Look what's been discovered ... from the CRS

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 appropriations, climate change, terrorism, 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:

• Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
• Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program: Issues and Reform Proposals in the 110th Congress
• Homeland Security Department: FY2008 Request for Appropriations
• Energy Savings Act of 2007 (S. 1321): Summary of Major Provisions
• Social Security: The Chilean Approach to Retirement
• Immigration Fraud: Policies, Investigations, and Issues
• Lobbying Reform Legislation: Side-by-Side Analysis of Lobbying Provisions in S. 1 and H.R. 2316, 110th Congress
• The Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision: Massachusetts v. EPA
• WTO Compliance Status of the Conservation Security Program (CSP) and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues
• Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations
• U.S.-Funded Assistance Programs in China
  
• North Korean Provocative Actions, 1950-2007
  
• North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
  
• The North Korean Economy: Overview and Policy Analysis
  
• Presidential Directives: Background and Overview
• Terrorist Precursor Crimes: Issues and Options for Congress

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.