Congressional Research Service 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 Iraq, passports, florescent light bulbs, 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:

• Congressional Oversight and Related Issues Concerning the Prospective Security Agreement Between the United States and Iraq
• How Large is China’s Economy? Does it Matter?
• FY2009 Appropriations for State and Local Homeland Security
• The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings
• General Overview of U.S. Copyright Law
• Passports: Current Regulations
• Medicare: FY2009 Budget Issues
• P.L. 110-173: Provisions in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007
• Automated Political Telephone Calls ("Robo Calls") in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options
• Election Reform and Local Election Officials: Results of Two National Surveys
• Ship Navigation in Harbors: Safety Issues
• Congressional Influences on Rulemaking Through Appropriations Provisions
• Bond Insurers: Issues for the 110th Congress
• Veterans Affairs: Health Care and Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
• The Regulatory Flexibility Act: Implementation Issues and Proposed Reforms
• Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress
• Earmarks Executive Order: Legal Issues
• The Bali Agreements and Forests
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs): Issues with Use and Disposal
• Ghana: Background and U.S. Relations

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.