eCFR · Example Payload
Search Results Response
Federal RegulationsGovernmentLegalComplianceOpen DataUnited States
Search Results Response is an example object payload from eCFR, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
Top-level fields
resultsmeta
Example Payload
{
"results": [
{
"starts_on": "2016-12-06",
"ends_on": null,
"type": "Section",
"hierarchy": {
"title": "40",
"subtitle": null,
"chapter": "I",
"subchapter": "F",
"part": "197",
"subpart": "B",
"subject_group": "ECFRe68f9f224e6cc58",
"section": "197.38",
"appendix": null
},
"hierarchy_headings": {
"title": "Title 40",
"subtitle": null,
"chapter": " Chapter I",
"subchapter": "Subchapter F",
"part": "Part 197",
"subpart": "Subpart B",
"subject_group": "Additional Provisions",
"section": "\u00a7 197.38",
"appendix": null
},
"headings": {
"title": "<strong>Protection</strong> of Environment",
"subtitle": null,
"chapter": "<strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Protection</strong> Agency",
"subchapter": "Radiation <strong>Protection</strong> Programs",
"part": "Public Health and <strong>Environmental</strong> Radiation <strong>Protection</strong> Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada",
"subpart": "Public Health and <strong>Environmental</strong> Standards for Disposal",
"subject_group": "Additional Provisions",
"section": "Are the Individual <strong>Protection</strong> and Ground Water <strong>Protection</strong> Standards Severable?",
"appendix": null
},
"full_text_excerpt": "Yes. The individual <strong>protection</strong> and ground water <strong>protection</strong> standards are severable.",
"score": 45.70845,
"structure_index": 270118,
"reserved": false,
"removed": false,
"change_types": [
"effective",
"initial"
]
},
{
"starts_on": "2017-01-01",
"ends_on": "2025-07-02",
"type": "Section",
"hierarchy": {
"title": "7",
"subtitle": "B",
"chapter": "VII",
"subchapter": "G",
"part": "799",
"subpart": "ECFR7b3ee71a250c28d",
"subject_group": null,
"section": "799.50",
"appendix": null
},
"hierarchy_headings": {
"title": "Title 7",
"subtitle": "Subtitle B",
"chapter": " Chapter VII",
"subchapter": "Subchapter G",
"part": "Part 799",
"subpart": "Subpart E",
"subject_group": null,
"section": "\u00a7 799.50",
"appendix": null
},
"headings": {
"title": "Agriculture",
"subtitle": "Regulations of the Department of Agriculture",
"chapter": "Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture",
"subchapter": "<strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Protection</strong>",
"part": "Compliance with the National <strong>Environmental</strong> Policy Act",
"subpart": "<strong>Environmental</strong> Impact Statements",
"subject_group": null,
"section": "Purpose of an <strong>Environmental</strong> Impact Statement (EIS).",
"appendix": null
},
"full_text_excerpt": "EIS is to ensure that all significant <strong>environmental</strong> impacts and reasonable alternatives<span class=\"elipsis\">\u2026</span>and may cumulatively have significant <strong>environmental</strong> impacts, although the impact of the",
"score": 44.669975,
"structure_index": 70938,
"reserved": false,
"removed": false,
"change_types": [
"effective",
"initial"
]
}
],
"meta": {
"current_page": 1,
"total_pages": 5000,
"total_count": 10000,
"max_score": 45.70845,
"description": "Changes to sections matching 'environmental protection'"
}
}
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