,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bh1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,garcia of ,california 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,bacon7 introduced the 
following bill2 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 grants1 contracts1 or         
cooperative agreements to eligible      
entities to establish1 maintain1 or     
improve activities related to the       
detection and monitoring of infectious  
diseases through wastewater for public  
health emergency preparedness and       
response purposes1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,surveilling        
,effluent ,water for ,epidemic ,response
 ,act or the ,,sewer ,act4  #b4         
,national ,wastewater ,surveillance     
,system  7a7 ,in general ,subtitle ,c of
 title ,,xxviii of the ,public ,health  
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;hh-#ca

 et seq47 is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  #bhbg4 ,national    
,wastewater ,surveillance ,system  7a7  
,national wastewater surveillance system
 ,the ,secretary1 acting through the    
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention1 and in        
coordination with ,federal departments  
and agencies and relevant ,state and    
local departments and agencies1 shall   
expand1 intensify1 and coordinate the   
activities of the ,national ,wastewater 
,surveillance ,system to detect and     
monitor pathogens in wastewater1 such as
 ,,sars-,co,v-#b1 influenza1 mpox1      
dengue1 ,west ,nile virus1 and          
respiratory syncytial virus4  7b7       
,authorization of appropriations ,to    
carry out this section1 there is        
authorized to be appropriated           
#aej1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years   
#bjbf through #bjcj1 to remain available
 until expended4  4  7b7 ,rule of       
construction ,nothing in the amendment  
made by subsection 7a7 shall be         

construed as requiring a wastewater     
utility or service provider to comply   
with a request for wastewater           
surveillance4