What is Interstate Commerce Commission?
{{Refimprove|date=September 2017}} [[File:US-InterstateCommerceCommission-Seal.png|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Seal of the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission}}]] The '''Interstate Commerce Commission''' ('''ICC''') was a [[wikt:regulate|regulatory]] agency in the [[United States]] (created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887). The agency's original purpose was to regulate [[railroad]]s. Later the [[trucking]] [[industry]] in the [[United States]] was added. The purpose was to ensure fair [[Price|rates]], to eliminate rate [[discrimination]], and to regulate other aspects of [[common carrier]]s. This included [[public transport]] [[bus]] [[Service (economics)|service]] and [[telephone]] companies. [[United States Congress|Congress]] expanded ICC authority to regulate other modes of commerce beginning in 1906. The agency 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 of the United States]]. They were [[wikt:confirm|confirm]]ed by the [[United States Senate]]. The commission was authorized to investigate violations of the Act and stop any wrongdoing. However, in its early years, ICC orders required an [[Court order|order]] by [[United States federal courts|a federal court]] to become effective. The Commission was the first [[Independent]] regulatory body. They were also the first agency to regulate big [[business]]es in the U.S.<ref name=drury>{{cite book | last = Drury | first = George H. | title = The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930 | publisher = Kalmbach Publishing | year = 1994 | location = Waukesha, Wisconsin | pages = 164–166 | isbn = 0-89024-072-8}}</ref> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} [[Category:1887 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1995 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:United States government agencies]]