S. 4048 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
PREDICT Act
Cosponsors: 5 (2 D, 2 R, 1 other) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-09
Introduced: 2026-03-11
Latest action (2026-03-11): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What S. 4048 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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