Editing Interstate Commerce Commission (section)

==Abolition==
Congress passed various [[deregulation]] measures in the 1970s and early 1980s which diminished ICC authority, including the [[Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act]] of 1976 ("4R Act"), the [[Motor Carrier Act of 1980]] and the [[Staggers Rail Act]] of 1980. Senator [[Fred R. Harris]] of [[Oklahoma]] strongly advocated the abolition of the Commission.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Walker |first1=Jesse |title=Five Faces of Jerry Brown |journal=The American Conservative |date=2009-11-01 |issue=November 2009 |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/five-faces-of-jerry-brown/ |access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>{{better source|not reliable for facts|date=December 2021}} In December 1995, when most of the ICC's powers had been eliminated or repealed, Congress finally abolished the agency with the [[ICC Termination Act of 1995]].<ref>[[ICC Termination Act of 1995]], {{USStatute|104|88|109|803|1995|12|29}}.</ref> Final Chair [[Gail McDonald]] oversaw transferring its remaining functions to a new agency, the [[Surface Transportation Board|U.S. Surface Transportation Board]] (STB), which reviews mergers and acquisitions, rail line abandonments and railroad corporate filings.

ICC jurisdiction on rail safety (hours of service rules, equipment and inspection standards) was transferred to the [[Federal Railroad Administration]] pursuant to the ''Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970.''<ref>United States. Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970. {{uspl|91|458}} Approved 1970-10-16.</ref>

Before the ICC was abolished motor carriers (bus lines, trucking companies) had safety regulations enforced by the Office of Motor Carriers (OMC) under the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The OMC inherited many of the "Economic" regulations enforced by the ICC in addition to the safety regulations imposed on motor carriers.  In January 2000 the OMC became the [[Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration]] (FMCSA), within the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]. Prior to its abolition, the ICC gave identification numbers to motor carriers for which it issued licenses. The identification numbers were generally in the form of "ICC MC-000000". When the ICC was dissolved, the function of licensing interstate motor carriers was transferred to FMCSA. All interstate motor carriers that transport freight moving across state lines have a USDOT number, such as "USDOT 000000."  There are private carriers, e.g. Walmart that move their own freight requiring only a USDOT number, and carriers with authority that haul freight for hire that are still required to have a USDOT number and a Motor Carrier (MC) number that replaced the ICC numbers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=28b69bf41779ee93212d4caf51d8b5d0&mc=true&node=se49.5.365_1101&rgn=div8|title = Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (ECFR)}}</ref>