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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.

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Example Payload

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      "starts_on": "2016-12-06",
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