# US Federal Register Daily Regulatory & Compliance Watchdog (`richigga/federal-register-regulatory-watchdog`) Actor

Extract and monitor daily published US Federal Register final rules, proposed regulations, executive orders, and agency notices with keyword and agency filters.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/richigga/federal-register-regulatory-watchdog.md
- **Developed by:** [Jiani Peng](https://apify.com/richigga) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 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.

***

### 🏛️ 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.

***

### 📥 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. |

***

### 📤 Output Format

```json
{
  "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"
}
```

***

### 🤖 AI Agent Integration (Python / TypeScript)

```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.`);
```

***

### 💰 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%`

***

### 📄 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.

# Actor input Schema

## `agencies` (type: `array`):

Filter by US government agency slug or name (e.g., 'fda', 'sec', 'environmental-protection-agency', 'federal-aviation-administration', 'occupational-safety-and-health-administration'). Leave empty to monitor all agencies.

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Keyword search across rule titles, abstracts, and action summaries (e.g. 'artificial intelligence', 'medical device', 'cryptocurrency', 'pfas', 'tariffs').

## `documentTypes` (type: `array`):

Types of Federal Register publications to extract.

## `dateRange` (type: `string`):

Publication date filter mode: 'today', 'yesterday', 'last\_7\_days', 'last\_30\_days', or specific date 'YYYY-MM-DD'.

## `significantOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, returns only rules classified as Economically Significant under Executive Order 12866.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of regulatory documents to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "agencies": [
    "fda",
    "environmental-protection-agency",
    "securities-and-exchange-commission"
  ],
  "documentTypes": [
    "RULE",
    "PRORULE",
    "PRESDOCU"
  ],
  "dateRange": "last_7_days",
  "significantOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `output` (type: `string`):

Standard regulatory document summary

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "agencies": [
        "fda",
        "environmental-protection-agency",
        "securities-and-exchange-commission"
    ],
    "keywords": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("richigga/federal-register-regulatory-watchdog").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "agencies": [
        "fda",
        "environmental-protection-agency",
        "securities-and-exchange-commission",
    ],
    "keywords": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("richigga/federal-register-regulatory-watchdog").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "agencies": [
    "fda",
    "environmental-protection-agency",
    "securities-and-exchange-commission"
  ],
  "keywords": ""
}' |
apify call richigga/federal-register-regulatory-watchdog --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,richigga/federal-register-regulatory-watchdog"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Z60aZMkOcgKOgi3Tt/builds/cJXIybFJiIUV2l7kL/openapi.json