H.Res. 1019House115th Congress (2017-2019)Passed Congress

Raising a question of the privileges of the House pursuant to article I, section 7, of the United States Constitution.

Introduced July 24, 2018

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The resolution asks the House to consider that the conference report attached to H.R. 5515 – the FY 2019 defense appropriations bill – violates the Constitution’s Origination Clause (the first clause of Article I, Section 7). The House says this breach infringes its privileges and directs that the bill be sent back to the conference committee for further work.

Key Provisions

  • States that the conference report for H.R. 5515 conflicts with the Constitution’s Origination Clause.
  • Declares that this conflict infringes the House’s privileges.
  • Orders that H.R. 5515 be recommitted to the conference committee for revision.

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

July 24, 2018 • 8:37 PM

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Introduced in House

July 24, 2018

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Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H7150)

July 24, 2018 • 8:37 PM

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Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

July 24, 2018 • 8:37 PM

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On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7150)

July 24, 2018 • 8:37 PM

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

July 24, 2018 • 8:37 PM

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Kevin Brady
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8 · Jul 24, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution constituting a question of the privileges of the House.

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H. RES. 1019

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

July 24, 2018

RESOLUTION

That the conference report accompanying H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 be respectfully recommitted to the committee of conference.

Clerk.