United StatesChesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
What it does
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.)
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 15Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Latest
- Sep 14Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5584-5586)
- Sep 14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6893.
- Sep 14Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5584-5585)Passed House
- Sep 14Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Aug 20Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.
- Aug 20Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 664.
- Jul 15Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Jul 15Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 15Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 26Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 19Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- 2025
- Dec 18Introduced in House
- Dec 18Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.Introduced