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AnswerPool Federal Register Docket Timeline
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AnswerPool Federal Register Docket Timeline is a paid API for AI agents from answerpool.io, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns all Federal Register documents in a single agency docket — proposals, comments, extensions, final rules, and corrections — newest first with deadline flags, enabling full rulemaking lifecycle tracking in one call.
Price / call$0.005
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How this service works
AnswerPool turns SEC EDGAR, the Federal Register, USAspending, NIH, BLS and OpenAlex into structured JSON answers that AI agents and developers fetch in one call. 69 endpoints free, no account; derived analyses $0.02–$0.05 per call by card credits or USDC (x402). MCP server, full provenance.
Output
A JSON object with an as-of timestamp, total document count, and an array of Federal Register documents for the requested docket sorted newest first. Each document includes its URL, type (Proposed Rule, Final Rule, Notice, etc.), title, abstract, action text, publishing agency, docket IDs, RIN, CFR references, publication date, effective date, comment close date, days-to-effective, days-to-comment-close, significance flag, and an array of deadline/status flags such as 'effective_soon', 'final_rule_pending_effect', or 'significant'.
Example use cases
Compliance deadline monitoring for counsel
“Get me the full docket timeline for SEC-2026-001 so I can see whether the cybersecurity disclosure rule has been finalized and when it becomes effective — I need to know if the comment period is still open.”
Policy analyst rulemaking research
“I'm researching the lifecycle of the EPA's Waters of the US rulemaking — pull all the Federal Register documents in docket EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0602 newest first so I can see every proposal, extension, and final rule in order.”
Regulatory intelligence feed for an agent
“Check the docket for the FCC's broadband labeling rule and flag any documents marked as significant or with an effective date coming up in the next 30 days.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://answerpool.io/v1/regs/docketWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need the complete chronological history of a single federal rulemaking docket — from NPRM through final rule and corrections — with deadline flags already computed. It is the right choice over general Federal Register search when you know the specific docket ID and want lifecycle context rather than cross-docket discovery. Prefer it over scraping federalregister.gov directly for structured, flag-enriched, agent-ready JSON with days-to-deadline precomputed.
Side effects
- Unknown or invalid docket ID returns empty result set with count 0
- Docket with no Federal Register documents returns empty array
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns HTTP 402 or 429
- Malformed docket ID format may return a 400 error
- Docket exists but has no activity in the queried timeframe returns stale as-of timestamp
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"as_of": "2026-09-02T14:00:00Z",
"count": 1,
"documents": [
{
"url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-12341",
"type": "Rule",
"flags": [
"significant",
"effective_soon",
"final_rule_pending_effect"
],
"title": "Cybersecurity Risk Management Rule",
"action": "Final rule.",
"topics": [
"Securities"
],
"abstract": "Requires registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents.",
"agencies": [
"Securities and Exchange Commission"
],
"docket_ids": [
"SEC-2026-001"
],
"significant": true,
"effective_on": "2026-09-12",
"cfr_references": [
"17 CFR 240"
],
"document_number": "2026-12341",
"publication_date": "2026-08-30",
"comments_close_on": null,
"days_to_effective": 10,
"days_to_comment_close": null,
"regulation_id_numbers": [
"3235-AN00"
]
}
],
"total_matching": 3
}
}Tags
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