; (3) covered individual means an individual who has been nominated or appointed to a covered position; and (4) covered position — (A) means— (i) a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code; (ii) a position placed in level IV or V of the Executive Schedule under section 5317 of title 5, United States Code; (iii) a position as a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; and (iv) a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and (B) does not include a position if the individual serving in the position has been excluded from the application of section 101(f)(5); . (b) Disclosure requirements The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in section 101— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by inserting (1) before Within ; (ii) by striking unless and inserting and, if the individual is assuming a covered position, the information described in section 102(j), except that, subject to paragraph (2), the individual shall not be required to file a report if ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (2) If an individual has left a position described in subsection (f) that is not a covered position and, within 30 days, assumes a position that is a covered position, the individual shall, within 30 days of assuming the covered position, file a report containing the information described in section 102(j)(2)(A). ; (B) in subsection (b)(1), in the first sentence, by inserting and the information required by section 102(j) after described in section 102(b) ; (C) in subsection (d), by inserting and, if the individual is serving in a covered position, the information required by section 102(j)(2)(A) after described in section 102(a)