; or (iii) for whom during the four years preceding the expenditure (for the office of President) or during the two years preceding the expenditure (for all other expenditures) the candidate or candidate’s committee solicited funds, provided non-public fundraising information or strategy, or appeared as a featured guest at a fundraising event. (B) The term expenditure has the meaning given that term in section 301 and section 316(b) and also includes the following, when conducted by a person described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph: (i) A public communication as defined in section 301(22) that— (I) expressly advocates for the nomination or election of a clearly identified candidate for Federal office or against the nomination or election of a candidate for such office, or that is the functional equivalent of such express advocacy; (II) promotes or supports a candidate for Federal office, or attacks or opposes a candidate for such office (regardless of whether the communication expressly advocates the election or defeat of a candidate or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy)