H.R. 766

Summary

H.R. 766, the SEWER Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 28, 2025 by Rep. Robert Garcia (D) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Jan 28, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 766 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 766 IH: Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-28
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 766  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response Act   or the   SEWER Act  .
2.
National Wastewater Surveillance System
(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:
2827.
National Wastewater Surveillance System
(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.
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(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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Sponsors

Rep. Robert Garcia (D) sponsors H.R. 766, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Robert Garcia

Rep. · D–CA-42 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 28, 2025

Don Bacon

Rep. · R–NE-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 28, 2025 · Original

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 6, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 766 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Jan 28, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 766 has taken 2 actions since Jan 28, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 766 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 766 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• SEWER Act — Display Title
• SEWER Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 766 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Agriculture, Clean Air and Water (quality), Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Health Issues, Natural Resources, Science/Technology.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 766 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 766’s is Health.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 766 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Hazardous wastes and toxic substances to Water quality.

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