US Federal Register Search (Free)
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US Federal Register Search (Free)
Search official US Federal Register documents (rules, notices, presidential docs) by keyword. Returns title, agency, abstract, dates and PDF links. Free, no API key.
Free Apify actor. Search the official US Federal Register — federal rules, proposed rules, notices and presidential documents — by keyword, using the government Federal Register API. Reliable, authoritative open data.
What it does
For each keyword, it returns matching Federal Register documents with title, document type, issuing agencies, abstract, publication date and links to the official HTML page and PDF — ideal for regulatory monitoring, legal research and compliance workflows.
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
queries | array | Keywords to search (one search each). |
maxResults | integer | Documents per query (1-100, default 20). |
order | string | newest, oldest or relevance. |
Output (one item per document)
{"query": "tariff","status": "found","document_number": "2026-14602","title": "Lamb Meat; Institution of Investigation...","type": "Notice","abstract": "Following receipt of a request from the USTR...","publication_date": "2026-07-20","agencies": "International Trade Commission","html_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/...","pdf_url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/....pdf"}
Every input yields at least one item, with status: found, not_found, or error.
Use cases
- Monitor new regulations and notices on topics you track.
- Build regulatory / compliance alerting pipelines.
- Research agency rulemaking and presidential documents.
- Feed authoritative government data into dashboards.
Limitations & fair use
Data is public-domain US government data from the Federal Register API. Full-text term search matches the document body; use precise keywords for best relevance.
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