; (D) to prohibit an institution of higher education from considering the subject-matter competency including the research and creative works, of any candidate for a faculty position or faculty member considered for promotion when the subject matter is germane to their given field of scholarship; or (E) to apply to activities of registered student organizations. (3) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Covered individual The term covered individual means, with respect to an institution of higher education that is a public institution— (i) a prospective student who has submitted an application to attend such institution; (ii) a student who attends such institution; (iii) a prospective employee who has submitted an application to work at such institution; (iv) an employee who works at such institution; (v) a prospective faculty member who has submitted an application to work at such institution; and (vi) a faculty member who works at such institution. (B) Material support or resources The term material support or resources has the meaning given that term in section 2339A of title 18, United States Code (including the definitions of training and expert advice or assistance in that section). (C) Political test The term political test means a method of compelling or soliciting an applicant for enrollment or employment, student, or employee of an institution of higher education to identify commitment to or make a statement of personal belief in support of any ideology or movement that— (i) supports or opposes a specific partisan or political set of beliefs; (ii) supports or opposes a particular viewpoint on a social or political issue; or (iii) promotes the disparate treatment of any individual or group of individuals on the basis of race, color, or national origin, including— (I) any initiative or formulation of diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond upholding existing Federal law