; (D) each member of a uniformed service whose pay grade is at or in excess of O–7 under section 201 of title 37; (E) each officer or employee in any other position determined by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to be of equal classification to the positions described in subparagraphs (C) and (D); and (F) the spouse of any individual described in subparagraphs (A) through (E). (3) Qualified blind trust The term qualified blind trust has the meaning given the term in section 13104(f)(3). (4) Supervising ethics committee The term supervising ethics committee means, as applicable— (A) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives. 13162. Prohibition on certain transactions and holdings involving covered financial instruments (a) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (b), covered individual, or any spouse of a covered individual, may not, during the term of service of the covered individual, hold, purchase, or sell any covered financial instrument. (b) Exceptions The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply to— (1) a sale by a covered individual, or a spouse of a covered individual, that is completed by the date that is— (A) for a covered individual serving on the date of enactment of the Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Trading Act , 180 days after that date of enactment; and (B) for any covered individual who commences service as a covered individual after the date of enactment of Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Trading Act , 180 days after the first date of the initial term of service