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

119-hr6893 — Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act. Sponsored by Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]. Introduced 2025-12-18. House bill. 119th Congress.

119-hr6893 119th Congress House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act

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Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Sponsor
Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D), VA
Cosponsors
Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) and 1 more
Introduced
2025-12-18
Committees
Natural Resources Committee
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; Marine and coastal resources, fisheries; Maryland; New York State; Parks, recreation areas, trails; Pennsylvania; Research administration and funding; Teaching, teachers, curricula; Virginia; Water quality; Water resources funding; Watersheds; Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Bill Activity

House
Introduced in House
2025-12-18
Committee
2025-12-18
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committee
2026-03-19
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
Committee
2026-03-26
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Committee
2026-07-15
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

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