📜 Federal Register Scraper - Notices, Rules & Regulations

🚀 Collect regulatory documents from the U.S. Federal Register with 27+ structured fields per document. Filter by document type, agency, keyword, and date range. Track notices, rules, proposed rules, and presidential documents at scale.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you are a compliance officer tracking regulatory changes, a government affairs professional monitoring agency actions, or a legal researcher analyzing federal policy, this tool makes it easy to collect structured data from the Federal Register at scale.

The Federal Register Scraper collects regulatory documents with 27+ structured fields per document, including citations, CFR references, comment deadlines, page counts, docket IDs, and direct PDF/HTML links. Filter by document type, agency, keyword, date range, and significance. Collect thousands of documents per minute.

Target Audience	Compliance officers, government affairs directors, legal researchers, policy analysts, government contractors, lobbying firms
Primary Use Cases	Regulatory monitoring, compliance tracking, policy analysis, comment period management, litigation research, procurement opportunities

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📋 What Does It Do

• Collects notices, rules, proposed rules, and presidential documents with full metadata
• Filters by specific agencies (EPA, FDA, DOD, etc.) using agency IDs
• Searches documents by keyword in titles or body text
• Monitors new documents or pulls historical archives within any date window
• Extracts citations, CFR references, comment deadlines, page counts, and docket IDs
• Provides direct PDF and HTML download links for every document

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🎬 How to Use - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
Keyword Search	string	Search for documents containing this keyword in the title or body	-
Max Items	integer	Free users: limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000	10
Document Type	string	Notice, Rule, Proposed Rule, or Presidential Document	-
Agency IDs	string	Comma-separated agency IDs (e.g., 145 for EPA, 221 for FDA)	-
Publication Date From	string	Filter from this date (YYYY-MM-DD)	-
Publication Date To	string	Filter to this date (YYYY-MM-DD)	-
Significant Only	boolean	Only return documents flagged as significant	false
Sort By	string	Newest First, Oldest First, or Relevance	newest

Example 1:

{
    "documentType": "RULE",
    "keyword": "environmental protection",
    "dateFrom": "2026-01-01",
    "dateTo": "2026-03-31",
    "maxItems": 100
}

Example 2:

{
    "agencyIds": "145,221",
    "significant": true,
    "sortBy": "newest",
    "maxItems": 50
}

⚠️ Agency IDs are numeric. Find the full list at the Federal Register API agencies endpoint. Common IDs: EPA (145), FDA (221), DOD (103).

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema: documentUrl, pdfUrl, jsonUrl, bodyHtmlUrl, commentUrl, title, type, subtype, documentNumber, citation, abstract, action, agencyNames, agencies, cfrReferences, docketIds, regulationIdNumbers, topics, significant, startPage, endPage, pageLength, dates, publicationDate, signingDate, effectiveOn, commentsCloseOn, scrapedAt

📦 Sample 1:

{
    "documentUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/31/2026-06286/addressing-dei-discrimination-by-federal-contractors",
    "pdfUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-31/pdf/2026-06286.pdf",
    "title": "Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors",
    "type": "Presidential Document",
    "subtype": "Executive Order",
    "documentNumber": "2026-06286",
    "citation": "91 FR 16147",
    "agencyNames": "Executive Office of the President",
    "pageLength": 3,
    "publicationDate": "2026-03-31",
    "signingDate": "2026-03-26",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-31T23:55:50.904Z"
}

📦 Sample 2:

{
    "documentUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/15/2026-02345/clean-water-standards",
    "pdfUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-15/pdf/2026-02345.pdf",
    "title": "Clean Water Quality Standards Update",
    "type": "Rule",
    "documentNumber": "2026-02345",
    "citation": "91 FR 9821",
    "agencyNames": "Environmental Protection Agency",
    "significant": true,
    "publicationDate": "2026-02-15",
    "effectiveOn": "2026-04-15",
    "commentsCloseOn": "2026-03-15",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-31T23:55:50.904Z"
}

📦 Sample 3:

{
    "documentUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/10/2026-00789/food-safety-notice",
    "title": "Food Safety Modernization Act Compliance Update",
    "type": "Notice",
    "documentNumber": "2026-00789",
    "citation": "91 FR 3456",
    "agencyNames": "Food and Drug Administration",
    "pageLength": 8,
    "publicationDate": "2026-01-10",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-31T23:55:50.904Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose This Tool?

Feature	Details
27+ structured fields	Every document includes citations, CFR references, docket IDs, comment deadlines, and more
All document types	Notices, rules, proposed rules, and presidential documents (Executive Orders, memoranda)
Agency filtering	Filter by any combination of agency IDs to focus on your regulatory landscape
Date range flexibility	Search any date window with YYYY-MM-DD format
10K+ documents per minute	High-speed collection directly from the Federal Register API
Comment deadline tracking	Never miss a public comment period with built-in deadline extraction
Direct document access	Get PDF, HTML, and JSON URLs for every document

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📈 How It Compares

Capability	This Tool	Other Solutions
Output fields	27+ structured fields per document	8-12 basic fields
Document types	All 4 types plus subtypes	Usually notices only
Agency filtering	Any combination of agency IDs	Limited or none
Speed	10,000+ documents per minute	Slow page-by-page collection
Comment deadlines	Included automatically	Not available
CFR references	Extracted and structured	Missing in most tools

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Tool - Search for "Federal Register Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Configure your search filters using the simple form
4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

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💼 Business Use Cases

Audience	How They Use It
Compliance Officers	Monitor new rules and proposed rules from specific agencies (FDA, EPA, OSHA) to stay compliant before effective dates
Government Affairs Directors	Track presidential documents and significant rules to brief leadership on regulatory changes
Legal Researchers	Search by keyword and date range to build comprehensive regulatory histories for litigation or policy analysis
Government Contractors	Monitor notices and solicitations from defense and procurement agencies to identify business opportunities

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Federal Register, the U.S. Government Publishing Office, or any government agency. It accesses publicly available data.