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Jan 28, 2025
Policy Area:
Health
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Latest Action
Jan 28, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2025
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<p><strong>Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response Act or the SEWER Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides statutory authority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) program, which detects and monitors pathogens in wastewater. It requires the CDC to expand and intensify the activities of the NWSS, including with respect to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), influenza, mpox, dengue, West Nile virus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). </p><p>The NWSS provides funding and guidance to public health departments for wastewater surveillance activities. Under the NWSS, health departments and other partners coordinate on wastewater surveillance at sampling sites and share data with the CDC. The NWSS was initially implemented to monitor SARS-CoV-2 and has since expanded to include influenza A, avian influenza A, mpox, and RSV. </p>
Actions (3)
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Type: IntroReferral
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| Code: H11100
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced in House
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Jan 28, 2025
Introduced in House
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Jan 28, 2025
Subjects (5)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health
(Policy Area)
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Water quality
Cosponsors (2)
(R-PA)
Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
(R-NE)
Jan 28, 2025
Jan 28, 2025
Full Bill Text
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Jan 28, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:24 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 766 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 766
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to
award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities
to establish, maintain, or improve activities related to the detection
and monitoring of infectious diseases through wastewater for public
health emergency preparedness and response purposes, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2025
Mr. Garcia of California (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to
award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities
to establish, maintain, or improve activities related to the detection
and monitoring of infectious diseases through wastewater for public
health emergency preparedness and response purposes, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 766 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 766
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to
award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities
to establish, maintain, or improve activities related to the detection
and monitoring of infectious diseases through wastewater for public
health emergency preparedness and response purposes, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2025
Mr. Garcia of California (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to
award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities
to establish, maintain, or improve activities related to the detection
and monitoring of infectious diseases through wastewater for public
health emergency preparedness and response purposes, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Surveilling Effluent Water for
Epidemic Response Act'' or the ``SEWER Act''.
SEC. 2.
(a) In General.--Subtitle C of title XXVIII of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``
SEC. 2827.
``
(a) National Wastewater Surveillance System.--The Secretary,
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and in coordination with Federal departments and agencies
and relevant State and local departments and agencies, shall expand,
intensify, and coordinate the activities of the National Wastewater
Surveillance System to detect and monitor pathogens in wastewater, such
as SARS-CoV-2, influenza, mpox, dengue, West Nile virus, and
respiratory syncytial virus.
``
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
there is authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2026 through 2030, to remain available until expended.''.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendment made by
subsection
(a) shall be construed as requiring a wastewater utility or
service provider to comply with a request for wastewater surveillance.
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