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

HR 6893 · In committee · last action September 15, 2026

<p><strong>Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chesapeake Bay Office and modifies&nbsp;requirements concerning the office and its activities, such as new consultation requirements. (The office partners with the&nbsp;Chesapeake Bay Program&nbsp;to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay.)</p><p>The bill also provides statutory authority for&nbsp;the office's&nbsp;Chesapeake Bay watershed education and training program for elementary and secondary schools.</p><p>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.</p>

Sponsor

Robert Scott (D-VA)

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Official summary

<p><strong>Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chesapeake Bay Office and modifies&nbsp;requirements concerning the office and its activities, such as new consultation requirements. (The office partners with the&nbsp;Chesapeake Bay Program&nbsp;to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay.)</p><p>The bill also provides statutory authority for&nbsp;the office's&nbsp;Chesapeake Bay watershed education and training program for elementary and secondary schools.</p><p>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.</p>