# Federal Register Scraper (`anyxsolutions/federal-register-scraper`) Actor
Scrape the US Federal Register: final rules, proposed rules, notices, executive orders and public-inspection documents. Filter by keyword, agency, type, date and significance. Get comment deadlines, dockets, CFR parts, PDF links and optional full text. No API key, no login, no proxy.
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- **Developed by:** [Anyx Solutions](https://apify.com/anyxsolutions) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Business
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## Pricing
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# README
## Federal Register Scraper
**Every rule, proposed rule, notice and executive order published in the US Federal Register — with comment deadlines, dockets and CFR parts — as clean JSON.**
The Federal Register is the daily journal of the US government: every final rule, proposed rule,
agency notice, executive order and proclamation is published there. This Actor scrapes the US
Federal Register by keyword, agency, document type and publication date, or from any
federalregister.gov search, agency or document URL. Each document comes back with its title,
abstract, action, dates text, publication and effective dates, comment deadline, agencies, docket
IDs, regulation identifier numbers (RINs), CFR parts affected, topics, significance under
Executive Order 12866, the Federal Register citation and page range, and links to the
federalregister.gov page, the official PDF, the public-inspection PDF and the regulations.gov
comment page. Optionally add each document's full plain text, or read today's public-inspection
list before documents are published. No API key, no login and no proxy. Built for regulatory
affairs and compliance teams, government-relations and lobbying firms, law firms, policy
researchers, journalists, and anyone feeding regulations into an AI or NLP pipeline.
### ⚡ Quick start
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bagencies%5D%5B%5D=environmental-protection-agency&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=PRORULE&order=newest"
}
],
"searchTerms": ["artificial intelligence"],
"maxItems": 5
}
```
### 🧩 Input
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| -------------------- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `startUrls` | array | no | — | federalregister.gov pages: a document search (`https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bterm%5D=…`), an agency page (`https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration`), a document page (`https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/08/2026-20612/…`), or today's public-inspection list (`https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/current`). |
| `searchTerms` | array | no | — | Words or phrases to find in the full text of documents, one search per line. Quote a phrase for an exact match (`"supply chain"`). |
| `agencies` | array | no | — | Only return documents from these agencies, by slug, name or short name, such as `environmental-protection-agency`, `Food and Drug Administration` or `SEC`. |
| `documentTypes` | array | no | — | Only return these types: `RULE` (final rules), `PRORULE` (proposed rules), `NOTICE` or `PRESDOCU` (presidential documents). |
| `dateFrom` | string | no | — | Only return documents published on or after this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`). |
| `dateTo` | string | no | — | Only return documents published on or before this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`). |
| `significantOnly` | boolean | no | `false` | Only return documents deemed significant under Executive Order 12866. |
| `sortBy` | string | no | `"newest"` | Order of search results: `newest`, `oldest` or `relevance` (best match for the search terms). |
| `includeFullText` | boolean | no | `false` | Add the complete plain text of every document to its row. Adds one request per document. |
| `maxItems` | integer | no | — | Maximum number of documents per URL or search term. The input form starts at 5; leave it empty for every matching document, up to 10,000 per search. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | no | `{ "useApifyProxy": false }` | Proxy settings. The Federal Register needs no proxy. |
Add Federal Register URLs, search phrases, or both. The agency, type, date and significance
filters apply to all of them, except where a URL sets its own filter of the same kind. With
filters but no URL or search term, the filters alone make one search. The easiest way to build a
search is to run it on [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search)
with its filters and paste the address bar. On today's public-inspection list, the agency and
type filters apply; dates and significance do not.
### 📤 Output
Each document is one dataset row, marked by `stage`: `published` for a document in the Federal
Register, `publicInspection` for one filed and scheduled for publication but not yet published.
A document reached through two pages of the same search is returned once.
#### Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
| ---------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `stage` | string | `published` or `publicInspection`. |
| `documentNumber` | string | Federal Register document number, such as `2026-20612`. |
| `title` | string | Document title. |
| `type` | string | `Rule`, `Proposed Rule`, `Notice` or `Presidential Document`. |
| `subtype` | string | For presidential documents: `Executive Order`, `Proclamation`, `Memorandum` and so on. |
| `abstract` | string | The document's summary. |
| `action` | string | The action taken, such as `Final rule.` or `Notice of public meeting.` |
| `dates` | string | The dates section as written: effective date, comment deadline, meeting dates. |
| `publicationDate` | string | Publication date (`YYYY-MM-DD`); for public inspection, the scheduled date. |
| `effectiveOn` | string | Date the rule takes effect. |
| `commentsCloseOn` | string | Last day to submit comments. |
| `signingDate` | string | Date a presidential document was signed. |
| `filedAt` | string | When a public-inspection document was filed. `null` for published documents. |
| `agencies` | array | Issuing agencies, each with `name` and `slug`. |
| `docketIds` | array | Agency docket numbers. |
| `regulationIdNumbers` | array | Regulation identifier numbers (RINs), which link the document to the Unified Agenda. |
| `cfrReferences` | array | Parts of the Code of Federal Regulations affected, such as `40 CFR 52`. |
| `topics` | array | Subject terms from the CFR index. |
| `significant` | boolean | Whether the document is significant under Executive Order 12866. `null` when not stated. |
| `president` | string | President who issued a presidential document. |
| `executiveOrderNumber` | string | Executive order number. |
| `presidentialDocumentNumber` | string | Proclamation, memorandum or executive order number. |
| `citation` | string | Federal Register citation, such as `91 FR 64321`. |
| `volume` | number | Federal Register volume. |
| `startPage` | number | First page in the printed Federal Register. |
| `endPage` | number | Last page in the printed Federal Register. |
| `pageLength` | number | Number of pages. |
| `url` | string | The document's page on federalregister.gov. |
| `pdfUrl` | string | The official PDF from the Government Publishing Office. |
| `publicInspectionPdfUrl` | string | The PDF filed for public inspection before publication. |
| `regulationsDotGovUrl` | string | The document on regulations.gov. |
| `commentUrl` | string | The regulations.gov page to submit a comment, while comments are open. |
| `commentCount` | number | Comments received on regulations.gov. |
| `excerpt` | string | For a search term, the passage that matched; otherwise the start of the abstract. |
| `fullText` | string | With `includeFullText`: the document's complete plain text. `null` when off. |
Example output
```json
{
"stage": "published",
"documentNumber": "2026-20612",
"title": "Air Quality Plan; Arizona; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; New Source Review; Emission Reduction Credits-Rule 204",
"type": "Proposed Rule",
"subtype": null,
"abstract": "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD or \"Department\") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision establishes a federally enforceable program allowing nonroad engine fleet owners/operators to generate emission reduction credits (ERCs) by either retrofitting their nonroad engines or replacing their nonroad engines with lower-emitting nonroad engines while meeting other Clean Air Act (CAA or \"Act\") requirements. These ERCs are intended for use as offsets for major stationary sources under the Department's Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) program. We are proposing to approve a local rule to allow for the generation of ERCs through voluntary nonroad engine emission reductions under the CAA.",
"action": "Proposed rule.",
"dates": "Comments must be received on or before November 9, 2026.",
"publicationDate": "2026-10-08",
"effectiveOn": null,
"commentsCloseOn": "2026-11-09",
"signingDate": null,
"filedAt": null,
"agencies": [
{
"name": "Environmental Protection Agency",
"slug": "environmental-protection-agency"
}
],
"docketIds": ["EPA-R09-OAR-2026-4654", "FRL-13434-01-R9"],
"regulationIdNumbers": [],
"cfrReferences": ["40 CFR 52"],
"topics": [
"Air pollution control",
"Environmental protection",
"Incorporation by reference",
"Intergovernmental relations",
"Nitrogen oxides",
"Ozone",
"Reporting and recordkeeping requirements",
"Volatile organic compounds"
],
"significant": null,
"president": null,
"executiveOrderNumber": null,
"presidentialDocumentNumber": null,
"citation": "91 FR 64321",
"volume": 91,
"startPage": 64321,
"endPage": 64324,
"pageLength": 4,
"url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/08/2026-20612/air-quality-plan-arizona-maricopa-county-air-quality-department-new-source-review-emission-reduction",
"pdfUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-10-08/pdf/2026-20612.pdf",
"publicInspectionPdfUrl": "https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-20612.pdf?1791377114",
"regulationsDotGovUrl": "https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R09-OAR-2026-4654-0001",
"commentUrl": "https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R09-OAR-2026-4654-0001",
"commentCount": 3,
"excerpt": "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD or \"Department\") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision establishes a federally...",
"fullText": null
}
```