European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday february 8.19bb Reagan unveils $994 billion budget plan from Page 1 Force an end to government deficit spending by 1991.automatic cuts of around s40 billion will be triggered next october under the Law if there is a budget deadlock Between Reagan and Congress. The first round of Gramm Rudman cuts totalling $ 11.7billion, have already been triggered. They will take effect March i. Figures in tiie president s new budget reflect the lower spending Levels already in place because of these initial cuts. In his budget message Reagan told Congress his plan would set the deficit on a downward path to a balanced budget by 1991." Reagan said the proposal she wanted would present Congress with hard choices. But we must find the will to face up to our  but few in Congress held out Mueh likelihood that the president s budget would survive major Modifica  the coming months of struggle Over spending and taxes. I Don t think there Are 25 votes in the United state Senate for the budget said sen. Bill Bradley . And rep. Lot Aspin. D-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee called it Aba dead be fore  Many senior members of both parties in Congress have expressed doubts that the Federal budget can be balanced with spending cuts alone As Reagan prefers. Senate re publicans have recently urged Reagan to consider a com Promise including some new taxes possibly an Oil import fee. Signing the budget proposal in the Oval office wednesday Reagan held open the possibility of approving an Oil import fee to offset any Revenue Tost by changes in a lax overhaul Bill pending in the Senate. I be said that t m willing to look at that on that basis Reagan said. Sen. Pete v. Domenici r-n.m., chairman of the sen ate budget committee proposed wednesday that Reagan Call a budget Summit to see if a can put a  the president s budget projected total receipts of $850.4billion, for a deficit of s143.6 billion for the fiscal year beginning on oct. 1. Under the budget proposal which also includes projections for the next five years the government would actually end up with a s1.3 billion surplus in 1991. However to meet the targets leading to a balance budget the administration assumed an optimistic 4 per cent growth in the Economy Over four of the next five years with Short term interest rates dropping to 4 percent and inflation to around 2 percent projections not shared by most private economists. A major thrust of this year s budget is the Sale of variety of Federal asset and properties called privatization by the administration including the Bonneville Power administration and various outstanding govern ment Loans which would be sold to financial institutions Ata discount. Rep. William h. Gray Iii d-pa., chairman of the House budget committee derided that Type of Sale. Privatization that s Selling off pieces of the Federal govern ment Gray said. It s sort of like paying your mortgage by Selling your garage this week and then next month have to sell another  the president s budget states that the Sale of Bonnet Nipower and four other Power marketing administrations 1 the West the Southwest the Southeast and Alaska a bring the government $12.7 billion Over the next years. In All 100 hydroelectric dams Are operated by us agencies but the administration plan would retain govern mint title to the Dama themselves while Selling the Mission and Power generation systems. The proposal also advocates Selling Oil Fields owned Bathe gov emm i at Elk Hills calif., and Teapot a wyo., for j2,9 billion Over the next two years. In 81the president proposed Selling off Between $1 billion to billion. In surplus buildings and real estate throughout country. The president also asked Congress to sell to the  a variety of housing educational and Small bus ii Loans that Are owed to the government. This would in less than $1 billion in revenues. Missing from the president s budget was a advanced by his budget office last december to a. Federal housing administration. However Reagan s get would reduce funding for the Federal mortgage in Ance program by $476 million in 1987, and Reagan  administration would develop plans during the Neil year for turning the entire Cha program Over to to private  budget repeated Reagan s 1985 attempt to Ter Minate Federal subsidies for Amtrak and to abolish the Small business administration Urban development Grants and the direct loan program of the Export import Bank. Dod from Page 1 Man  the double digit pay increases of the president s first two years succeeding military pay raises have been much smaller. The armed forces received 4 percent raises in october 1983, january 1984 and january 1985 and a 3 percent raise in october 1985."although budget constraints have kept military pay raises at modest Levels during the last Lew years the administration re Mains committed to the principle of pay comparability and strives to maintain an Overall military compensation program that can compete with other employment alter natives the spokesman  officials said military pay briefly caught up with civilian pay in the Early Reagan years. But it now has slipped 8.3 percent behind according to the Labo department s employment Cost Index. The budget contains si09.2 billion to pay military and civilian personnel. Comptroller officials  proposed raise for Active duty members would Cost about $2.6 Bil lion. Re enlistment bonuses the $248 million for selective re enlist ment bonuses includes $171 million to pay 75 percent up front starting oct. 1. Pentagon comptroller official said Only $30 million would go to an expected 6 percent increase in payments. At present 50 percent of the bonuses prepaid at the Start and the rest Over the length of the  s annual report to Congress released tuesday asks that the enlistment and re enlistment bonuses be made Perma nent. Up to now they have been extended for temporary periods. The report says retention has been improving since 1980. The average number of years of service of enlisted personnel has increased 8.8 percent from 5.55 years to6.04 years. During the same period the average time served in each of the top six enlisted grades has increased 10 percent while the average Grade of the Force has gone up 5,2 percent. The Navy Short 1,000 aviators in seek ing an increase in continuation pay also wants to permit pilots to receive it even i they get aviation career incentive pay and hazardous duty pay. Pcs moves the $2.8 billion for permanent change of station moves includes the temporary lodging expense allowance household Good shipments travel by families of Junior enlisted member and mileage for children under age 2. A detailed breakdown was not available when reporters were  figure is an $80 million increase Over fiscal 1986.the report said the Pentagon also would seek further Extension of the household goods allowances liberalized slightly this  fiscal 1986 appropriation act provided funds to increase the household Good allowances of Junior enlisted members to 5,000 pounds for those with families and to1,500 pounds for those without both in the states and  for that the allowances have changed Little since 1966, the report says. I notes that Federal civilian employees have an allowance of 18,000 pounds regardless of rank or family status. The appropriations act kid further changes would have to wait until the Penta gon and the general accounting office finished their reviews of permanent change of station programs. Gibu1 in All the budget proposes about $434 million in new Cost items needing legislative approval. It seeks to save about $530 million principally by ending the new Gib ill and making four health care changes. The new i Bill still being tested re quires participants to pay $100 a month toward education benefits. When they Are ready to collect the government adds $300 a  comptroller official said the new i Bill requires the Pentagon to set funds aside in Advance whenever a new participant signs up. He said cutting the program offend returning to the older veterans educational assistance program would save $231million in 1987 and $170 million the next year. Health care the budget proposes to save an estimated $236 million in health care costs by linking champs payments to medicare rates. Requiring insurers to repay the trea sury for care provided by military medical facilities. Requiring service members and families to use military medical treatment facilities instead of some Public health service ones. Requiring members to enrol with health maintenance organization designated by the department of  retention Weinberger s report says the Bright personnel picture is darkened by two officer retention problems the Navy s Pilot problem and a shortage of nuclear trained submarine and surface warfare  to nuclear officer incentive pay authorized this year Are expected to trim the shortage from 22 percent in fiscal 1986 to 11 percent by 1990, the re port says. But the Navy will need to continue to place some exceptional lieutenants in engineering billets normally occupied by lieu tenant commanders us will a for continued authority to promote those officers to lieutenant commander. 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