YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityCivil LibertiesHealth departments would get CDC grants to test sewage for disease — with results posted on a public dashboard.
Transparency & Accountability
Health departments that get grants would report their sewage test results to the CDC. The CDC would post them in a public database and dashboard, under standards it must draft within 180 days.
The bill allows money for these grants each year from 2026 through 2030 but sets no amount. After 2030, Congress would have to act again to keep paying for them.
Civil Liberties
Grants could pay to test wastewater from one facility, institution, or rural site that is not on a town sewer. Results from a small group can point to illness among fewer people, and the bill sets no privacy rules for that data.
More about this bill
Your local health department could get federal money to test sewage for disease. The CDC (the national disease-control agency) would have to give grants to state, tribal, and local health departments. They would use the money to track infectious diseases in wastewater and to get ready for health emergencies. The bill allows funding for each year from 2026 through 2030. It does not set a dollar amount. Each health department would pick where to take samples. It would also need a plan for what to do with the results. Grants could pay for testing at a single facility or rural site that is not on a town sewer. Within 180 days, the CDC would have to draft rules for how testing is done. Test results sent to the CDC would go into a public online database and dashboard. The health agency would also keep paying for research on better ways to test wastewater.
Congressional Summary
Public health Response and Emergency Detection through Integrated wastewater Community Testing Act or the PREDICT Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Wastewater Surveillance System, which is used to detect and monitor emerging infectious diseases. It also establishes a grant program to support the ability of state, tribal, and local health departments to conduct wastewater sampling and related analysis.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-03-11
- Date Added
- 2026-10-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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