US Federal Register Daily Regulatory & Compliance Watchdog

An autonomous, production-grade Apify Actor for automated monitoring, filtering, and structured JSON extraction of daily US Federal Register publications, including Final Rules, Proposed Regulations (NPRM), Executive Orders, and Agency Notices.

Ideal for legal-tech workflows, compliance monitoring (FDA, SEC, EPA, FAA, OSHA, FTC), policy researchers, and enterprise AI agents.

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🏛️ Features

• Multi-Agency Filtering: Filter publications from specific federal bodies (e.g. FDA, SEC, EPA, FAA, FCC, FTC, OSHA, CPSC, USDA, Treasury).
• Document Type Selection: Target Final Rules (RULE), Proposed Rules (PRORULE), Public Notices (NOTICE), or Presidential Documents & Executive Orders (PRESDOCU).
• Full-Text Keyword Search: Query rule titles, abstracts, and action descriptions (e.g. "artificial intelligence", "medical device", "cryptocurrency", "pfas").
• Economically Significant Rule Toggle: Isolate high-impact federal regulations classified under Executive Order 12866.
• Clean Normalized Data: Structured fields including CFR parts affected, publication dates, effective dates, public comment deadlines, docket IDs, and official PDF/HTML links.

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📥 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
agencies	Array	[]	List of agency slugs or aliases (e.g. ["fda", "sec", "environmental-protection-agency"]). Empty matches all.
keywords	String	""	Search keyword or phrase.
documentTypes	Array	["RULE", "PRORULE", "PRESDOCU"]	Filter by document types: RULE, PRORULE, NOTICE, PRESDOCU.
dateRange	String	"last_7_days"	"today", "yesterday", "last_7_days", or "last_30_days".
significantOnly	Boolean	false	Return only Economically Significant rules.
maxResults	Integer	100	Maximum number of regulatory documents to return.

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📤 Output Format

{
  "documentNumber": "2026-17056",
  "title": "Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes",
  "type": "Proposed Rule",
  "action": "Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)",
  "agencies": ["Transportation Department", "Federal Aviation Administration"],
  "agencySlugs": ["transportation-department", "federal-aviation-administration"],
  "abstract": "The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive...",
  "citation": "91 FR 12345",
  "effectiveOn": "2026-10-01",
  "commentsCloseOn": "2026-09-15",
  "publicationDate": "2026-08-20",
  "isSignificant": false,
  "cfrReferences": ["Title 14 Part 39"],
  "docketIds": ["FAA-2026-0452"],
  "pdfUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-20/pdf/2026-17056.pdf",
  "htmlUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/20/2026-17056/airworthiness-directives"
}

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🤖 AI Agent Integration (Python / TypeScript)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });

const run = await client.actor('richigga/federal-register-regulatory-watchdog').call({
  agencies: ['fda'],
  documentTypes: ['RULE', 'PRORULE'],
  dateRange: 'last_7_days',
  keywords: 'medical device'
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Found ${items.length} new FDA rules.`);

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💰 Unit Economics

• Pricing Model: Pay Per Event / Pay Per Run ($0.005 per run)
• External Cost: $0.00 (Official US Federal Register public API)
• Compute Time: < 600ms
• Gross Margin: > 98%

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📄 License & Attribution

Data sourced from the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Public domain US Government data. Actor developed autonomously under Apache-2.0.