Regulation section data type
A part, subpart, section, clause, provision, or appendix of the FAR, DFARS, DFARS PGI, or GSAM, in its codified edition (regulatory text and accompanying guidance) or its Overhaul class-deviation edition.
- Source: Acquisition.gov regulation text for the FAR, DFARS, DFARS PGI, and GSAM, including the FAR Overhaul and GSAR Overhaul class-deviation text.
- Volume: Varies by regulation and edition; a current record count has not been verified.
- Web: Regulation pages
- MCP: Get regulation section MCP tool, Search regulations MCP tool
Notes
A regulation section is one numbered unit of an acquisition regulation: a part, subpart, section, subsection, clause, solicitation provision, or appendix. Parts and subparts are sections too, so the whole outline can be searched and read. Cite a section with citation, such as FAR 52.219-14, DFARS 252.204-7012, PGI 204.7303, or GSAM 552.238-79.
A citation has at most one record per edition. The codified edition includes 48 CFR regulatory text, DFARS PGI guidance, and GSAM internal-manual policy. PGI guidance and GSAM sections marked is_regulatory: false are not codified in 48 CFR. The overhaul edition is the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul class-deviation text that agencies are applying ahead of final rules; for the GSAM, it is GSA's Revolutionary GSAR Overhaul (RGO) class deviation. A section can be in one edition and not the other. Overhaul text can be published before it takes effect, so check effective_date before treating it as in force.
The GSAR is the regulatory part of the GSAM, so GSAR clauses such as GSAR 552.238-79 have the regulation GSAM. is_regulatory is true for GSAR text and false for GSA's internal manual text. It is null when the publisher left a GSAM section unmarked, on GSAM parts and subparts, and on every other regulation.
govtribe_url opens the section's free regulation page in GovTribe when it has one, as codified FAR, DFARS, and DFARS PGI sections do. It is null for sections without a GovTribe page, including GSAM/GSAR sections in either edition, every Overhaul section, and every withdrawn section. source_url links to the section on acquisition.gov. Withdrawn sections and [Reserved] placeholders are not returned by search.
Attributes
| Field | Type | Attribute |
|---|---|---|
govtribe_id | string | GovTribe ID |
govtribe_type | string | GovTribe type |
govtribe_url | string | null | GovTribe URL |
name | string | Name |
citation | string | null | Citation |
title | string | Title |
regulation | string | Regulation |
regulation_label | string | Regulation label |
edition | string | Edition |
edition_label | string | Edition label |
kind | string | Kind |
kind_label | string | Kind label |
number | string | Number |
hierarchy | string | null | Hierarchy |
clause_date | string | null | Clause date |
prescribed_in | string | null | Prescribed in |
cross_references | string[] | Cross-references |
alternates | object[] | Alternates |
fill_in_types | string[] | Fill-in types |
far_analogs | string[] | FAR analogs |
is_regulatory | boolean | null | Is regulatory |
dfars_section | string | null | DFARS section |
source_url | string | null | Source URL |
source_revision | string | null | Source revision |
effective_change | string | null | Effective change |
effective_date | string | null | Effective date |
body | string | null | Body |
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Federal Register document data type: Review the rules and proposed rules that amend regulation sections.
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