The Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Interstate Commerce Commission was formed by the federal government to regulate railroad, telephone, and telegraph companies.
Regulate interstate trade.
the power to regulate interstate commerce.
interstate commerce
The power to tax, to regulate interstate commerce, and to regulate foreign commerce.
First: Congress may regulate the use of the channels of interstate commerceSecond: Congress is empowered to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate commerce, even though the threat may come only from intrastate activitiesThird: Congress' commerce authority includes the power to regulate those activities having a substantial relation to interstate commerce... i. e., those activities that substantially affect interstate commerce
The Constitution vested Congress with the authority to regulate trade with other nations, between the states, and with Native American Tribes in the Interstate Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3).
railroads.
regulate interstate trade
The federal government has the right to regulate motor carriers because they are involved in interstate commerce.
implied power, because constitution allows it to regulate interstate commerce - apex
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution assigns that authority to Congress in the "Interstate Commerce Clause."