S 4048 · 119th Congress

PREDICT Act

The PREDICT Act creates a new federal funding program to help states, tribes, and local communities monitor infectious diseases by testing wastewater. Here's what that means: instead of only tracking diseases through hospital visits and doctor reports, health officials can now analyze what's in sewage to detect outb…

Sponsor

Scott, Tim (R-South Carolina)

Introduced

2026-03-11

Policy area

Health