Congressional Research Service Reports

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 medicaid, Iraq, food safety, 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:

• Medicaid and Graduate Medical Education
• Medicaid Financing
• Medicaid and Outpatient Hospital Services
• International Convention Against Doping in Sport: Issues for Congress
• An Emergency Communications Safety Net: Integrating 911 and Other Services
• High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues?
• Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties
• Nominations to Article III Lower Courts by President George W. Bush During the 110th Congress
• Russia's Economic Performance and Policies and Their Implications for the United States
• The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Budget and Operations
• Climate Change: Comparison of S. 2191 as Reported (now S. 3036) with Proposed Boxer Amendment
• The Army's M-4 Carbine: Background and Issues for Congress
• Debt Limit: The Need for Increases
• The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11
• Pakistan-U.S. Relations
• Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine
• Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses
• Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools
• United Nations System Efforts to Address Violence Against Women
• Navy DD(X) and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress
• Foreign Medical Graduates: A Brief Overview of the J-1 Visa Waiver Program
• Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2009 Appropriations
• Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
• Defense Acquisition: Use of Lead System Integrators (LSIs) -- Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
• U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for Congress
• Potential Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76: Implications for the Future
• Telework Legislation Pending in the 110th Congress: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Provisions
• Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA): What Is It, and How Might One Be Utilized In Iraq?
• Boumediene v. Bush: Guantanamo Detainees' Right to Habeas Corpus
• Natural Gas Markets: Overview and Policy Issues
• Food Safety Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill
• National Security Strategy: Legislative Mandates, Execution to Date, and Considerations for Congress
• Tsunami Detection and Warnings for the United States
• The Fair Labor Standards Act: Continuing Issues in the Debate
• The Link Between Medicaid and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Recent History and Current Issues

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.