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Regulations.gov Scraper

Regulations.gov Scraper

Collect federal regulatory documents, public comments, and dockets from Regulations.gov. Search by keyword, filter by agency (EPA, FDA, FCC, DOT), document type, and date range. Get titles, posting dates, comment periods, docket IDs, and links for rules, notices, and supporting materials.

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πŸ“œ Regulations.gov Federal Regulatory Scraper

πŸš€ Collect federal regulatory documents, public comments, and dockets from Regulations.gov. Filter by agency, document type, date range, and keyword across all US federal agencies.

Whether you are a compliance officer monitoring new rules, a lobbyist tracking regulatory activity, or a researcher analyzing public comment patterns, this scraper delivers structured regulatory data from the official US government portal. Search by keyword, filter by agency (EPA, FDA, FCC, DOT, and more), and collect documents, comments, or dockets.

No coding, no manual browsing. Configure your search, click Start, and get structured data as JSON, CSV, or Excel in seconds.

🎯 TargetRegulations.gov federal regulatory data
πŸ”Ž Best forRegulatory compliance, policy analysis, public comment research, government transparency

πŸ“‹ What it does

  • Collects rules, proposed rules, notices, and supporting materials with full metadata from Regulations.gov
  • Gathers public comments submitted on proposed regulations with commenter details and posting dates
  • Retrieves docket records that group related documents and comments under a single docket ID
  • Supports filtering by agency (EPA, FDA, FCC, DOT, HHS, OSHA, SEC, and 100+ more), document type, date range, and keyword

πŸ“Š Data fields

Each record includes: agencyId, commentEndDate, commentStartDate, docketId, documentId, documentType, frDocNum, lastModifiedDate, objectId, openForComment, postedDate, subtype, title, url. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

⚠️ Good to Know: The Regulations.gov API limits results to 5,000 per search (20 pages of 250). Use date ranges or agency filters to narrow large result sets. The included DEMO_KEY works for testing (30 requests/minute). For production use, get a free key at api.data.gov/signup.

πŸš€ How to use

  1. Create a free Apify account (includes $5 credit)
  2. Search for Regulations.gov Scraper in the Apify Store
  3. Enter your search term, select document type, and set agency or date filters
  4. Click Start and wait for results
  5. Download your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel

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