CRS reports for the last two weeks

Sorry, I was in Yellowstone where there is no cell phone service, much less any Internet service, so I didn't post last week's CRS reports, so this week you get a double dose. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern, this week gives us reports on agriculture, oil spills and disasters. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:

• Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS): Background and Debate Over a National Requirement
• Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue
• Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress
• FEMA's Disaster Declaration Process: A Primer
• Conservation and the 2007 Farm Bill
• Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDRTB): Emerging Public Health Threats and Quarantine and Isolation
• International Food Aid and the 2007 Farm Bill
• Health and Safety Concerns Over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview
• Managing Electronic Waste: An Analysis of State E-Waste Legislation
• Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
• Seat Belts on School Buses: Overview of the Issue
• Possible Expiration of the 2002 Farm Bill
• Caribbean-U.S. Relations: Issues in the 110th Congress
• Food Safety: Selected Issues and Bills in the 110th Congress
• Income Inequality and the U.S. Tax System
• The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress
• Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends
• Renewable Energy: Background and Issues for the 110th Congress
• Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance
• Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends
• Congress and the Internet: Highlights
• Pakistan-U.S. Relations
• United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
• Intelligence Issues for Congress
• Extradition To and From the United States: Overview of the Law and Recent Treaties
• Congressional Commissions, Committees, Boards, and Groups: Appointment Authority and Membership

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 a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.