; (ii) the Vice President; (iii) a political appointee; or (iv) any officer or employee of the executive branch who is— (I) not a political appointee; and (II) occupies a position described under paragraphs (3) through (8) of section 13103(f) of title 5, United States Code. (C) A judicial officer. (3) Executive branch The term executive branch has the meaning given such term defined in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code. (4) Family member The term family member means a spouse or a dependent child as defined in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code. (5) Judicial officer The term judicial officer — (A) has the meaning given such term in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) includes bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges. (6) Member of Congress The term Member of Congress has the meaning given such term defined in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code. (7) Political appointee The term political appointee means any individual occupying a position in the executive branch of Government— (A) who was appointed to such position by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (B) described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Executive Schedule); (C) as a noncareer appointment in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraph (7) of section 3132(a) of such title; or (D) that is of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other position that is excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential policy-determining, policy-making or policy-advocating character. (8) Supervising ethics office The term supervising ethics office means any of the following: (A) In the case of an individual described in paragraph (2)(A)— (i) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate