[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: 29CFR783.12]

[Page 606]
 
                             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. 783.12  ``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. 783.15.) The application of 
this definition and the kinds of activities which it includes are 
discussed at length in part 776 of this chapter dealing with the general 
coverage of the Act.