Mann-Elkins Act
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The Mann-Elkins Act (61st Congress, ch. 309, 36 Stat. 539, enacted June 18, 1910) was a United States federal law that is among the Progressive reforms. The Act extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to include communications. Supported by President William Howard Taft, it also made the long-short haul clause of the original act more effective in that it strengthened government regulation of the railroads.
The Act also created the short-lived United States Commerce Court.
[edit] Legislative history
It was passed by the United States Senate, 50-12.
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