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Search the US Federal Register: final and proposed rules, notices and presidential documents, plus the Public Inspection desk before publication. One row per document with agencies, dates, comment deadline, docket, RIN, CFR parts, regulations.gov comment count and PDF links. No API key.

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Optional

True on a document, Public Inspection or facet row. False on a diagnostic row, which explains why something could not be read or used. Diagnostic rows are never charged.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Row type

rowType

Optional

document a published Federal Register document (paid). public-inspection a document filed for an upcoming issue, before publication (paid). facet a free per-agency count for one search. diagnostic a free row explaining a failure.

Type:string | null

Example:

document

Input

input

Optional

What produced this row: the search term, the docket ID, the document number, browse for a search by filters only, or public-inspection for the whole desk.

Type:string | null

Example:

artificial intelligence

Error

error

Optional

On a diagnostic row, what went wrong and what to do about it.

Type:string | null

Example:

The Federal Register has no document numbered 2026-20000 (HTTP 404). Check the number — it is printed as "FR Doc. 2026-19535" at the end of every document. Nothing was charged for this row.

Error type

errorType

Optional

One of bad-input, unknown-agency, not-found, no-results, rate-limited, blocked, http, timeout, deadline, budget, upstream-format. None is ever charged.

Type:string | null

Example:

not-found

Fetched at

scrapedAt

Optional

When this row was produced, ISO-8601 UTC.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-09-28T17:00:00.000Z

Source

source

Optional

Always federalregister.gov.

Type:string | null

Example:

federalregister.gov

Source URL

sourceUrl

Optional

The public page this row describes, or on a diagnostic row the API request that failed.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/24/2026-19535/request-for-information-medicare-part-d-reasonable-and-relevant-pharmacy-contracting-standards

Document number

documentNumber

Optional

The Federal Register document number ("FR Doc."), the one identifier every document and filing has.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-19535

Title

title

Optional

The document title, verbatim.

Type:string | null

Example:

Request for Information; Medicare Part D Reasonable and Relevant Pharmacy Contracting Standards

Type

type

Optional

rule, proposed-rule, notice or presidential-document.

Type:string | null

Example:

proposed-rule

Type (as published)

typeRaw

Optional

The type exactly as the API labels it.

Type:string | null

Example:

Proposed Rule

Subtype

subtype

Optional

For presidential documents: "Executive Order", "Proclamation", "Memorandum" and so on.

Type:string | null

Example:

Executive Order

Action

action

Optional

The action line printed at the head of the document.

Type:string | null

Example:

Request for information.

Abstract

abstract

Optional

The document summary. Null with includeAbstract: false.

Type:string | null

Example:

This request for information (RFI) solicits input from interested parties for purposes of establishing standards for reasonable and relevant pharmacy contract terms and conditions under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Excerpt

excerpt

Optional

The search-hit passages of the full text, as plain text. Passages carrying an email address, a phone number or a "for further information contact" block are removed. Null with includeAbstract: false.

Type:string | null

Example:

Opportunities for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) with respect to Part D pharmacy reimbursement

Agencies

agencies

Optional

Every agency named on the document, parent first: {slug, name, id, parentId}. A sub-office the Federal Register has no page for keeps its printed name and a null slug.

Type:array | null

Example:

[object Object],[object Object]

Agency names

agencyNames

Optional

The agency names alone.

Type:array | null

Example:

Health and Human Services Department,Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Primary agency

primaryAgency

Optional

The first agency named — the department for a sub-agency document.

Type:string | null

Example:

Health and Human Services Department

Published

publishedAt

Optional

Publication date, YYYY-MM-DD. Null on a Public Inspection row, which is not published yet.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-09-24

Effective on

effectiveOn

Optional

The date a rule takes effect, YYYY-MM-DD.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-10-26

Comments close on

commentsCloseOn

Optional

The last day to comment, YYYY-MM-DD.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-11-23

Comments open

commentsOpen

Optional

True while the comment period is open today (Washington time), false once it has closed, null when the document has no comment period.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Signing date

signingDate

Optional

For presidential documents, the date signed.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-09-08

Docket IDs

docketIds

Optional

The agency docket numbers printed on the document.

Type:array | null

Example:

CMS-4217-NC

RINs

rins

Optional

Regulation Identifier Numbers, which tie a rulemaking to the Unified Agenda.

Type:array | null

Example:

0938-AW08

CFR references

cfrReferences

Optional

The Code of Federal Regulations parts the document affects: {title, part, chapter}.

Type:array | null

Example:

[object Object]

CFR citations

cfrCitations

Optional

The same references as citations.

Type:array | null

Example:

42 CFR 423

Topics

topics

Optional

The CFR indexing terms the agency assigned.

