Nongovernmental entity or person
(j) Nongovernmental entity or person(1) General. A nongovernmental entity or person is any partnership, association, trust, joint venture, joint stock company, corporation, limited liability corporation, company, firm, society, other organization, or individual. (2) Exclusions. A nongovernmental entity or person does not include (i) The United States government, a state government, a unit of local government (including a county, city, town, township, parish, village, or other general-purpose subdivision of a state) or an Indian tribe or tribal organization established under Federal, state or Indian tribal law (including the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands), or a department, agency, or instrumentality of any such entity; (ii) A federally-chartered public corporation that receives Federal funds appropriated specifically for that corporation; (iii) An insured depository institution or affiliate of an insured depository institution; or (iv) An officer, director, employee, or representative (acting in his or her capacity as an officer, director, employee, or representative) of an entity listed in paragraphs (i)(2)(i) through (iii) of this section.