[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 143 (Monday, September 9, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5360]
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              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 2443. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for investment in tomorrow's pediatric health care 
     workforce; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 2444. A bill to establish a minimum staffing level of 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the 
     northern border, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 2445. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a surtax on corporations with significant 
     disparities in employee wages; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Brown, and 
             Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2446. A bill to provide certain coverage of audiologist 
     services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2447. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish or designate the Distributed Energy Opportunity 
     Board to carry out a program to facilitate a voluntary 
     streamlined processes for local permitting of distributed 
     renewable energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle 
     charging systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 2448. A bill to control the export of electronic waste 
     in order to ensure that such waste does not become the source 
     of counterfeit goods that may reenter military and civilian 
     electronics supply chains in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S.J. Res. 53. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental 
     Protection Agency relating to ``Repeal of the Clean Power 
     Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 
     Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to 
     Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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