[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR779.12]

[Page 419]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 779_THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AS APPLIED TO RETAILERS OF GOODS 
OR SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 779.12  Commerce.

    Commerce as used in the Act includes interstate and foreign 
commerce. It is defined in section 3(b) of the Act to mean ``trade, 
commerce, transportation, transmission or communication among the 
several States or between any State and any place outside thereof.'' 
(For the definition of ``State'' see Sec. 779.16.) The application of 
this definition and the kinds of activities which it includes are 
discussed at length in the interpretative bulletin on general coverage 
of the Act, part 776 of this chapter.