Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995

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The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 is a U.S. federal law that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and restructured federal regulation of surface transportation, including creating the Surface Transportation Board.

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Generate an image of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 is a U.S. federal law that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and restructured federal regulation of surface transportation, including creating the Surface Transportation Board.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
transportation law ⓘ
abolishedAgency Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ
affects motor carriers in the United States ⓘ
pipeline carriers under surface transportation jurisdiction ⓘ
rail carriers in the United States ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 49 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvisionOn federal preemption of certain state laws affecting rail carriers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAgency Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
enactedBy 104th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board over rail rates and services ⓘ
procedures for rail line construction and abandonment ⓘ
procedures for rail mergers and acquisitions review ⓘ
governs certain aspects of motor carrier economic regulation ⓘ
rail transportation economic regulation at the federal level ⓘ
historicalContext followed decades of transportation deregulation including the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 ⓘ
implementedBy Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalEffect terminated the existence of the Interstate Commerce Commission as of 1996 ⓘ
limits state regulation of rail transportation ⓘ
officeHeldBySigner President of the United States ⓘ
policyGoal deregulation of surface transportation industries ⓘ
promoting competition in transportation markets ⓘ
streamlining federal transportation regulation ⓘ
primaryPurpose to abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ
to create the Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
to reform federal regulation of surface transportation ⓘ
regulatoryScope motor carrier transportation ⓘ
rail transportation ⓘ
surface transportation ⓘ
relatedTo Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ
Motor Carrier Act of 1980 ⓘ
Staggers Rail Act of 1980 ⓘ
linked to: Staggers Rail Act

Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
reorganized federal transportation regulatory responsibilities ⓘ
shortName ICCTA ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
subjectMatter economic regulation of motor carriers ⓘ
economic regulation of railroads ⓘ
pipeline transportation (surface jurisdiction aspects) ⓘ
transferredFunctionsTo Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
Surface Transportation Board ⓘ
typeOfRegulationChange agency termination ⓘ
creation of independent adjudicatory board ⓘ
yearEnacted 1995 ⓘ

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Surface Transportation Board → legalBasis → Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 ⓘ
Richard Olney → usedLegalInstrument → Interstate Commerce Act enforcement ⓘ
subject linked to: Attorney General Richard Olney
linked to: Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
ICCTA → fullName → Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 ⓘ