Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards or his or her designee. Construction means the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, extension, demolition, or repair of buildings, highways, or other changes or improvements to real property, including facilities providing utility services. The term also includes the supervision, inspection, and other onsite functions incidental to the actual construction. Contract means any government contract. Contracting agency means any department, agency, establishment or instrumentality of the United States, including any wholly owned Government corporation, which enters into contracts.
Contractor means, unless otherwise indicated, a prime contractor or subcontractor.
Disabled veteran means a person entitled to disability compensation under laws administered by the Veterans Administration for disability rated at 30 per centum or more, or a person whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. Government means the Government of the United States of America. Government contract means any agreement or modification thereof between any contracting agency and any person for the furnishing of supplies or services or for the use of real or personal property including lease arrangements. Modification means any alteration in the terms and conditions of a contract, including supplemental agreements, amendments, and extensions. Person means any natural person, corporation, partnership or joint venture, unincorporated association, State or local government, and any agency, instrumentality, or subdivision of such a government.