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DemocratBill · H.R. 766· House(119-HR-766)

SEWER Act

Rep. Garcia
Age: 49 years
California
Introduced
1/28/2025
Last activity
1/28/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsored by
Robert Garcia
Cosponsors
Democrat - 0Republican - 2
Health
  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response Act" or the "SEWER Act," proposes to amend the Public Health Service Act. It directs the Secretary to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to help establish and improve activities for detecting infectious diseases through wastewater. The goal is to improve public health emergency preparedness and response. Specifically, it tasks the Secretary and the CDC Director to expand and coordinate the National Wastewater Surveillance System to monitor pathogens like SARS-CoV-2 and influenza. To fund these efforts, the bill authorizes $150,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030.

Yes

  • Does this make the country readier for the next outbreak?+7

    The bill authorizes $150,000,000 annually to expand and coordinate the National Wastewater Surveillance System for epidemic response.

  • Does this make health care easier to get in general?+4

    The bill funds the expansion of wastewater surveillance to better detect and monitor infectious diseases.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.