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Use the filters below to trace regulatory authority back to its statutory roots.

  1. Search statutory authorities and regulations by federal agency.
  2. Search by the type of delegation contained in a USC Section. The classifications may help bring attention to areas in which agencies have clearly overshot their mandate.
  3. Search the Code of Federal Regulations and U.S. Code by keywords or phrases.
  4. Sort search results by the number of regulatory restrictions contained in the CFR Part. Regulatory restrictions is a proxy for the number of prohibitions and obligations contained in regulatory text, and is measured by counting occurrences of words like “shall,” “must,” and “may not.”
  5. Select the link to view the CFR title and part in which a regulation was published.
  6. Select the link to view the title and section of the U.S. Code in which the delegating authority was published.
Search statutory authorities and regulations by federal agency. Search by the type of delegation contained in a USC Section. The classifications may help bring attention to areas in which agencies have clearly overshot their mandate. Search the Code of Federal Regulations and U.S. Code by keywords or phrases. Sort search results by the number of regulatory restrictions contained in the CFR Part. Regulatory restrictions is a proxy for the number of prohibitions and obligations contained in regulatory text, and is measured by counting occurrences of words like “shall,” “must,” and “may not.” Select the link to view the CFR title and part in which a regulation was published. Select the link to view the title and section of the U.S. Code in which the delegating authority was published.