; or (BB) emerging and foundational technology identified by the President under section 1758 of the Export Controls Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4817 ); or (II) elect to the board of directors of any entity an individual who— (aa) is a director, officer, employee, or affiliate of any entity described in clause (i)(I); (bb) at any time during the 5-year period preceding the date on which that election occurs, was as described in item (aa); or (cc) a reasonable investor would believe supports any proposal described in subclause (I). (D) In this paragraph— (i) the term covered country means— (I) the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Venezuela, or Cuba; (II) any country, the government of which the Secretary of State determines has provided support for international terrorism pursuant to— (aa) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A) ); (bb) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); (cc) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ); or (dd) any other provision of law; or (III) any other country that the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury, designates as posing an undue or unnecessary risk to the national security of the United States; and (ii) the term covered vote means a vote in favor of (or an abstention with respect to) a proposal to— (I) approve or ratify a transaction involving an entity, including— (aa) any sale of, or other disposition of (whether in a single or a series of transactions) assets or capital stock; and (bb) any merger, consolidation, joint venture, partnership, spin-off, reverse spin-off, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation, or any other business combination or strategic transaction