AnswerPool

Docket Tracker API: Every Federal Register document in one agency docket

Every Federal Register document in one agency docket — proposal, comments extensions, final rule, corrections — newest first with deadline flags. Follow a single rulemaking's full lifecycle with one call.

Free — no key, no signup, rate-limited to 60 calls per minute per client.

How do you call it?

GET /v1/regs/docket — product id reg_docket. Over MCP, call answerpool_get with product_id=reg_docket.

curl "https://answerpool.io/v1/regs/docket?docket_id=SSA-2019-0013"

Live call: https://answerpool.io/v1/regs/docket?docket_id=SSA-2019-0013 · JSON sample: /v1/samples/reg_docket

What does the answer look like?

A representative response, the same static sample served at /v1/samples/reg_docket.

as_of2026-09-16T21:32:17Z
total_matching4
count2
refresh_after2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

documents

document_numbertitletypeactionagenciespublication_dateeffective_oncomments_close_onsignificantabstractdocket_idsregulation_id_numbers
2026-13420Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cardiovascular DisordersRuleFinal rule.Social Security Administration2026-07-022026-10-30—trueWe are revising the criteria in the Listing of Impairments that we use to evaluate claims involving cardiovascular disorders in adults and children.Docket No. SSA-2019-00130960-AI43
2022-18238Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cardiovascular DisordersProposed RuleNotice of proposed rulemaking.Social Security Administration2022-08-24—2022-10-24true—Docket No. SSA-2019-00130960-AI43
The same sample as raw JSON
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   "title": "Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cardiovascular Disorders",
   "type": "Rule",
   "action": "Final rule.",
   "agencies": [
    "Social Security Administration"
   ],
   "publication_date": "2026-07-02",
   "effective_on": "2026-10-30",
   "comments_close_on": null,
   "significant": true,
   "abstract": "We are revising the criteria in the Listing of Impairments that we use to evaluate claims involving cardiovascular disorders in adults and children.",
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    "0960-AI43"
   ],
   "cfr_references": [
    "20 CFR 404",
    "20 CFR 416"
   ],
   "topics": [
    "Disability benefits",
    "Social security"
   ],
   "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13420/revised-medical-criteria-for-evaluating-cardiovascular-disorders",
   "flags": [
    "significant",
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   ],
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   "days_to_effective": 120
  },
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   "document_number": "2022-18238",
   "title": "Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cardiovascular Disorders",
   "type": "Proposed Rule",
   "action": "Notice of proposed rulemaking.",
   "agencies": [
    "Social Security Administration"
   ],
   "publication_date": "2022-08-24",
   "effective_on": null,
   "comments_close_on": "2022-10-24",
   "significant": true,
   "abstract": null,
   "docket_ids": [
    "Docket No. SSA-2019-0013"
   ],
   "regulation_id_numbers": [
    "0960-AI43"
   ],
   "cfr_references": [
    "20 CFR 404",
    "20 CFR 416"
   ],
   "topics": [],
   "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/24/2022-18238/revised-medical-criteria-for-evaluating-cardiovascular-disorders",
   "flags": [
    "significant"
   ],
   "days_to_comment_close": null,
   "days_to_effective": null
  }
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}

How fresh is it, and where does the data come from?

The fastest source behind this answer can change daily, so every response carries a refresh_after timestamp — right now it would be 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z. Schedule the next call on that value rather than on a guess.

Method version 0.1.0 · serving cache 1 day · every response carries a result_id you can resolve at /v1/provenance.

When should you use it?

You hold a docket id and want the rulemaking's history and current status.

What you skip building

When should you not use it?

You only have a topic or agency — search first, then track the docket.

Where else can you find this?