; (bb) a subcontractor of an entity or person described in item (aa); (cc) an individual client (or a representative on behalf of an individual client), an entity, or a person, that employs an individual to provide care (which may include items and services) to the individual client under a self-directed service delivery model through a program established or administered by a State, locality, Tribal government, or the Federal Government; or (dd) an individual client (or a representative on behalf of an individual client) that, on their own accord, employs an individual to provide care (which may include items and services) to the individual client using the individual client's own finances; (VI) includes the United States Postal Service; (VII) includes a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces; and (VIII) includes, only with respect to section 102(g)(2), the VA Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care of the Veterans Health Administration. (ii) Public agency For purposes of this title, a public agency shall be considered to be a person engaged in commerce or in an industry or activity affecting commerce. (iii) Definition of employee For purposes of clause (i), the term employee has the meaning given such term in section 3(e), except such term does not include any individual employed by entity excluded from the definition of the term employer for purposes of this title under subparagraph (B). (D) Predecessors Any reference in this paragraph to an employer shall include a reference to any predecessor of such employer. (E) Definition of commerce For purposes of this paragraph, the terms commerce and industry or activity affecting commerce — (i) mean any activity, business, or industry in commerce or in which a labor dispute would hinder or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce