119th Congress · introduced in the House · Dec 18, 2025
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Sep 15, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Environmental Protection
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Reported to House (Aug 20, 2026)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
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.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.
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.
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NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Clean Air and Water (quality)
$460,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tisan 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…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Clean Air and Water (quality)
$640,000
Spent on own lobbying
…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.287…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing