Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
- Last Action
- 3/26/2026
Actions
- 2026-09-15Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2026-09-14Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-09-14On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5584-5585)
- 2026-09-14Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- 2026-09-14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6893.
- 2026-09-14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5584-5586)
- 2026-09-14Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2026-08-20Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 664.
- 2026-08-20Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.
- 2026-08-20Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.
- 2026-07-15Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- 2026-07-15Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2026-07-15Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- 2026-03-26Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 2026-03-19Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
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CRS Summary
As of 2026-08-20 (07)
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
This bill reauthorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chesapeake Bay Office and modifies requirements concerning the office and its activities, such as new consultation requirements. (The office partners with the Chesapeake Bay Program to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay.)
The bill also provides statutory authority for the office's Chesapeake Bay watershed education and training program for elementary and secondary schools.
Further, the bill authorizes the office to establish a program to support coordinated management, protection, characterization, and restoration of priority Chesapeake Bay habitats and living resources.
Cosponsors (7)
- Robert Wittman (R-VA)
- Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA)
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Jennifer McClellan (D-VA)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Aquaculture
- Aquatic ecology
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Chesapeake Bay
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Delaware
- Department of Commerce
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fishes
- Geography and mapping
- Historic sites and heritage areas
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