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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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/regulations-gov/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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