; or (ii) a nonprofit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (B) Limitation Such term shall not include an individual or group of individuals that is— (i) not located in the United States; or (ii) affiliated with the government of a foreign adversary (as defined in section 8(c)(2) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2) )). (4) Independent research The term independent research means the scientific or historical analysis of information that is performed for the primary purpose of advancing understanding, knowledge, and remedies regarding the harms to minors described in section 3(a). (5) Noncommercial purpose The term noncommercial purpose means a purpose that does not involve any direct or indirect use of data sets for the sale, resale, solicitation, rental, or lease of a service, or any use by which the user expects a profit, including the sale to the general public of a publication containing independent research. (6) Program The term Program means the program established under subsection (b)(1). (7) Qualified researcher The term qualified researcher means an eligible researcher who is approved by the Assistant Secretary to conduct independent research regarding harms to minors under the Program. (b) Independent Research Program Relating to Identified Harms to Minors (1) Establishment Subject to paragraph (2), the Assistant Secretary shall establish a program, with public notice and an opportunity to comment, under which an eligible researcher may apply for, and a covered platform shall provide, access to data sets from the covered platform for the sole purpose of conducting independent research regarding the harms described in section 3(a). (2) Scope of application The requirements of this subsection shall apply to a covered platform if— (A) for the most recent calendar year, the platform averaged more than 10,000,000 active users on a monthly basis in the United States