Regulations.gov

aid: regulations-gov
name: Regulations.gov
description: Regulations.gov is the US federal government's central portal for public participation in the rulemaking process,
  operated by the General Services Administration. Its REST API enables programmatic access to regulatory dockets, proposed
  rules, final rules, supporting documents, and public comments submitted to federal agencies. Developers can search and filter
  content across all federal agencies, retrieve full document and comment details with attachments, and submit public comments
  programmatically. The API is managed through api.data.gov and uses API key authentication.
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Government
- Federal Rulemaking
- Public Comments
- Regulatory
- Dockets
- GSA
- Open Data
apis:
- aid: regulations-gov:regulations-gov-api
  name: Regulations.gov API
  description: REST API providing access to federal regulatory dockets, documents, and public comments across all federal
    agencies. Supports full-text search, filtering by agency and date range, pagination, and comment submission.
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  humanURL: https://open.gsa.gov/api/regulationsgov/
  baseURL: https://api.regulations.gov
  tags:
  - Government
  - Federal Rulemaking
  - Public Comments
  - Dockets
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://open.gsa.gov/api/regulationsgov/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.regulations.gov/v4/openapi.yaml
  contact:
  - FN: Regulations.gov Support
    url: https://www.regulations.gov/support
    email: eRulemaking@gsa.gov
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.regulations.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://open.gsa.gov/api/regulationsgov/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/GSA
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.gsa.gov/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://api.data.gov/docs/rate-limits/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/regulations-gov-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/regulations-gov-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/regulations-gov-finops.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://www.regulations.gov/support
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com