; (B) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and (C) such other bodies which the President determines appropriate for enforcing the provisions of this Act. (3) State enforcement If the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that an interest of the residents of the State has been or is being threatened or adversely affected by a practice or action that violates section 3, the attorney general of the State may, as parens patriae, bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State in an appropriate district court of the United States to obtain appropriate relief. (c) Venue An action under this section may be brought in— (1) the district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28, United States Code; or (2) another court of competent jurisdiction. 5. Definitions In this Act: (1) Protected activity generally The term protected activity means protected action, protected inaction, or enhanced China-related protected activity, except that such term does not include any activity that— (A) (i) in the case of an activity that takes place in the United States, violates a Federal law or regulation (or advocates for any such activity which constitutes a Federal felony offense); (ii) in the case of an activity that takes place outside of the United States, would violate such a Federal law or regulation had the activity been conducted in the United States (or advocates for any such activity that constitutes a Federal felony offense); or (iii) in the case of an activity that takes place in a State, territory, or unit of local government and involves an act that constitutes a felony offense, violates a State law, territorial law, or local ordinance that prohibits such an act or advocates for such activity