The rule proposal often includes a call for public comments, which are maintained in the federal docket. Here's where both the docket and the language for the rule can be found. Searching through the docket is a good way to determine the parties interested in a particular rule.
The Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC)'s principal publication is the Unified Agenda, which is published in the spring and fall of each year. Since 1978, Federal agencies have been required by Executive orders to publish agendas of regulatory and deregulatory activities. The Regulatory Plan, which is published as part of the fall edition of the Agenda, identifies regulatory priorities and contains additional detail about the most important significant regulatory actions that agencies expect to take in the coming year.
Locating information about U.S. government regulations just got much easier with the Regulations.gov website. Visitors can use the site to find regulations from almost 300 federal agencies, and they can also search for proposed rules, final rules, and also submit comments on pending regulations.