuts under new deficit-slashing legislation could cost Kansas about $2 million in federal grant money this year. Military posts could suffer additional losses.
The cuts in federal monies to state and local governments are among $11.7 billion in spending reductions nationwide, which were set into motion yesterday under the terms set by the new Gramm-Rudman budget-balancing law.
Kansas' share of those reductions, which will automatically take place on March 1 unless Congress takes action to block them, is estimated to total $7.8 million in the current fiscal year for a host of federal grant-in-aid programs, according to an analysis by a state government research group.
the group, Federal Funds Information for States, projects the biggest cuts will fall on social services and health block grants programs, combined about $1.6 million; low-income energy assistance to help the poor pay their utility bills, and federal aid for education and highways.
Altogether, Kansas would lose nearly 1 percent of its federal money this year.
FFIS is a Washington-based research arm of the National Governors' Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Congressional and administration budget officials triggered the new budget-balancing law by announcing that the deficit is expected to reach $220 billion this year.
The Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office released a blueprint for implementing the cuts, but it does not spell out how individual states and their programs will be affected. It contains projected reductions required by federal agencies, including the Pentagon.
Terry Smith, a Washington lobbyist for the state of Kansas, said the FFI$^{3}$ figures were the best available projections on the amount of possible cuts for the state although actual losses could be slightly different.
The Gramm-Rudman law, named after its sponsors, Sens. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, and Warren Rudman, R-N.H., seeks to balance the
budget by 1991. It establishes targets for reducing the deficit and requires automatic spending cuts if Congress fails to reach those goals.
On the defense side, Kansas military bases stand to lose $825,000 in construction monies this year. Gramm-Rudman also would slice $5.1 billion from the Defense Department, with $66 million coming from appropriations for military construction projects.
McConnell Air Force Base will be the biggest loser in Kansas, with cuts of $412,000 in preparation it for the arrival of B1-B bombers. Congress, before it adjourned last month, approved spending $71.5 million for work at McConnell.
Fort Riley would lose $342,000, including monies for construction on aircraft maintenance hangars, tactical equipment shops, a dental clinic and battalion headquarters.
Cuts of $54,000 would be required in construction projects at Fort Leavenworth, with other reductions in projects for the Air National Guard at McConnell and the Defense Property Disposal Office at Fort Riley.
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