; or (ii) approves a plan for necessary recusals that ensures that no conflict of interest exists. (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), each officer and employee of any Executive agency shall be recused from, and may not in any way attempt to use their official position to influence, any particular matter, including an adjudication, procurement, or rulemaking, that the officer or employee knows is likely to have a direct and predictable effect on the financial interest of— (i) any person for whom the officer or employee had, during the previous 4-year period, served as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor, employee, or direct competitor; or (ii) any organization other than a political organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in which the employee is an active participant. (B) This paragraph shall not apply to— (i) the President; (ii) the Vice President; (iii) any individual in a position on any level of the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5; (iv) any individual appointed to a position in an Executive agency by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (v) an officer or employee who served as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor, or employee of a tribal organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )) or an intertribal consortium of federally recognized Indian tribes with respect to a matter that is likely to have a direct and predictable effect on the financial interest of the tribal organization or intertribal consortium