Sec. 602. Definitions

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In this title: The term communications log means the log required to be maintained under section 603(a). The term covered communication means any communication relating to any contemplated or ongoing investigation or litigation conducted by the Department of Justice in any civil or criminal matter (regardless of whether a civil action or criminal indictment or information has been filed). The term covered communication does not include a communication that is any of the following:

A communication that involves contact between the President, the Vice President, the Counsel to the President, or the Principal Deputy Counsel to the President, and the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, or the Associate Attorney General, except to the extent that the communication concerns a contemplated or ongoing investigation or litigation in which a target or subject is one of the following: The President, the Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of the President or Vice President.

Any individual working in the Executive Office of the President who is compensated at a rate of pay at or above level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. The current or former chair or treasurer of any national campaign committee that sought the election or seeks the reelection of the President, or any officer of such a committee exercising authority at the national level, during the tenure in office of the President. A communication that involves contact between an officer or employee of the Department of Justice and an officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President on a particular matter, if any of the President, the Vice President, the Counsel to the President, or the Principal Deputy Counsel to the President, and if any of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, or the Associate Attorney General, have designated a subordinate to carry on such contact, and the person so designating monitors all subsequent communications and the person designated keeps the designating person informed of each such communication, except to the extent that the communication concerns a contemplated or ongoing investigation or litigation in which a target or subject is one of the following:

The President, the Vice President, or a member of the immediate family of the President or Vice President. Any individual working in the Executive Office of the President who is compensated at a rate of pay at or above level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. The current or former chair or treasurer of any national campaign committee that sought the election or seeks the reelection of the President, or any officer of such a committee exercising authority at the national level, during the tenure in office of the President.

A communication that involves contact from or to the Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs, the staff of the National Security Council, or the staff of the Homeland Security Council that relates to a national security matter, except to the extent that the communication concerns a pending adversarial case in litigation that may have national security implications. A communication that involves contact between the Office of the Pardon Attorney of the Department of Justice and the Counsel to the President or a Deputy Counsel to the President relating to pardon matters.

A communication that relates solely to policy, appointments, legislation, rulemaking, budgets, public relations or affairs, programmatic matters, intergovernmental relations, administrative or personnel matters, appellate litigation, or requests for legal advice. The term member of the immediate family of the President or Vice President means an individual to whom the President or Vice President— is related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or stands in loco parentis.