Congressional Research Service (CRS) 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 only brings us a number of CRS reports on Argentina, the presidential transition, economic crisis, 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:

• "Fast Track" Parliamentary Procedures of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
• The President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress
• Human Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications
• Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping
• Privacy: An Abbreviated Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping
• North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
• Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends
• The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy
• China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States
• Reporting Requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and Current Financial Turmoil: Issues and Analysis
• Russia’s Economic Performance and Policies and Their Implications for the United States
• ‘Political’ Activities of Private Recipients of Federal Grants or Contracts
• Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations
• Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress
• Homeland Emergency Preparedness and the National Exercise Program: Background, Policy Implications, and Issues for Congress
• Midnight Rulemaking: Considerations for Congress and a New Administration
• Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations
• Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
• Cellulosic Biofuels: Analysis of Policy Issues for Congress
• Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2009 (P.L. 110-329): An Overview
• The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor
• The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle
• The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIG TARP)
• The Specialty Metal Provision and the Berry Amendment: Issues for Congress
• Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: a Possible Role for Congress
• U.S. Foreign Aid to East and South Asia: Selected Recipients
• U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond
• U.S.-Vietnam Relations: Background and Issues for Congress
• DOD Leases of Foreign-Built Ships: Background for Congress
• Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues
• Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data FY1989 to FY2005
• Environmental Activities of the U.S. Coast Guard
• Federal Civil Rights Statutes: A Primer
• Federal Loans to the Auto Industry Under the Energy Independence and Security Act
• Federal Reserve Interest Rate Changes: 2000-2008
• Financial Turmoil: Federal Reserve Policy Responses
• General Management Laws: A Compendium
• Intellectual Property Rights Violations: Federal Civil Remedies and Criminal Penalties Related to Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents
• Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment
• Statutory Construction: General Principles and Recent Trends
• Temporary Farm Labor: The H-2A Program and the U.S. Department of Labor's Proposed Changes in the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)
• The False Claims Act, the Allison Engine Decision, and Possible Effects on Health Care Fraud Enforcement
• Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy
• Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers
• Military Pay and Benefits: Key Questions and Answers
• Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions
• NAFTA and the Mexican Economy
• Navy Ship Names: Background For Congress
• Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress
• Pakistan's Capital Crisis: Implications for U.S. Policy
• Presidential Transition Act: Provisions and Funding

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.