Sponsor: PADGETT, Lemuel Phillips (D-TN)
Description: TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT #71 TO H. R. 14034 (38 STAT. 392, 6/30/1914), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE FOR FISCAL 1915 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, WHICH SENATE AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR THE SALE OF 2 BATTLESHIPS (IDAHO AND MISSISSIPPI) AND FOR EXPENDITURE OF THE RECEIPTS FOR A VESSEL OR VESSELS OF MORE MODERN CLASS, WITH A HOUSE AMENDMENT THERETO TO HAVE CONSTRUCTED A FIRST CLASS BATTLESHIP AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $12,435,000 (AN APPROPRIATION OF $7,8000,000 AND $4,635,000 FROM RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF ABOUT 2 BATTLESHIPS). (P.10959-1)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 51-11, p. 10972; House Journal vol. 63-2, p. 685;