; and (B) does not include any individual appointed as a member of the Senior Foreign Service or solely as a commissioned officer of a uniformed service. (3) The term covered executive branch official and lobbyist have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1602 ). (4) The term directly and substantially related to my former employer or former clients means matters in which the appointee’s former employer or a former client is a party or represents a party. (5) The term executive agency — (A) has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; (B) includes the Executive Office of the President, the United States Postal Service, and Postal Regulatory Commission; and (C) does not include the Government Accountability Office. (6) The term former client — (A) means a person or entity for whom an appointee served personally as agent, attorney, or consultant during the 2-year period ending on the day before the date on which the covered employee begins service in the Federal Government; and (B) does not include an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government. (7) The term former employer — (A) means a person or entity for whom an appointee served as an employee, officer, director, trustee, partner, agent, attorney, consultant, or contractor during the 2-year period ending on the date before the date on which the covered employee begins service in the Federal Government; and (B) does not include— (i) an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government; (ii) a State or local government; (iii) the District of Columbia; (iv) an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ); or (v) the government of a territory or possession of the United States. (8) The term gift — (A) has the meaning given that term in section 2635.203(b) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)