S4048-119

In Committee

PREDICT Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 11, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, PREDICT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id07df2ae108c040f1a1f1b9f55a6856c3: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public health Response and Emergency Detection through Integrated wastewater Community Testing Act or the PREDICT...
  • Section id64e0916ea6a54cc29c471e69ad4b3ba2: 2. Public health response and emergency detection through integrated wastewater surveillance Subtitle C of title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act (42...
  • Section idd647ef50254648df83bfdfbc20be2d40: 2827. Wastewater surveillance for pathogen detection The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, PREDICT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, PREDICT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 11, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Mar 11, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 11, 2026

Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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