The Senate on Dec. 4 unanimously approved its version of the Fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill, providing $631.4 billion for national defense programs and the war in Afghanistan. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, told reporters that senators added 145 amendments to the full Senate's final version. Among its many provisions, the bill:
- supports the Pentagon’s plans for the Air Force to spend $3.7 billion on the F-35 fighter program
- allows a 1.7 percent military pay increase
- fully funds efforts to train and equip Afghan security forces
- allows the Pentagon to continue pursuing biofuels
- tightens sanctions on Iran
- bans transfers of Guantanamo detainees to the United States
- authorizes the Air Force to spend $87 million less on its KC-46 aerial tanker program than the $1.9 billion the service requested.
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Air Force Magazine's Daily Report: Senate Passes Defense Authorization Bill
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