Federal Register Activity by Year

Count of Federal Register documents by type and year, showing regulatory activity trends over three decades.

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SELECT pub_year, SUM(CASE WHEN type = 'Rule' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS rules, SUM(CASE WHEN type = 'Proposed Rule' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS proposed_rules, SUM(CASE WHEN type = 'Notice' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS notices, SUM(CASE WHEN type = 'Presidential Document' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS presidential, COUNT(*) AS total FROM federal_register WHERE pub_year IS NOT NULL GROUP BY pub_year ORDER BY pub_year

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pub_yearrulesproposed_rulesnoticespresidentialtotal
1994 128 109 574 258 33407
1995 4741 3217 22168 204 31673
1996 4983 3142 24230 245 33143
1997 4643 2909 26028 190 34210
1998 4920 3042 26189 195 34737
1999 4673 3286 25503 202 34064
2000 4491 2723 25461 220 33301
2001 4136 2515 24824 251 31987
2002 4171 2635 25735 216 33072
2003 4285 2597 25418 234 32792
2004 4174 2427 25312 250 32366
2005 3978 2510 25351 217 32225
2006 3730 2343 25026 219 31502
2007 3590 2295 24558 224 30810
2008 3819 2410 25273 218 31812
2009 3468 2014 24867 267 30662
2010 3561 2444 26175 280 32464
2011 3805 2898 26161 238 33103
2012 3708 2518 24377 272 30875
2013 3658 2594 24261 258 30771
2014 3542 2401 23971 253 30167
2015 3408 2342 23959 266 29975
2016 3854 2419 24557 297 31127
2017 3281 1837 22137 275 27530
2018 3368 2097 22025 260 27750
2019 2964 2132 21804 268 27168
2020 3352 2149 22480 326 28308
2021 3257 2094 21985 376 27712
2022 3168 2044 22505 316 28033
2023 3018 2102 22902 295 28317
2024 3248 1769 25506 307 30830
2025 2441 1498 19280 471 23690
2026 425 278 3368 49 4120