H.R. 6893 · 119th Congress

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

Stage: Passed a chamber
Sponsor: Bobby Scott
Introduced: 2025-12-18
Latest action: 2026-09-15 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Subjects

Executive agency funding and structure

Congressional oversight

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Department of Commerce

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Public lands and natural resources

Virginia

Elementary and secondary education

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Advisory bodies

Pennsylvania

Research administration and funding

Maryland

Teaching, teachers, curricula

Water quality

Chesapeake Bay

Delaware

Historic sites and heritage areas

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Watersheds

Education programs funding

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

New York State

Atmospheric science and weather

Air quality

Fishes

Environmental protection

Educational technology and distance education

Geography and mapping

Water resources funding

Aquatic ecology

Aquaculture

Environmental education