From CRS this week

It's Tuesday and once more we can look at Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports. The CRS is a research agency for the U.S. Congress and writes reports at their request. This week brings us reports on the military, freedom of speech, trade, and much more. This is NOT a complete list of recent reports, only members of Congress have access to a complete list, but these are reports requested from Congress by members of the public, like you. If you want to request a report, just talk to your local Representative or Senator. These are the reports that OpenCRS and Secrecy News found and released this week:

• Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa
• Congressional Oversight Manual
• China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues
  
• Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense -- Background and Issues for Congress
  
• Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment
  
• The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous DOD Rules and the Uniform Code of Military Justice
• Iraq: Government Formation and Performance
• Wildfire Funding
• Disability Evaluation of Military Service Members
• Patent Reform in the 110th Congress: Innovation Issues
• Currency Manipulation: The IMF and WTO
• Veterans Benefits: Merchant Seamen
• Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue
• Surface Transportation Congestion: Policy and Issues
• U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions
• Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2008 Appropriations
• Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations
• Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a "Cheap" Dollar
• Prescription Drug Importation: How S. 242 / H.R. 380 Would Change Current Law
• U.S. Furniture Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects

Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has created a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.