Rulemaking comment eligibility logic

[patphongs]

What we’re after

Comment eligibility logic

Rulemaking was marked with “is_open_for_comment=true" at the rulemaking level.
Individual documents were marked as "is_comment_eligible = false”. We need this to be true as well in order for the comment button to appear.

If either the admin close date or comment close date is set, and that date is not earlier than today, the is_open_for_comment flag is set to true; otherwise, it is set to false.
The is_comment_eligible flag logic is determined at the document level. It is set to true when all of the following conditions are met:
doc.category_id = 4
is_open_for_comment = true
At least one qualifying calendar event exists for the rulemaking (i.e., a calendar event from the approved list)
If any of these conditions are not met, is_comment_eligible is set to false.

Key	Event Hierarchy	Description
106881	Policy - Notice of Availability (NOA) - close of comment period	close of comment period
107212	Policy - Request for Additional Comment - close of comment period	close of comment period
112434	Policy - Reopening of Comment Period - close of comment period	close of comment period
108851	Policy - Interim Rule - close of comment period	close of comment period
107093	Policy - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) - close of comment period	close of comment period
112588	Policy - Notice of Disposition (NOD) - close of comment period	close of comment period
106993	Policy - Notice of Inquiry (NOI) - close of comment period	close of comment period
107034	Policy - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) - close of comment period	close of comment period
112451	Policy - Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) - close of comment period	close of comment period
108818	Policy - Extension of Comment Period - close of extended comment period	close of extended comment period

Action items:

Confirm with OGC that the calendar events mentioned are indeed the required ones, and that the referenced logic is triggered when a new rulemaking is submitted from the LawManager and FRAPS systems.

Completion criteria

• is_comment_eligible flag is set at document level when its eligible for comment

[pkfec]

@patphongs

I confirmed with Joanna that at least one calendar event must be present for a document to be eligible for comment. The logic reflects this requirement here. The calendar event, 112588 is excluded and is no longer used

Key Event Hierarchy Description
106881 Policy - Notice of Availability (NOA) - close of comment period close of comment period
107212 Policy - Request for Additional Comment - close of comment period close of comment period
112434 Policy - Reopening of Comment Period - close of comment period close of comment period
108851 Policy - Interim Rule - close of comment period close of comment period
107093 Policy - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) - close of comment period close of comment period
112588 Policy - Notice of Disposition (NOD) - close of comment period close of comment period
106993 Policy - Notice of Inquiry (NOI) - close of comment period close of comment period
107034 Policy - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) - close of comment period close of comment period
112451 Policy - Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) - close of comment period close of comment period
108818 Policy - Extension of Comment Period - close of extended comment period close of extended comment period

Joanna submitted two new test rulemaking in test fraps environment this afternoon. The two new test rulemakings are published to our stage environment. Links are below.

Rulemaking 2025-98:
https://stage.fec.gov/legal/rulemakings/2025-98/
https://api-stage.open.fec.gov/v1/rulemaking/search/?rm_no=2025-98&api_key=DEMO_KEY

Rulemaking 2025-99:
https://stage.fec.gov/legal/rulemakings/2025-99/
https://api-stage.open.fec.gov/v1/rulemaking/search/?rm_no=2025-99&api_key=DEMO_KEY

Both rulemakings contain multiple documents with is_comment_eligible = true. I believe this is the flag you were looking for for the rulemaking comment app design. Please review the API output for both rulemakings.

[pkfec]

Round2 test with OGC and ITSS confirmed that is_comment_eligible is set at each document level (level1 and level2) when a document is elligible for comment. No API work needed. Closing this issue