(a) When the terms employer, employee, and wage are used in this chapter in relation to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], they shall have the same meaning as when used in such Act of 1938.

(b) When the term employer is used in this chapter in relation to the Walsh-Healey Act [41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.] or Bacon-Davis Act^[1] it shall mean the contractor or subcontractor covered by such Act.

(c) When the term employee is used in this chapter in relation to the Walsh-Healey Act [41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.] or the Bacon-Davis Act^[1] it shall mean any individual employed by the contractor or subcontractor covered by such Act in the performance of his contract or subcontract.

(d) The term Wash-Healey Act^[2] means the Act entitled An Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes, approved June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036), as amended [41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.]; and the term Bacon-Davis Act means the Act entitled An Act to amend the Act approved March 3, 1931, relating to the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on public buildings, approved August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1011), as amended.^[1]

(e) As used in section 255 of this title the term State means any State of the United States or the District of Columbia or any Territory or possession of the United States.