Balancing for limiting AA may prevent reduced production when deficient MP is provided. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of rumen-protected (RP) His supplementation at different levels of MP when Lys and Met supplies meet the requirements. Sixty lactating cows (mean ± SD; parity, 2.47 ± 1.346; DIM, 112 ± 27; milk yield, 50 ± 8 kg/d) were used in a randomized complete block design and allocated to one of the following diets: an MP-adequate diet meeting the MP, Met, Lys, and His requirements (CP, 17.0%); an MP-moderately deficient diet (92.6% of the requirement) meeting the requirement of Met and Lys (MDMP; CP, 15.4%); the MDMP diet supplemented with RP-His to meet the His requirement; an MP-deficient diet (86.7% of requirement) meeting the requirement of Met and Lys (DMP; CP, 14.5%); and the DMP diet supplemented with RP-His to meet the requirement of His. The experiment lasted for 6 weeks of data collection after 2 wk of covariate. During the last week, feces and urine collected from 8 blocks were used to reconstitute manure based on the individual daily excretion of feces and urine. Manures were incubated for 12 d using a steady-state air-flux chamber system. Milk yield, milk fat and protein, DMI, and BW were not affected by treatments. Lowering MP supply linearly decreased total-tract N digestibility and urinary N excretion but increased N use efficiency for milk protein (MNE; 31.4% to 38.3% of N intake). Lowering MP supply also linearly decreased plasma urea-N (11.2 to 8.12 mg/dL) and tended to decrease plasma His (57.6 to 48.0 μmol/L). Supplementation of RP-His decreased MNE because it did not increase milk N excretion. Blood hemoglobin (8.21 to 8.40 g/dL) and plasma His (50.4 to 52.2 μmol/L) and carnosine (14.4 to 14.9 μmol/L) numerically increased by RP-His, but the differences were not significant. Lowering MP supply tended to linearly increase the ratio of feces to urine and linearly decreased daily and cumulative NH3 emissions from manure. However, RP-His supplementation did not affect daily and cumulative NH3 emissions. In conclusion, the diets supplying deficient MP but adequate Met and Lys did not negatively affect milk yield and protein yield. Supplementing the MP-deficient diets with RP-His did not increase milk and milk protein yields. It is likely that additional His was provided from the endogenous His pool during the 6-wk feeding period, resulting in lack of His deficiency. Further studies on the sources of endogenous His and their contribution to milk protein synthesis under varying degrees of His deficiency.