; table of contents (a) Short title This title may be cited as the Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment or the CONVENE Act of 2023 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this title is as follows: TITLE XI—Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment Sec. 1101. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 1102. Definitions. Sec. 1103. National security councils of specified countries. 1102. Definitions In this title: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (2) Congressional defense committees The term congressional defense committees has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. (3) National security council The term national security council means, with respect to a specified country, an intergovernmental body under the jurisdiction of the freely elected government of the specified country that acts as the primary coordinating entity for security cooperation, disaster response, and the activities described section 6103(f). (4) Specified country The term specified country means— (A) the Federated States of Micronesia; (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands