H.R. 6893 Passed the House Environmental Protection

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act

To reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] Introduced December 18, 2025 Cosponsors 7 (5 D, 2 R) Latest action September 15, 2026

Summary

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Sep 15, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  2. Sep 14, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Sep 14, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5584-5585)
  4. Sep 14, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  5. Sep 14, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6893.
  6. Sep 14, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5584-5586)
  7. Sep 14, 2026 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  8. Aug 20, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 664.
  9. Aug 20, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.
  10. Jul 15, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  11. Jul 15, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  12. Jul 15, 2026 Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged

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