A new Republican effort to try to prevent what several senators called “further unlawful, sweeping mandates” from the Biden administration is unlikely to succeed, according to one legal expert.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and six Republican colleagues on Thursday introduced the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Clarification Act. Scott said the bill “clarifies OSHA’s authority and prevents Joe Biden from using this agency as a political weapon” and would “protect our families and their ability to make a living.” The move follows the Supreme Court’s decision last month to stay the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccination-and-testing rule for large businesses.
It seems unlikely that the bill would be enacted and signed into law, however, attorney Mark E. Reagan, the managing shareholder of the law firm Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, told the McKnights’ Business Daily.
“The theory of the legislation would seemingly follow one of the themes in the [Supreme Court of the United States] oral argument over the OSHA ETS that vaccination is not an intervention that only occurs in the workplace but rather continues into the individual’s personal and home life as well,” he said.
The legislation’s other sponsors include Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Barrasso (R-WY), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY-), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
