Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-12-18
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act” Read the full text
Environmental Protection
What it does
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 t
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-12-18
In the House.
Committee hearing · 2026-03-26
Passed the House · 2026-09-14
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
8
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INCvia CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION, INC.
1 filingNATURE CONSERVANCYvia THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
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Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (2026-09-15).