Federal Register Scraper – Agency, Type & Comment Deadlines
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$0.80 / 1,000 result items
Scrape the US Federal Register from its official government API: rules, proposed rules, notices and presidential documents. 30 flat fields incl. comment-close deadline, EO 12866 significance, RIN, docket IDs and CFR refs. Cursor paging past the 10,000-row wall. $0.0008/result, no start fee.
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