Mark Alford will support a Bureau of Prisons pilot program to monitor infectious diseases and drug use through wastewater surveillance.

Establishing a pilot program under the Bureau of Prisons to develop a wastewater surveillance system to monitor infectious diseases and drug use, including fentanyl as well as other synthetic opioids and controlled substances.

Alford backed a pilot wastewater surveillance program in prisons to monitor disease and drug use.

Appropriations Committee Advances Commerce, Justice, and Science Funding Bill | Congressman Mark Alford
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Representative Mark Alford: In Congress 2023-Present. Member Activity: Sponsored Legislation [43]; Cosponsored Legislation (All) [324]; Remarks in the Congressional Record [117]; House Roll Call Votes [1,673]. Search within the page found no matching text for "Wastewater" or "Bureau of Prisons."

Alford has served during the relevant federal term, but the official Congress.gov member activity page did not show an identifiable wastewater-surveillance or Bureau of Prisons action tied to him.

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Representative Mark Alford | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The law includes Division C, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Searches of the enacted text found no matching text for "wastewater surveillance." The law's Bureau of Prisons provisions address abortion escort obligations, prisoner transportation restrictions, cable television limits, and IT thresholds; the only "wastewater" references concern border and Alaska water/wastewater infrastructure.

The FY2024 enacted appropriations law covering DOJ/BOP did not establish or fund the promised BOP wastewater surveillance pilot during Alford's first term.

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Public Law 118-42, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
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Latest Action: 03/09/2024 Became Public Law No: 118-42. The bill had the status Became Law.

Congress.gov confirms the FY2024 appropriations vehicle became law, making the absence of the promised BOP pilot in the enacted text relevant to fulfillment assessment.

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H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 | Congress.gov Actions
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Section 1101 continued FY2024 appropriations, including the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, with listed exceptions. Searches of the enacted text found no matching text for "wastewater" and no BOP-specific wastewater surveillance pilot language.

The FY2025 full-year continuing appropriations law carried forward the FY2024 structure rather than creating a BOP wastewater surveillance pilot.

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Public Law 119-4, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
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Roll Call 70 | Bill Number: H.R. 1968. Vote Question: On Passage. Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. Status: Passed. Alford, Republican, Missouri, voted Yea.

Alford voted for the FY2025 continuing appropriations bill, but that enacted vehicle did not include the promised BOP wastewater surveillance pilot; this is not concrete fulfillment of the promise.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 70, H.R. 1968
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The law includes Division A, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. Searches of the enacted text found no matching text for "surveillance" and the only "wastewater" references concern water and wastewater facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border and Alaska village infrastructure; Bureau of Prisons provisions do not establish a wastewater pilot.

The FY2026 CJS appropriations law, enacted before the as-of date, also did not create or fund the promised Bureau of Prisons wastewater surveillance pilot.

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Public Law 119-74, Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
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Latest Action: 01/23/2026 Became Public Law No: 119-74. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 397 - 28 (Roll no. 7).

Congress.gov confirms the FY2026 CJS appropriations bill became law; the enacted text lacks the promised pilot, so later-term appropriations did not deliver it.

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H.R.6938 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 | Congress.gov Actions
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