H.R. 6893: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-12-18 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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

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

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr6893 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills