; or (B) a principal campaign committee or national committee (as those terms are defined in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 )) with respect to strategy or tactics affecting the conduct of a political campaign, including electronic communications, and the information stored on, processed by, or transiting such technology and systems. (5) Federal election cycle The term Federal election cycle means the period beginning on the day after the date of the most recent election for members of the House of Representatives and ending on the date of the next election for members of the House of Representatives. (6) Foreign person The term foreign person means a person that is not a United States person. (7) Good The term good means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. (8) Interference in United States elections (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term interference , with respect to a United States election, means any of the following actions of the government of a foreign country, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of such a government, undertaken with the intent to influence the election: (i) Obtaining unauthorized access to election and campaign infrastructure or related systems or data and releasing such data or modifying such infrastructure, systems, or data. (ii) Unlawfully blocking or degrading otherwise legitimate and authorized access to election and campaign infrastructure or related systems or data. (iii) Significant unlawful contributions or expenditures for advertising, including on the internet. (iv) Using social, other internet-based, or traditional media to spread information to individuals in the United States without disclosing that such information is being disseminated by a foreign government or a foreign person acting on behalf of a foreign government. (B) Exceptions (i) Exception for publicly identified