---identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s401.3"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "29 CFR § 401.3 - Industry affecting commerce."title_number: 29title_name: "Labor"section_number: "401.3"section_name: "Industry affecting commerce."chapter_name: "OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS"part_number: "401"part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 3, 208, 301, 401, 402, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 530, 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 402, 438, 461, 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; § 401.4 also issued under sec. 320 of Title III of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-598, 92 Stat. 2678."regulatory_source: "28 FR 14380, Dec. 27, 1963, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "401"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t29/s401.3
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Office of Labor-management Standards, Department of Labor
Authority
Secs. 3, 208, 301, 401, 402, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 530, 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 402, 438, 461, 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; § 401.4 also issued under sec. 320 of ... Secs. 3, 208, 301, 401, 402, 73 Stat. 520, 529, 530, 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 402, 438, 461, 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; § 401.4 also issued under sec. 320 of Title III of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-598, 92 Stat. 2678.
# 401.3 Industry affecting commerce.*Industry affecting commerce* means any activity, business, or industry in commerce or in which a labor dispute would hinder or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce and includes any activity or industry “affecting commerce” within the meaning of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, or the Railway Labor Act, as amended.