H.R. 6893 passed the House 270 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 101 words.
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.
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Policy area
- Environmental Protection: 29 of 2,191 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 138 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 1,677 words
- Subjects
- Advisory bodiesAir qualityAquacultureAquatic ecologyAtmospheric science and weatherChesapeake Bay +25 more
- Latest action
- Sep 15, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 3 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 3
- 119th S. 3939 Chesapeake WATERS Act D · Introduced
- 118th H.R. 4770 Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023 D · Reported
- 117th H.R. 3540 Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2021 D · Reported