The Collaborative International Dictionary
interstate commerce commission \in"ter*state` com"merce com*mis"sion\, n. The governmental commision charged with making and enforcing regulations concerning interstate commerce. [U. S.]
Wikipedia
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies. 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 with the consent of the United States Senate. This was the first independent agency (or so-called Fourth Branch).
Usage examples of "interstate commerce commission".
Split City had an Interstate Commerce Commission freight-forwarder's license, in the name of Bernard Gary.
PSP officers worked with the federal government in one form or another every day - FBI, IRS, DEA, OSHA, and, most of all, the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Before I was taken at gunpoint, I had transmitted the entire contents of our Double Z file to the Interstate Commerce Commission's computer.
He strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission's power to regulate railroads, and he supported the Meat Inspection and the Pure Food and Drug bills.
He made it clear, though, that if we to leave home or pass word outside, he'd suddenly and regretfully discover reason to hold us for investigation of conspiracy to overthrow the Interstate Commerce Commission.