dockets

Rulemaking dockets

One row per regulations.gov docket. A docket is the top-level folder a federal agency opens for a rulemaking or other action; it groups the documents the agency posts and the public comments it receives.

Coverage. Sampled repair with retained prior rows. On 2026-09-21 the fork merged every selected retained docket release into the prior table, keeping newer and unrelated rows; the daily regulations ETL adds to it. It is not a fresh regulations.gov census. modify_date records source modification, not docket opening or acquisition. Receipts: fork-execution-2026-09-21/publication-dockets.json and fork-base-repair-2026-09-21/repair-audit.json. (measured 2026-09-28)

• Parquet file: dockets.parquet
• MCP query_sql support: Configured; requires an available artifact.
• Publication status: Not established by this schema page or its measurement date.
• Row count: Not stated here; the MCP describe_table reply gives the live count under publication.
• Primary / dedup key: docket_id

Column	Type	Description
docket_id 🔑	VARCHAR	Unique docket identifier (e.g. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0317). Primary key / dedup key.
agency_code	VARCHAR	Posting agency's short code (e.g. EPA, FDA, ACF).
title	VARCHAR	Human-readable docket title.
docket_type	VARCHAR	Docket category, typically Rulemaking or Nonrulemaking.
modify_date	VARCHAR	Timestamp the docket was last modified on regulations.gov (ISO 8601 string).
abstract	VARCHAR	Agency-written summary of the docket (regulations.gov dkAbstract). Often null.
rin	VARCHAR	Regulation Identifier Number tying the docket to the Unified Agenda. Often null.