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In this Act— (1) the term allied or partner country means a country specified in section 2350a(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code; (2) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (3) the term critical mineral — (A) means any mineral on the list of critical minerals required by section 7002(c)(3) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(c)(3)) on or after January 1, 2026; and (B) includes— (i) Helium-3; and (ii) Helium-4; and (4) the terms foreign entity of concern or country of concern have the meaning given those terms in section 10612(a)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (42 U.S.C. 19221(a)(2));