Document type attribute

• Type: string | null
• Value set: Enum
• Data types: Federal Register document
• Fields: document_type

Use this value to separate final rules from proposed rules and presidential documents. The same values work in the federal_register_document_types search filter.

Notes

• A newer correction keeps the type of the document it corrects and names that document in correction_of. Older corrections are typed correction and usually name nothing. Search with the is_correction filter to find both kinds.

Values

• rule: A final rule, which changes the Code of Federal Regulations.
• proposed_rule: A proposed rule, usually open for public comment before it becomes final.
• notice: A notice, such as a meeting or information-collection announcement.
• presidential_document: A presidential document, such as an executive order, proclamation, or memorandum.
• uncategorized: A document the Federal Register never typed, mostly from 1994.
• correction: An older correction, published as a document of its own type.