1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Readiness Act . 2. Grants for research on, or establishing, wastewater surveillance and other early warning systems Subtitle C of title XVIII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 2823. Grants for research on, or establishing, wastewater surveillance and other early warning systems (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may award grants to eligible entities to conduct research on, or to establish, a wastewater surveillance or other early warning system through— (1) wastewater testing; (2) temperature tracking to monitor axillary body temperature; and (3) other methods deemed permissible by the Secretary and Administrator. (b) Permissible uses of funds A grant recipient under this section may use grant funds to support the activities described in subsection (a), including by— (1) paying for data-centric services that can detect infectious diseases before positive cases or hospitalizations; (2) entering into contracts with private companies to implement early warning detection methods; or (3) funding research to study early warning detection methods. (c) Priority In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities proposing to conduct research on, or to establish, wastewater surveillance or other early warning system in one or more areas that— (1) are (or include one or more areas that are) a hot spot