Interstate Commerce Commission

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defunct independent agency of the United States government federal regulatory agency

The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first U.S. federal regulatory agency, created in 1887 to oversee and regulate railroad rates and later other modes of interstate transportation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Interstate Commerce Commission canonical	28
Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad financial records	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct independent agency of the United States government ⓘ federal regulatory agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	interstate commerce in the United States ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1995 ⓘ December 31, 1995 ⓘ
foundedBy	Interstate Commerce Act ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Interstate Commerce Act ⓘ surface form: Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
hasPart	Bureau of Motor Carriers ⓘ Bureau of Railroads ⓘ Bureau of Water Carriers and Freight Forwarders ⓘ Office of Compliance and Consumer Assistance ⓘ Office of Proceedings ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1887 ⓘ February 4, 1887 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalForm	independent regulatory commission ⓘ
mainRegulatedIndustry	bus transportation ⓘ pipeline transportation ⓘ railroad industry ⓘ trucking industry ⓘ water carriers in interstate commerce ⓘ
notableChairperson	Charles A. Prouty ⓘ George M. Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Monroe Johnson ⓘ Martin A. Knapp NERFINISHED ⓘ Reed E. Hundt (member, not chair; telecommunications context is separate) ⓘ
regulatoryScope	interstate bus line rates and practices ⓘ interstate motor carrier rates and practices ⓘ interstate pipeline rates and practices ⓘ interstate railroad rates ⓘ interstate water carrier rates and practices ⓘ railroad abandonments ⓘ railroad mergers and consolidations ⓘ railroad practices ⓘ railroad rate discrimination ⓘ railroad safety (limited aspects, in certain periods) ⓘ unjust and unreasonable railroad rates ⓘ
replacedBy	Bureau of Transportation Statistics ⓘ Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ⓘ Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ⓘ surface form: Office of Motor Carriers (U.S. Department of Transportation) Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
significantEvent	creation of the first U.S. federal regulatory commission ⓘ expansion of jurisdiction to domestic water carriers in the 1940s ⓘ expansion of jurisdiction to motor carriers in the 1930s ⓘ gradual deregulation of transportation industries in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ termination under the ICC Termination Act of 1995 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STB → predecessor → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Surface Transportation Board

Boynton v. Virginia → enforcementBody → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Interstate Commerce Commission enforcement order against segregation → issuedBy → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Hepburn Act regulation of railroads → strengthened → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Hepburn Act

Hepburn Act regulation of railroads → expandedPowersOf → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Hepburn Act

Hepburn Act regulation of railroads → jurisdictionExpandedFor → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Hepburn Act

Transportation Act of 1920 → regulatoryAuthorityStrengthened → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Transportation Act of 1920 → grantedPowerTo → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Hudson and Manhattan Railroad → regulator → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

CR → regulator → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Conrail

Motor Carrier Act of 1980 → regulatorAffected → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Motor Carrier Act of 1980 → implementedBy → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Staggers Rail Act → regulatoryBodyAffected → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Staggers Rail Act → oversightAgency → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act → empowers → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

James S. Harlan → employer → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

ICCTA → abolished → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Interstate Commerce Act → established → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Interstate Commerce Act anti-discrimination provisions → enforcedBy → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Hepburn Act → strengthened → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Hepburn Act → subjectHasRole → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Hepburn Act → expandedPowerOf → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Hepburn Act → allowed → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad financial records

William Peters Hepburn → associatedWith → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Elkins Act → regulatoryAuthorityStrengthened → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Elkins Act → enforcedBy → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Mann–Elkins Act → strengthened → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Mann–Elkins Act → extendedPowersOf → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ

Mann–Elkins Act → createdOrModifiedInstitution → Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