[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  0915
 RETURNING TO THE SENATE H.R. 1735, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 
                          FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016

  Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution constituting a 
question of the privileges of the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 340

       Resolved, That the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1735) 
     entitled ``To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 
     for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
     military construction, and for defense activities of the 
     Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes'', in 
     the opinion of this House, contravenes the first clause of 
     the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution 
     of the United States and is an infringement of the privileges 
     of this House and that such bill, with the Senate amendment 
     thereto, shall be respectfully returned to the Senate with a 
     message communicating this resolution.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution presents a question of the 
privileges of the House.
  Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Louisiana?
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object, only to say I 
do not object.
  Mr. BOUSTANY. I thank the gentleman.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan withdraws his 
reservation.
  Without objection the resolution is agreed to.
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________