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 PUBLIC LAW 100-19—APR. 3, 1987

101 STAT. 263

Public Law 100-19 100th Congress Joint Resolution Designating April 3, 1987, as "Interstate Commerce Commission Day".

Whereas the Interstate Commerce Commission was created by Congress in 1887 to implement the congressional mandate to regulate interstate transportation, and 1987 marks the one hundredth year of its continuous public service; Whereas the Commission was the first independent, quasi-judicial, administrative agency created by Congress as a pioneering concept in a growing Nation's legal system with a leading role in the development of an increasingly important body of administrative law; Whereas the one-hundred-year period of the Commission's regulatory responsibility has embraced the challenge of two world wars and other major international conflicts, as well as continuous fluctuations in the Nation's economy and business cycles which span the Great Depression, postwar booms, and the beginnings of the nuclear and space ages; Whereas the Commission's record of national service has encompassed tremendous changes in technology and competition accompanying the development and growth of waterways, railroads, pipelines, motor carriers, and air carriers; Whereas the Commission has steadfastly endeavored to guard and protect the public interest in the development and regulation of the Nation's transportation system; and Whereeis, under its one hundred years of regulatory oversight dedicated to the development, promotion, and preservation of a national system of transportation under a free enterprise economy, a transportation system unsurpassed throughout the world has been established: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That April 3, 1987, is designated as "Interstate Commerce Commission Day". The Presi-

Apr. 3, 1987 [S.J. Res. 96]

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