---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 776.8"
title: "29"
number: "776.8"
heading: "The statutory provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/776.8"
---

# §776.8. The statutory provisions.

- (a) The activities constituting “commerce” within the meaning of the phrase “engaged in commerce” in sections 6 and 7 of the Act are defined in [section 3(b)](/cfr/29/3.md?p=b) as follows:
- (b) **It should be observed that the term <I>commerce</I> is very broadly defined.** The definition does not limit the term to transportation, or to the “commercial” transactions involved in “trade,” although these are expressly included. Neither is the term confined to commerce in “goods.” Obviously, “transportation” or “commerce” between any State and any place outside its boundaries includes a movement of persons as well as a movement of goods. And “transmission” or “communication” across State lines constitutes “commerce” under the definition, without reference to whether anything so transmitted or communicated is “goods.” 22

## Notes

### Source

Source: 15 FR 2925, May 17, 1950, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219.