; or (2) affect section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 15 U.S.C. 78m note), or subsection (q) of section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m ), as added by section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( Public Law 111–203 ; 124 Stat. 2220), or any rule prescribed under either such section. (f) Critical mineral defined In this section, the term critical mineral has the meaning given the term in section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(a) ). 5412. Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment (a) Short title This section may be cited as the Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment Act of 2023 or the CONVENE Act of 2023 . (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and (C) the congressional defense committees. (2) 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 in subsection (c)(5). (3) Specified country The term specified country means— (A) the Federated States of Micronesia; (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands