### Question
What does commerce mean?


### Answer
**Commerce** has the following meaning in *29 U.S.C. § 652*:

> trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication among the several States, or between a State and any place outside thereof, or within the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States (other than the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands), or between points in the same State but through a point outside thereof

#### Citation:
  - *29 U.S.C. § 652*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 15-OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH**

