[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 15, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
       H.R. 4739.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8 provides authority to Congress to 
     provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the 
     United States; as well as to make provisions and regulations 
     for the military forces of the United States. Since proposed 
     Sage Grouse habitat negatively impacts several military 
     installations and training facilities, the Congress has 
     authority under Section 8 to act to mitigate those impacts in 
     order to preserve national defense readiness, while at the 
     same time, empowering the States which have conservation 
     plans for preservation and recovery of the Sage Grouse 
     species.