washington efforts protect great sage grouse bird find western unite state pose threat u.s. military two senior democratic house representatives lawmakers say tuesday debate bird intense year ago house arm service committee finalize version national defense authorization act ndaa 600 billion annual bill set u.s. defense policy argue protect sage grouse would put large swaths western unite state limit military train house republicans include ban make bird endanger species house version 2016 ndaa measure strip bill consider senate legislation sign law president barack obama house version 2017 ndaa house arm service panel debate wednesday representatives adam smith top arm service democrat raul grijalva counterpart natural resources committee release letter department defense officials say land use plan intend protect bird affect military train operations readiness significant degree letter put bed silly speculation bird could hamstring great fight force history world grijalva say statement u.s. military withstand sage grouse lawmakers say