Congressional Research Service Reports

Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress' request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. This week brings us reports on presidential claims of executive privilege; Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's financial problems; AIDs funding; nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and missiles; and other topics. Although these reports are in the public domain, there is no central database available to distribute CRS reports 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 reports discovered by Open CRS.

• Federalism, State Sovereignty and the Constitution: Basis and Limits of Congressional Power


• The Social Security Number: Legal Developments Affecting Its Collection, Disclosure, and Confidentiality


• Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments


• GAO: Government Accountability Office and General Accounting Office


• Federal Government Corporations: An Overview


• The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review Decisions
  


• Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues


• The National Debt: Who Bears Its Burden?


• The Quasi Government: Hybrid Organizations with Both Government and Private Sector Legal Characteristics


• United Nations Regular Budget Contributions: Members Compared, 1989-2006


• EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude


• Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Security Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests


• Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends


• Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs


• AIDS Funding for Federal Government Programs: FY1981-FY2009


• Presidential Transitions


• Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers


• Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program


• Enrollment of Legislation: Relevant Congressional Procedures


• U.S. Army's Modular Redesign: Issues for Congress


• Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Financial Problems: Frequently Asked Questions


• Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 110th Congress


• Animal Drug User Fee Programs


• Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies: Legal Analysis of Changes to 11 U.S.C. Section 1113 Proposed in H.R. 3652 — The Protecting Employees and Retirees Act of 2007


• NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance

Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports dating 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.