Yesterday, armed services leaders from the House and the Senate took a significant step forward in wrapping up the 2017 National Defense Authorization. While negotiations are still underway, committee leadership reportedly agreed upon adding around $9 billion to the Pentagon budget to fund wars and fill readiness shortfalls. Since the negotiations are highly sensitive, they are done in secret so Politico and Defense News reports on the ongoing negotiations are not confirmed.
The House and Senate versions of the NDAA were $18 billion apart after the House added that amount to the $610 billion Pentagon request. Thus, $9 billion is a compromise between the two chambers. It is worth noting that, according to Politico, the measure will halt the drawdown of troops in FY 2017.
More info from Defense News here.