[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 29, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 29CFR783.15] [Page 651] TITLE 29--LABOR CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 783_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN--Table of Contents Sec. 783.15 ``State''. As used in the Act, ``State'' means ``any State of the United States or the District of Columbia or any Territory or possession of the United States'' (Act, section 3(c)). The application of this definition in determining questions of coverage under the Acts' definition of ``commerce'' and ``produced'' (see Sec. Sec. 783.12, 783.13) is discussed in part 776 of this chapter, dealing with general coverage.