The proposed paragraph that's being proposed to be removed says, “amending the definition of any term defined” in the three proposed sections of the legislation where a definition actually occurs. It doesn't put any limitations on amending a definition so it stays within the scope or diminishes the scope. It could imply amending a definition to broaden the scope.
I'm concerned that this flies in the face of the democratic process, in which a regulation seems to now confer more power than the law that gives birth to that regulation. I'm not sure that this proposed paragraph, without passing the amendment, is in good practice, or technically in order.
I don't know how we would get that legal clarification. I don't propose that we ask the witnesses that are here any more. Perhaps the committee does not have the resources it needs to become fully versed on the implications of not passing this amendment.