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Federal Register Crawler - US Regulatory Documents

Crawl 800K+ regulatory documents from the Federal Register API. Extract rules, proposed rules, executive orders, and notices with titles, abstracts, agency info, CFR references, RIN numbers, and comment deadlines. Filter by agency, document type, date range, and significance.

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You can access the Federal Register Crawler - US Regulatory Documents programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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