eCFR Analyzer

Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (JBEA)

21,818Words in 5 parts
12.7Restriction density (per 1,000 words)
17.5Reading grade
96.4%Unchanged since 2017
0Flagged parts
2025-09-18Last change

Section changes per year

From the eCFR versioner, for the parts that the agency owns now. Before 2017 is the baseline load.

Text and size

Sentences
29.2 words on average; 23.8% over 40 words; 32.4% passive; 11.0 cross-references per 1,000 words
Sentence types
definition 2.4% · prohibition 3.5% · paperwork 10.7% · obligation 14.8% · permission 14.6% · other 54.0%
Checksum
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Review candidates in this agency

RankPartWordsScore
1,680 20 CFR 903 ACCESS TO RECORDS
High signals: Paperwork share +1.6 SD
5,390 0.36
2,028 20 CFR 901 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PERFORMANCE OF ACTUARIAL SERVICES UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974
High signals: none above 1 SD; ranked by the combined score
14,829 0.27
2,969 20 CFR 902 RULES REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION
High signals: none above 1 SD; ranked by the combined score
1,155 0.05

Score: the mean of six signals, in standard deviations (SD). Across the CFR, the top 641 of 6,402 ranked parts (10%) get a flag for review; this list shows 3. A flag is not a finding.

Statutes behind the most text

  • 29 U.S.C. 1241: 16,424 words in 3 parts (75.3% of this agency's text)
  • 29 U.S.C. 1242: 14,829 words in 1 parts (68.0% of this agency's text)
  • 5 U.S.C. 552a: 5,390 words in 1 parts (24.7% of this agency's text)

From the authority notes. A citation is not proof that the statute requires the rule.

Largest parts

  • 20 CFR 901: REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PERFORMANCE OF ACTUARIAL SERVICES UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (14,829 words)
  • 20 CFR 903: ACCESS TO RECORDS (5,390 words)
  • 20 CFR 902: RULES REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION (1,155 words)
  • 20 CFR 900: STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION (440 words)
  • 20 CFR 904-999: PARTS 904-999 [RESERVED] (4 words)

Reading grade and sentence types are approximate. Simple rules label each sentence; the first match wins.