Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act
Encyclopedia
The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1995 that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission
and simultaneously created its successor agency, the Surface Transportation Board
.
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission was a regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including...
and simultaneously created its successor agency, the Surface Transportation Board
Surface Transportation Board
The Surface Transportation Board of the United States is a bipartisan, decisionally-independent adjudicatory body organizationally housed within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The STB was established in 1996 to assume some of the regulatory functions that had been administered by the...
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External links
- "Determination Under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995" - President's Memorandum to the Secretary of Transportation, 2002-11-27