If 30 Senators sign a petition when the JRD is introduced, it bypasses committee and is immediately placed on the calendar. Once the JRD is on the calendar, the Leader may move to it at any time. The JRD is debatable for 10 hours, equally divided. No motions or amendments are in order. A vote on final passage will occur at the conclusion of debate.
Simple majority is required for passage.
The Clinton rule was finalized in the 11th hour of the Clinton Administration in a fraction of the time taken to consider most OSHA rules. The 608-page final rule was published November 14, 2000. The rule is fatally flawed, lengthy and complex, and totally unworkable. Other kinds of workplace injuries command about 67 percent of pay, on average. This creates one system of worker's compensation for ergonomic injuries and another for all other workplace injuries.