; or (II) informing investment decisions in any such market; and (iii) which is made on behalf of a client with regard to— (I) the formulation, modification, or adoption of Federal legislation (including legislative proposals); (II) the formulation, modification, or adoption of a Federal rule, regulation, Executive order, or any other program, policy, or position of the United States Government; (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 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, as amended ( 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 (5 U.S.C. App.); (vi) testimony given before a committee, subcommittee, or task force of either House of Congress or the Congress, or submitted for inclusion in the public record of a hearing conducted by such committee, subcommittee, or task force