CRS reports, a day late

Sorry about the delay in posting. 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 only brings us a number of CRS reports on influenza, Iraq, the Navy, 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 OpenCRS and Secrecy News:

• Status of a Senator Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony
• Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Background and Analysis
• Would an Influenza Pandemic Qualify as a Major Disaster Under the Stafford Act?
• The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
• The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act: Implementation and Proposed Amendments
• Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2000-2007
• Child Welfare: The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
• China's Space Program: Options for U.S.-China Cooperation
• Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• DOD Leases of Foreign-Built Ships: Background for Congress
• Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues
• EPA's Final Health and Safety Standard for Yucca Mountain
• Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act
• Federal Research and Development Funding at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Financial Turmoil: Comparing the Troubled Asset Relief Program to the Federal Reserve's Response
• FY2009 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
• Haiti: Legislative Responses to the Food Crisis and Related Development Challenges
• Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminals: Siting, Safety and Regulation
• Maritime Security: Potential Terrorist Attacks and Protection Priorities
• Measuring and Monitoring Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors
• Military Aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Millennium Challenge Account: Implementation of a New U.S. Foreign Aid Initiative
• Minerals Price Increases and Volatility: Causes and Consequences
• Moldova: Background and U.S. Policy
• NATO Enlargement: Albania, Croatia, and Possible Future Candidates
• The 2008 Farm Bill: Major Provisions and Legislative Action
• The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act's Insurance for Troubled Assets
• The Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Program: Scope, Authorities, and Implementation
• The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress
• The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: History, Funding, and Current Issues
• The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions
• U. S. Nuclear Cooperation With India: Issues for Congress
• United States Fire Administration: An Overview
• Zimbabwe: 2008 Elections and Implications for U.S. Policy
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians
• U.S.-China Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy
• Unauthorized Alien Students, Higher Education, and In-State Tuition Rates: A Legal Analysis
• Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Background and Issues
• Navy Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• Navy CVNX Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Social Security: The Cost-of-Living Adjustment in January 2002

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.