[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. BISHOP of Utah:
        H.R. 527.
        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 federal 
     land use restrictions implemented by the Department of 
     Interior ostensibly to protect habitat for the Greater Sage 
     Grouse also negatively impact several vital military 
     installations and training facilities in the Western United 
     States, the Congress has authority under Section 8 to act to 
     mitigate negative impacts of the federal land use 
     restrictions in order to preserve national defense readiness, 
     while at the same time, respecting the 10th Amendment 
     prerogatives of the States for the management of wildlife 
     within their state boundaries through the facilitation of 
     their respective state wildlife management plans for the 
     preservation and recovery of the Greater Sage Grouse.