{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-6893","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":6893,"title":"Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-12-18","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S000185","fullName":"Rep. Scott, Robert C. \"Bobby\" [D-VA-3]","party":"D","state":"VA","district":3}],"cosponsorsCount":7,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-09-15","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation."},"policyArea":"Environmental Protection","subjects":["Advisory bodies","Air quality","Aquaculture","Aquatic ecology","Atmospheric science and weather","Chesapeake Bay","Climate change and greenhouse gases","Congressional oversight","Delaware","Department of Commerce","Education programs funding","Educational technology and distance education","Elementary and secondary education","Environmental assessment, monitoring, research","Environmental education","Executive agency funding and structure","Fishes","Geography and mapping","Historic sites and heritage areas"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-09-15","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5584-5585)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6893.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5584-5586)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-14","text":"Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-20","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 664.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-20","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-20","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-763.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-15","text":"Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-15","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-15","text":"Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-26","text":"Subcommittee Hearings Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-19","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-18","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-18","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-18","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"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>","updateDate":"2026-09-24T23:41:17Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":4456,"ts":"2026-10-14T08:09:54.924Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Chesapeake%20Bay%20Watershed%20Advancement%20for%20Training%2C%20Education"}]}}