§ 262. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC262]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 9--PORTAL-TO-PORTAL PAY
Sec. 262. Definitions
(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.
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(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\
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\2\ So in original. Probably should be ``Walsh-Healey Act''.
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(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.
(May 14, 1947, ch. 52, Sec. 13, 61 Stat. 90.)
References in Text
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, referred to in
subsec. (a), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended,
which is classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 201 et seq.) of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see see
section 201 of this title and Tables.
The ``Bacon-Davis Act'', as defined for purposes of this chapter in
subsec. (d), is act Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 825, 49 Stat. 1011, which
generally amended act Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494, popularly
known as the ``Davis-Bacon Act'', and which was classified to sections
276a to 276a-6 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and
Works. Sections 276a to 276a-6 of former Title 40 were repealed and
reenacted as sections 3141-3144, 3146, and 3147 of Title 40, Public
Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107-217, Secs. 1, 6(b), Aug.
21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304.
