Federal Register Regulation Change Monitor

Apify Store title: Federal Register Regulation Change Monitor

Apify Store description:

Monitor new and proposed US federal regulations across every agency, straight from the official Federal Register API. Get clean rows: title, agencies, document type (Rule, Proposed Rule, Notice), publication date, docket ID, RIN, comment deadline, effective date, abstract, and a link to the full document. Filter by document type, agency, keyword, or date range. Ideal for compliance teams, legal, government affairs, lobbyists, and regulated industries tracking rule changes on a schedule. Zero-config default run returns the last 7 days of rules and proposed rules immediately. 100% public government data: no login, no PII.

Source + legality

GET https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json - the official public Federal Register API over every rule, proposed rule, notice, and presidential document. Statutorily public government data; a descriptive User-Agent is sent as a courtesy. No authentication, no consumer PII.

Zero-config default run

Empty input returns final rules and proposed rules published in the last 7 days (newest first), so the Store "try it" button works on first click.

Input (all optional)

• documentTypes - types to include, codes (RULE, PRORULE, NOTICE, PRESDOCU) or friendly names (Rule, Proposed Rule, Notice). Default: ["RULE", "PRORULE"].
• lookbackDays - days back from today by publication date. Default: 7.
• term - optional full-text keyword, e.g. PFAS, cybersecurity.
• agencies - optional agency slugs, e.g. environmental-protection-agency.
• maxResults - max rows per run, newest first. Default: 50.

Output fields

documentNumber, title, documentType, agencies[], publicationDate, docketId, rin, regulationIdNumbers[], abstract, effectiveOn, commentsCloseOn, source

Run locally (no Apify account)

npm install
npm test --workspace actors/federal-register-monitor
# or run the actor directly:
node actors/federal-register-monitor/src/main.js

Proposed pricing (set in Apify at publish - CJ-gated)

Pay-Per-Event in the documented winning band:

• ~$0.004 per regulation returned

Pricing is NOT set here - configured on the Apify Store at publish, CJ-gated. No account, no publish, no spend happens in this repo.