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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Agency overview
FormedFebruary 4, 1887
DissolvedJanuary 1, 1996
Superseding agency
  • Surface Transportation Board
JurisdictionUnited States
Key documents
  • Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
  • Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act

The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies. Congress expanded ICC authority to regulate other modes of commerce beginning in 1906. Throughout the 20th century, several of ICC's authorities were transferred to other federal agencies. The ICC was abolished in 1995, and its remaining functions were transferred to the Surface Transportation Board.

The Commission's five members were appointed by the President with the consent of the United States Senate. This was the first independent agency (or so-called Fourth Branch).

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency's original...

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Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

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Eastern states. The Act created a federal regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), which it charged with monitoring railroads to ensure...

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Regulatory capture

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destroy the Commission, but to utilize it. While the Interstate Commerce Act forbade "undue and unreasonable prejudice" against interstate passengers,...

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William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building

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of two adjacent buildings beginning in the late 1990s: the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) building and the Department of Labor Building, on Constitution...

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Bankruptcy of Penn Central

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assets, the departure of industries from the Rust Belt, and the Interstate Commerce Commission–mandated absorption of the bankrupt New York, New Haven and...

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Kansas City Southern Railway

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Strouse, L.K. (January 1924). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. Vol...

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Hepburn Act

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United States federal law that expanded the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and gave it the power to set maximum railroad rates. This...

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List of American railroad accidents

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: United States Interstate Commerce Commission: Bureau of Safety and Service. pp. 1–20. United States Interstate Commerce Commission: Bureau of Safety...

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Hammond Circus Train Wreck

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great detail in the report of the joint Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and Indiana Public Service Commission following an investigation. Sargent, who...

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List of Class I railroads

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Class III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation...

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Scientific management

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consensus of "SCIENTIFIC management" when he argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) that a proposed increase in railroad rates was unnecessary...

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Great Train Wreck of 1918

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and destroyed several wooden cars. An investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) attributed the cause of the accident to several factors...

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Commerce Clause

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referred to under specific terms: the Foreign Commerce Clause, the Interstate Commerce Clause, and the Indian Commerce Clause. Dispute exists within the courts...

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Federal Communications Commission

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the previous Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction...

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Transportation policy of the United States

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transportation. The Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, and this power was upheld...

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Surface Transportation Board

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The board was created in 1996 following the abolition of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and absorbed regulatory powers relevant to the railroad...

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BNSF Railway

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major branches led to Texas, Denver, and San Francisco. The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a proposed merger with the Southern Pacific Transportation...

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United States Commerce Court

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: 278–80  The Commerce Court was a specialized court, given jurisdiction over cases arising from orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission and empowered...

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Franklin Knight Lane

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from 1913 to 1920. He also served as a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of California in...

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Timeline of the civil rights movement

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such segregation violates the Interstate Commerce Act. This ruling, in combination with the Interstate Commerce Commission's 1955 decision in Keys v. Carolina...

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Square Deal

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allowing them equal access to the services of the railroad. The Interstate Commerce Commission controlled the prices that railroads could charge. Legislation...

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Joseph Bartlett Eastman

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Bartlett Eastman (June 26, 1882 – 1944) was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1919 until his death in 1944. Joseph Bartlett Eastman was...

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