Thank you very much for the question.
I believe that, in an earlier session, Mr. Bezan noted that this is all about closing loopholes.
I can give you an example from my own practice. I hope you can appreciate that I'm going to speak in broad brush strokes, because it's a live issue.
Currently, I'm working to address a slew of assassinations that a state committed historically and across a number of different countries. We found that the individual who orchestrated this on the ground was a community leader and a loyalist to that regime, but they had absolutely no hard and fast connection to it.
My concern is that, under the current drafting of the bill, an individual like this—who is really a heavy hitter— would fall through the gaps. That's very much a loophole in the legislation as currently drafted.
Based on our amendments, he would be caught, because the question is whether he knowingly facilitated transnational repression, for instance. The answer in this case would certainly be yes.
That's one example of how creating tight, well-drafted legislation is very important to capturing the chain of command of these operations, because it's extensive. As I mentioned, authoritarian states are at pains to make themselves as elusive as possible and make it difficult to connect these things back to the head honchos in China, Iran, Russia or wherever.