This week from the CRS

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 brings us CRS reports on Israel, mortgages, salaries, and much more. 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:

• Federal Land Ownership: Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities
• The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Comparison of House-Passed H.R. 3773, S. 2248 as Reported By the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and S. 2248 as Reported Out of the Senate Judiciary Committee
• Analysis of the Proposed Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income
• The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues
• Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: The Annapolis Conference
• FY2008 Emergency Supplemental Request for International Affairs
• Medicare Clinical Laboratories Competitive Bidding Demonstration
• How Long Can the Defense Department Finance FY2008 Operations in Advance of Supplemental Appropriations?
• FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Global War on Terror Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes
• Russia's December 2007 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications
• North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
• Judicial Salary: Current Issues and Options for Congress
• The U.S.-Australia Treaty on Defense Trade Cooperation
• Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa
• China's Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy
• Belarus: Background and U.S. Policy Concerns
• Strategic Airlift Modernization: Analysis of C-5 Modernization and C-17 Acquisition Issues
• Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union
• Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
  

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.