; and (IV) includes the Government Accountability Office. (ii) Public agency For purposes of clause (i)(III), a public agency shall be considered to be a person engaged in commerce or in an industry or activity affecting commerce. (iii) Definitions For purposes of this subparagraph: (I) Employee The term employee has the meaning given such term in section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(e) ). (II) Person The term person has the meaning given such term in section 3(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(a) ). (III) Public agency The term public agency has the meaning given such term in section 3(x) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(x) ). (C) Predecessors Any reference in this paragraph to an employer shall include a reference to any predecessor of such employer. (6) Employment benefits The term employment benefits means all benefits provided or made available to employees by an employer, including group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational benefits, and pensions, regardless of whether such benefits are provided by a practice or written policy of an employer or through an employee benefit plan , as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1002(3) ). (7) Paid leave time The term paid leave time means an increment of compensated leave that can be granted to an employee for use during an absence from employment for any reason described in section 102(b). (8) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Labor. (9) Spouse The term spouse , with respect to an employee, has the meaning given such term by the marriage laws of the State in which the marriage was celebrated. (10) State The term State has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203 ). (11) Unpaid leave time The term unpaid leave time means the leave granted and used in the same manner and under the same conditions as paid