3.0.0 766 2025-04-09T19:57:52Z 2026-09-09T16:27:25Z House H HR 2025-01-28 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/766 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GARCIA of California:H.R. 766.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H406]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-28T16:03:40Z 2025-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000598 Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] Robert Garcia D CA 42 N B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 2025-01-28 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2025-03-06 False Health Hazardous wastes and toxic substances 2025-03-27T15:26:46Z Health programs administration and funding 2025-03-27T15:26:32Z Infectious and parasitic diseases 2025-03-27T15:26:38Z Water quality 2025-03-27T15:26:43Z Health 2025-03-01T14:34:31Z 00 2025-01-28 Introduced in House 2025-04-09T19:57:08Z Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response Act or the SEWER Act

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). 

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.     

]]> SEWER Act Display Title 45 SEWER Act 2025-02-26T05:23:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SEWER Act 2025-02-26T05:23:18Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response Act 2025-02-26T05:23:18Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 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. 2025-02-26T05:18:33Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr766ih/xml/BILLS-119hr766ih.xml 2025-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.