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 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.

Interstate Commerce Commission

²

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.

Notes

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

Example Sentences

In 1902 the Interstate Commerce Commission ascribed seventy-eight accidents to broken rails.

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This, according to the statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is shown upon the diagram herewith by the middle curve.

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The number of these filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission is extremely large.

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This nice question is almost daily pressing for solution at the hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

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The files of the Interstate Commerce Commission are stocked with examples of this kind.

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