; (iii) the administration or execution of a Federal program or policy (including the negotiation, award, or administration of a Federal contract, grant, loan, permit, or license); or (iv) the nomination or confirmation of a person for a position subject to confirmation by the Senate. (B) Exception The term political intelligence contact does not include a communication that is— (i) made by a representative of a media organization (as such term is defined in this subsection) if the purpose of the communication is gathering and disseminating news and information to the public; (ii) made in a speech, article, publication or other material that is distributed and made available to the public, or through radio, television, cable television, or other medium of mass communication; (iii) made on behalf of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party and disclosed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 ( 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.); (iv) a request for a meeting, a request for the status of an action, or any other similar administrative request, if the request does not include an attempt to influence a covered executive branch official or a covered legislative branch official; (v) made in the course of participation in an advisory committee subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act; (vi) testimony given before a committee, subcommittee, or task force of the Congress, or submitted for inclusion in the public record of a hearing conducted by such committee, subcommittee, or task force; (vii) information provided in writing in response to an oral or written request by a covered executive branch official or a covered legislative branch official for specific information; (viii) required by subpoena, civil investigative demand, or otherwise compelled by statute, regulation, or other action of the Congress or an agency, including any communication compelled by a Federal contract, grant, loan, permit, or license