A few more CRS reports

Happy New Year everyone! Here are a few new CRS reports. 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 the motor vehicle industry, terrorism, energy, 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:

• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: A Summary of Major Provisions
• Spending by Consumers on Health Care and Health Insurance: A Data Brief
• Resolving House Committee Jurisdictional Disputes: A Survey of Options
• Democracy Promotion: Cornerstone of U.S. Foreign Policy?
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Employment: National and State Trends and Issues
• Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2008: Brief Overview
• U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: FY2006-FY2008
• Pay-As-You-Go Procedures for Budget Enforcement
• National Aviation Security Policy, Strategy, and Mode-Specific Plans: Background and Considerations for Congress
• The Effect of State-Legalized Same-Sex Marriage on Social Security Benefits and Pensions
• Obstruction of Justice: an Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes that Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities
• Obstruction of Congress: a Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities
• Suits Against Terrorist States By Victims of Terrorism
• Proposals to Reform 'Holds' in the Senate
• Federal Tort Claims Act
• Intelligence Issues 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 a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.