Type:array | null

Example:

Air pollution control,Environmental protection

Significant

significant

Optional

Marked significant under Executive Order 12866; null when the Federal Register does not say.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Citation

citation

Optional

The Federal Register citation, volume and first page.

Type:string | null

Example:

91 FR 60568

Volume

volume

Optional

Federal Register volume.

Type:integer | null

Example:

Start page

startPage

Optional

First page in the printed volume.

Type:integer | null

Example:

60568

End page

endPage

Optional

Last page in the printed volume.

Type:integer | null

Example:

60572

Page length

pageLength

Optional

Printed pages.

Type:integer | null

Example:

Dates (text)

datesText

Optional

The DATES paragraph, verbatim: deadlines, meeting dates, effective dates in prose.

Type:string | null

Example:

To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, by November 23, 2026.

Executive order number

executiveOrderNumber

Optional

For an executive order, its number.

Type:integer | null

Example:

14426

Proclamation number

proclamationNumber

Optional

For a proclamation, its number.

Type:string | null

Presidential document number

presidentialDocumentNumber

Optional

For a presidential document, its number.

Type:string | null

Regulations.gov docket

regulationsGovDocketId

Optional

The docket on regulations.gov where comments are filed.

Type:string | null

Example:

CMS-2026-3037

Regulations.gov document

regulationsGovDocumentId

Optional

This document on regulations.gov.

Type:string | null

Example:

CMS-2026-3037-0001

Comments received

regulationsGovCommentsCount

Optional

Comments posted on regulations.gov when the Federal Register last checked (see regulationsGovCheckedAt).

Type:integer | null

Example:

Comments URL

regulationsGovCommentsUrl

Optional

The regulations.gov page listing the comments.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=CMS-2026-3037

Comments checked at

regulationsGovCheckedAt

Optional

When the Federal Register last read the comment count from regulations.gov, ISO-8601 UTC.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-09-28T15:55:04.000Z

URL

url

Optional

The document page on federalregister.gov (or the Public Inspection page).

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/24/2026-19535/request-for-information-medicare-part-d-reasonable-and-relevant-pharmacy-contracting-standards

PDF

pdfUrl

Optional

The official PDF on govinfo.gov (the Public Inspection PDF on a Public Inspection row).

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-24/pdf/2026-19535.pdf

Full text (HTML)

fullTextHtmlUrl

Optional

The full text as HTML.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/09/14/2026-18723.html

Full text (XML)

fullTextXmlUrl

Optional

The full text as XML.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2026/09/14/2026-18723.xml

Full text (plain)

rawTextUrl

Optional

The full text as plain text.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/09/14/2026-18723.txt

JSON

jsonUrl

Optional

The API record for this document.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2026-19535?publication_date=2026-09-24

Public Inspection PDF

publicInspectionPdfUrl

Optional

The PDF as it was filed for public inspection.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-19535.pdf?1790167517

Contents subject

tocSubject

Optional

The subject heading in the issue's table of contents.

Type:string | null

Example:

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.

Contents entry

tocDoc

Optional

The document's line in the issue's table of contents.

Type:string | null

Example:

Medicare Part D Reasonable and Relevant Pharmacy Contracting Standards

Query

query

Optional

The search that produced this row, spelled out.

Type:string | null

Example:

term "artificial intelligence"; order newest

Rank

rank

Optional

Position of this document in its search's results (1 = first).

Type:integer | null

Example:

Filed at

filedAt

Optional

When the document was placed on public inspection, ISO-8601 UTC.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-09-25T15:15:00.000Z

Filing type

filingType

Optional

regular or special (a filing outside the regular schedule).

Type:string | null

Example:

special

Scheduled publication

scheduledPublicationDate

Optional

The issue the filing is scheduled to appear in, YYYY-MM-DD.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-09-29

Pages

numPages

Optional

Pages in the Public Inspection PDF.

Type:integer | null

Example:

PDF size

pdfFileSize

Optional

Size of the Public Inspection PDF in bytes.

Type:integer | null

Example:

89246

PDF updated at

pdfUpdatedAt

Optional

When the Public Inspection PDF was last replaced, ISO-8601 UTC.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-09-25T15:15:10.000Z

Subjects

subjects

Optional

The filing's subject lines (subject_1 to subject_3, blanks dropped).

Type:array | null

Example:

Airworthiness Directives:,The Boeing Company Airplanes

Docket numbers

docketNumbers

Optional

Docket numbers on a Public Inspection filing.

Type:array | null

Agency facet

facetAgencies

Optional

On a facet row: how many of the search's matches each agency published, {slug, name, count}, largest first.

Type:array | null

Example:

[object Object]

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