(b) When the term “employer” is used in this chapter in relation to the Walsh-Healey Act 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 or the Bacon-Davis Act1 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;1 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.
