Interstate Commerce Commission

noun

U.S. Government.

1. a board, consisting of seven members, that supervises and regulates all carriers, except airplanes, engaged in interstate commerce. I.C.C., ICC

Interstate Commerce Commission

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1. A federal agency for regulating commerce that takes place in more than one state. One of its most familiar activities is regulation of trucking.

Interstate Commerce Commission

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1. A federal agency that monitors the business operations of carriers transporting goods and people between states. Its jurisdiction includes railroads, ships, trucks, buses, oil pipelines, and their terminal facilities.

The ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency.

Example Sentences

Since 1887, when Congress created the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroad rates, lawmakers on Capitol Hill believed they had the authority to create independent boards and commissions.

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Since 1887, when the Interstate Commerce Commission was established to set railroad rates, Congress has created independent agencies with the aim of giving nonpartisan experts the authority to regulate in the public interest.

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The bill is in the vein of legislation that established agencies to oversee fast-growing industries, much like how Congress created the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Washington finally relented, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce federal law by removing “Whites only” signs from bus terminals and prohibiting discriminatory seating practices.

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It took decades of public anger to regulate the railroads through the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1887.

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