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 Act . 2. Public health response and emergency detection through integrated wastewater surveillance (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. Wastewater surveillance for pathogen detection (a) Wastewater surveillance system The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this section referred to as the Secretary ), and in coordination with other Federal departments and agencies, shall 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. (b) Eligible entities To be eligible to receive an award under this section, an entity shall— (1) be a State, Tribal, or local health department, or a partnership between such a health department and other public and private entities; and (2) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, which shall include— (A) a description of activities proposed to be carried out pursuant to an award under subsection (a); (B) factors such entity proposes to use to select wastewater sampling sites; (C) a plan for responding, as appropriate, to findings from such wastewater sampling, consistent with applicable plans developed by such entity pursuant to section 319C–1; (D) a plan to sustain such wastewater surveillance activities described in such application following the conclusion of the award period