
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
Official title: To reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
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What Happened in Congress?
September 14, 2026
- HousePassed by voice vote
Where the Bill Stands
- Introduced, done
- Committee, done
- Floor Vote, done
- Outcome, current stage
What This Bill Does
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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Timeline
- SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- House floor actionsMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Floor Vote
- Passed the House
- House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.
- House committee actionsSubcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- House committee actionsSubcommittee Hearings Held
- House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- Library of CongressIntroduced in House
- House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Introduced
- Committee




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