Legislation and regulation

1Description

Bills, final and proposed rules, agency notices and public comments, with the metadata that ties them together: agencies, docket numbers, RINs, CFR parts, effective dates and comment periods. Each final rule links back to its proposed rule, so a regulation can be traced from first notice to effective date. Compliance teams use it to monitor regulatory change, policy analysts to measure rulemaking activity by agency, and ML teams to train models on regulatory language.

Subsets

• Bills
• Final and proposed regulations
• Agency notices
• Public comments
• Amendments and corrections
• Rulemaking history

2Schema

3Sample records

Sample record

{
  "document_number": "2025-23853",
  "citation": "90 FR 60864",
  "document_type": "Rule",
  "action": "Final rule",
  "title": "Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions",
  "agencies": [
    "Homeland Security Department"
  ],
  "publication_date": "2025-12-29",
  "effective_date": "2026-02-27",
  "dates_text": "This final rule is effective February 27, 2026.",
  "docket_ids": [
    "CIS No. 2847-26",
    "DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0040"
  ],
  "regulations_gov_docket": "USCIS-2025-0040",
  "rin": "1615-AD01",
  "cfr_references": [
    "8 CFR part 214"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Administrative practice and procedure",
    "Aliens",
    "Cultural exchange programs",
    "Employment",
    "Foreign officials",
    "Health professions",
    "Reporting and recordkeeping requirements",
    "Students"
  ],
  "significant": true,
  "pages": "60864-60967",
  "page_length": 104,
  "abstract": "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). Through this rule, DHS is implementing a weighted selection process that will generally favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels, to better serve the congressional intent for the H-1B program. This rule will be effective in time for the FY 2027 registration season.",
  "rulemaking_history": [
    {
      "document_number": "2025-18473",
      "type": "Proposed Rule",
      "action": "Notice of proposed rulemaking",
      "publication_date": "2025-09-24",
      "citation": "90 FR 45986",
      "comments_close_on": "2025-10-24"
    },
    {
      "document_number": "2025-23853",
      "type": "Rule",
      "action": "Final rule",
      "publication_date": "2025-12-29",
      "citation": "90 FR 60864",
      "comments_close_on": null
    }
  ],
  "html_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b",
  "pdf_url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23853.pdf"
}

4Uses

• Regulatory change monitoring for compliance teams
• Tracking rulemaking from proposal to effective date
• Policy research on agency activity and timelines
• Training models on legal and regulatory language
• Mapping regulations to affected CFR parts and industries

6Access

The full Legislation and regulation dataset (MLC-0704), records on request. Delivered as JSONL, CSV or Parquet under a commercial licence.

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