; (B) a Member of Congress; or (C) an employee of the personal office of a Member of Congress, a committee of either House of Congress, or a joint committee of Congress; (2) the term covered period — (A) means any period of automatic continuing appropriations; and (B) with respect to the legislative branch— (i) does not include any period of automatic continuing appropriations that occurs during the period— (I) beginning at the time at which general appropriations Acts providing funding for the entire Federal Government (including an appropriation Act providing continuing funding) have been enacted or passed in identical form by both Houses and transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House for enrollment and presentment to the President for his signature; and (II) ending at the time at which 1 or more general appropriations Acts— (aa) are vetoed by the President; or (bb) do not become law without the President's signature under article I, section 7 of the Constitution of the United States based on an adjournment of the Congress; and (ii) includes any period of automatic continuing appropriations that is not a period described in clause (i) and that follows a veto or a failure to become law (as described in item (bb) of clause (i)(II)) of 1 or more general appropriations Acts; (3) the term Member of Congress has the meaning given that term in section 2106 of title 5, United States Code; (4) the term National Capital Region has the meaning given that term in section 8702 of title 40, United States Code