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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
December 18, 2025
Latest Action
September 15, 2026
Primary Sponsor
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratic(VA)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
96pct
271d open
vs 10,940 other HR bills in the 119th — cohort avg 30d
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.
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Filing registrants (2)
2026 · third_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
American Water Stewardship Act (H.R.6422) Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S.5653) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act (H.R.6893/S.3939) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025 (H.R.284/S.528) Ohio River Restoration Program Act (H.R.5966/S.3796) Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (H.R.9497/S.4949)
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5584-5585)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6893.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5584-5586)
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 664.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
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Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Clean Air and Water (quality)
American Water Stewardship Act (H.R.6422) Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act (S.1366) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act (H.R.6893/S.3939) Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 (H.R.7978/S.4041) Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act (H.R.1809/S.2878) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025 (H.R.284/S.528) Ohio River Restoration Program Act (H.R.5966/S.3796) Reauthorization of the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program with groundwater added [no bill number] Water Resources Development Act of 2026 [no bill number]
Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Commerce and interior appropriations funding -H.R.8998 Chesapeake WATERS Act - H.R.6893
Client expense: $22,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| House |
| Referred To |
| December 18, 2025 |
| December 18, 2025 |
| Republican |
| VA |
| Jennifer L. McClellan | Democratic | VA |
| Robert J. Wittman | Republican | VA |
| Sarah Elfreth | Democratic | MD |