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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment Act of 2023 or the CONVENE Act of 2023&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill authorizes the Department of State to consult and engage with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, or Palau to advise and provide assistance to a national security council or to identify a similar coordinating body for national security matters. The State Department shall periodically report to Congress on the status of national security councils in these countries.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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