interstate commerce commission

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in´ter`state` com´merce com`mis´sion

The governmental commision charged with making and enforcing regulations concerning interstate commerce.

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Interstate Commerce Commission - a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995; "the ICC was established in 1887 as the first federal agency"

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independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments

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ICC independent agency interstate intrastate			Why does anyone need a Dept of Agriculture that does not grow anything, a Dept of Education that Teaches Nothing, an Interstate Commerce Commission that sells nothing, A Food and Drug Administration that makes no food or drugs, etc. If Obama Really Cared What Would He Be Doing? by Aurelia Masterson / Banking, finance and accounting community I remember when the Interstate Commerce Commission told railroads and trucking companies where they could carry what cargos at what price. Economic Regulation Isn't Storming Back by Knight Kiplinger, Editor in Chief, Kiplinger publications / Kiplinger.com At the same time, the 1980 act anticipated that some shippers--commonly referred to as "captive shippers"--might not have competitive alternatives and gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), and later the Surface Transportation Board (STB), the authority to establish a process through which shippers could obtain relief from unreasonably high rates. Freight Railroads: Updated Information on Rates and Other Industry ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony			Interserttion Intersesamoid intersession Interset intersex intersexual Intershock Intersidereal intersilient Intersocial Intersomnious interspace interspecies interspecific Interspeech interspersal intersperse interspersed Interspersion Interspinal Interspiration interstadial Interstapedial interstate interstate commerce interstate commerce commission interstate highway interstellar interstellar medium interstellar space Interstellary Intersternal interstice Intersticed Interstinctive interstitial interstitial cell-stimulating hormone interstitial fluid interstitial plasma cell pneumonia interstitial pneumonia interstitial tissue interstitial-cell-stimulating hormone Interstition Interstratification Interstratified interstratify Intertalk Intertangle Intertarsal Intertex intertextual			Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research Interstate and Defense Highway System Interstate Assurance Company Interstate Athletic Conference Interstate Auto Insurance Company Interstate Background Research, Inc. Interstate Baking Company Interstate Banking and Branching Interstate Banking and Branching Act of 1995 Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 Interstate Branching Task Force Interstate Bus Terminus Interstate Capacity Step Down Account Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact Interstate Coin Club Interstate commerce Interstate commerce Interstate commerce Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Interstate commerce clause Interstate commerce clause interstate commerce commission Interstate Commerce Commission Motor Carrier Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 Interstate Commerce Committee Interstate Commerce Committee Interstate Commerce Committee Interstate Commerce Committee Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision Interstate Commission for Water Coordination Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel Interstate Common Line Support Interstate compact Interstate compact Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children Interstate Compact Offender Tracking System Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance Interstate Compact on Juveniles Interstate Compact Policy Analysis Interstate compacts Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies Interstate Conference on Water Problems Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Advisory Committee Interstate Council on Water Policy Interstate Division for Baltimore City Interstate Electronics Corporation Interstate Fisheries Management Program Interstate Freight Systems Interstate Gas Company Limited

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