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But lawmakers rejected the idea, saying, among other arguments, the planes are needed now in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final NDAA includes &#8220;a prohibition on flying hours,&#8221; one senior aide said. &#8220;We preserved the option for some relief&#8221; due to Air Force concerns with language in the Senate bill, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise language, if approved before Congress leaves next week, would add $350 million so the Air Force could fund A-10 operations and maintenance efforts, the aides said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If they don&#8217;t need all of it, we have report language that they reprogram it to higher priorities,&#8221; a senior Senate aide said. &#8220;So some money could become available.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like on other weapon programs, the compromise measure proposes only a one-year plan for the A-10 fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Navy cruisers, the measure would allow the sea service to &#8220;stand down two&#8221; ships in 2015. But it says nothing about what the service might be allowed to do in 2016 and beyond, the aides said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also would authorize the Navy to buy three littoral combat ships, while approving incremental funding for LPD-28, an amphibious transport ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The negotiators waded into testy waters over an Army plan to shrink its force and shift Apache helicopters from the National Guard to the active force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final NDAA includes a &#8220;prohibition on helicopter retirements in 2015&#8221; with a hybrid of House and Senate language designed to hold off on a final verdict of the service&#8217;s plans until two panels have weighed in. One will be a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the proposal, and the other an independent commission&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We didn&#8217;t want to lock them in,&#8221; a senior House aide told reporters. &#8220;They can proceed with what they need to do. &#8230; We don&#8217;t want to take sides until that [data] comes in.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aides said the bill, slated to be filed later Tuesday, added more than $300 million for additional E\/A-18G Growler electronic aircraft, though they were unable to provide a number of planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House aide said both chambers &#8220;have some members who hope we can deal with sequestration&#8221; when the GOP-run Congress is seated in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama can finally reach a sequester-addressing fiscal deal, the House aide said, &#8220;some of these [weapons program] reductions wouldn&#8217;t be necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure&#8217;s war-funding section includes monies to send additional American forces to Iraq. It factors in a recent White House request for its counter-Islamic State conflict, including $3.4 billion to fund US operations against the violent Sunni group and another $1.6 billion to train and equip Iraqi forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise measure shifts language authorizing Obama to arm and train Syrian rebels into the annual Pentagon policy bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senior aides told reporters they made some minor changes to the Syrian train-and-equip section, mostly because additional months allowed them to better understand the White House&#8217;s plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think the biggest thing was understanding more precisely what the mission entails and giving them the authority to conduct that mission,&#8221; the House aide said. That includes in which countries the training will take place, the kinds of facilities needed, and other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That additional time meant &#8220;we were able to match [the bill] with what current law allows them to do,&#8221; the House aide said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His Senate counterpart added: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll see major changes there.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill is expected to be voted on by the full House under a closed rule \u2014 no amendments will be debated or voted on. The House aide expects smooth passage in the lower chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would then go to the Senate, where things are trickier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SASC Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., told reporters earlier Tuesday that he expects the upper chamber to take up the NDAA next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll get it from the House in time&#8221; for a vote this week, Levin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once it arrives on the Senate docket, its sponsors will &#8220;be asking people to pass the bill without amendments,&#8221; the Senate aide said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if Republican members insist on amending the bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would have to file cloture on the bill. That would start a 30-hour clock and set up a vote to end debate, with a 60-vote threshold. If that hurdle is cleared, an up-or-down vote requiring 51 votes could then be scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We think we have enough votes to pass it,&#8221; the Senate aide said with a half-smile, half-grimace. &#8220;But life in the Senate is always difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details of the compromise bill trickled out Tuesday. But a committee summary obtained by Defense News shows House and Senate negotiators accepted the White House&#8217;s proposal for 490,000 Army troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also authorizes a Navy with 323,600 sailors and 184,100 Marines, while the Air Force would get 312,980. The latter is above the request, but supports the A-10 compromise plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House-Senate negotiators committed to 11 aircraft carriers by authorizing full funding to refuel the USS George Washington (CVN-73), according to the summary document. They also agreed to language that prohibits the service from spending any monies to retire a carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Air Force has no plans to retire MQ-1 armed drones or U-2 spy planes in 2015, the legislation includes language blocking any such moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also would block plans to retire seven Air Force E-2 AWACS surveillance planes, and will show how the service is to pay to keep them flying, the summary document states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The negotiators fully funded the Pentagon&#8217;s F-35 fighter request, despite lingering program ailments. They authorized $1.6 billion for F-35 R&#038;D, and $6.7 million to buy 34 Lightning IIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill would clear the Pentagon to buy eight more MQ-9 armed drones by increasing the administration&#8217;s request by $98 million, while also including $103 million more for six additional UH-60M helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise bill increased funding lines for other programs, including the Army&#8217;s Stryker effort ($50 million more); M1 Abrams tanks ($120 million more); the Air Force&#8217;s JSTARS program ($73 million more); and Army trucks ($100 million more), according to the summary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The negotiators fully funded the administration&#8217;s requests for special operations forces, even approving new authorities that would let the defense secretary implement a rapid-acquisition process &#8220;to meet urgent SOF operational needs,&#8221; according to the summary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also authorizes a new &#8220;flexible $1.3 billion Counter Terrorism Partnership Fund&#8221; designed to support US allies&#8217; operations and efforts to make the country&#8217;s allies more potent in counter-terrorism operations in the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest missile defense move came on the joint US-Israeli Iron Dome program, which gained international accolades during Israel&#8217;s recent fight with Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise legislation would provide $350 million, $175 million over the administration&#8217;s request. 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