Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Interstate Commerce Commission

The now defunct federal agency established by the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 to regulate surface transportation between states by certifying carriers and pipelines and by monitoring quality and pricing. * In December 1995, when Congress eliminated this agency, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) - a three-member board that is a division of the Department of Transportation - assumed most of the agency's duties. - Abbr. ICC.

interstate commerce

Trade and other business activities between those located in different states; esp., traffic in goods and travel of people between states. ( For purposes of this phrase, most statutory definitions include a territory of the United States as a state. Some statutory definitions of interstate commerce include commerce between a foreign country and a state.