# Regulations.gov Dockets & Public Comments Tracker

Federal rules, notices and RFIs open for comment, with deadlines and daily comment counts; docket rollups; public comment listings and full text for HHS agencies (CMS, FDA, CDC, NIH, HRSA). Filter by keyword, regex, agency, docket and date.

$0.80 per 1,000 records

[Get an API key](https://pushbuild.com/apis/app/signup?api=regulations-gov-dockets)

Example request

```
POST /regulations-gov-dockets/run
{
  "query": "laboratory",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

## What it returns

Federal documents on regulations.gov (proposed rules, final rules, notices, RFIs) with their comment periods, deadlines and comment counts; one row per docket with open documents, the next deadline and comment totals; and public comment listings for HHS-family agencies (CMS, FDA, CDC, HHS, NIH, HRSA, SAMHSA, AHRQ, IHS, ACF, ATSDR, ACL, OIG), with full comment text on request. Rebuilt daily from the official regulations.gov API.

**documents**: `documentId`, `docketId`, `agencyId`, `documentType`, `subtype`, `title`, `frDocNum`, `postedDate`, `commentStartDate`, `commentEndDate`, `commentDeadline` (Eastern date), `openNow`, `commentCount`, `commentCountAt`, `lastModifiedDate`, `firstSeen`, `url`, `federalRegisterUrl`. **dockets**: `docketId`, `agencyId`, `latestDocumentTitle`, `documents`, `openDocuments`, `nextCommentDeadline`, `commentCount`, `commentsListed`, `lastCommentPosted`, `documentTypes`, `url`. **comments**: `commentId`, `docketId`, `agencyId`, `title`, `submitter`, `postedDate`, `url`; with includeText also `comment`, `organization`, `firstName`, `lastName`, `city`, `stateProvinceCode`, `country`, `category`, `commentOnDocumentId`.

## Request

`POST https://api.pushbuild.com/regulations-gov-dockets/run` with a JSON body. Send your key in the `X-API-Key` header.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `dataset` | string: documents, comments, dockets, sources | documents: regulations.gov documents with comment periods and comment counts. comments: public comment listings (HHS-family agencies). dockets: one row per docket with open documents, next deadline and comment totals. Default: `"documents"`. |
| `query` | string | Words that must all appear (documents: title, docket, FR number, subtype; comments: title, submitter, docket; dockets: docket id and document titles). With regex on, a case-insensitive regular expression. |
| `regex` | boolean | Treat query as a regular expression (RE2 syntax). Default: `false`. |
| `agencies` | list of strings | Agency acronyms, e.g. CMS, FDA, EPA, HHS. |
| `docketIds` | list of strings | e.g. CMS-2026-3235, FDA-2026-N-9550. |
| `documentTypes` | list of strings | Documents only. |
| `openForComment` | boolean | Documents (or dockets) whose comment period is open today. Default: `false`. |
| `closingWithinDays` | integer | Documents whose comment period closes within this many days. |
| `minComments` | integer | Documents with at least this many public comments (counted daily for proposed rules, RFIs and HHS agencies, weekly for the rest). |
| `submitter` | string | Comments: submitter name (from the comment title) contains this. |
| `includeText` | boolean | Comments: fetch the full comment text, organization, location and category live for the first 50 results. Default: `false`. |
| `postedFrom` | string | Posted on or after this date. |
| `postedTo` | string | Posted on or before this date. |
| `updatedSince` | string | Last modified on or after this date. |
| `sort` | string: updated, closing, posted, comments | Order of results (comments are always newest first). Default: `"updated"`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: `100`. |

### Example

```
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/regulations-gov-dockets/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "laboratory", "maxItems": 20}'
```

### Response

```
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}
```

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

## Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.80 per 1,000 records. No charge for errors or empty searches.

## Use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

This API is also an MCP server: `https://api.pushbuild.com/mcp/regulations-gov-dockets`. Add it to any assistant that supports remote MCP servers, with your key in the `X-API-Key` header. Same prices. [Setup for each app](https://pushbuild.com/apis/mcp.html).

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As of 2026-11-05. Source: https://pushbuild.com/apis/regulations-gov-dockets.html