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 only brings us a number of CRS reports on China, retirement, flu, 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:

• Administering Green Programs in Congress: Issues and Options
• America COMPETES Act: Programs, Funding, and Selected Issues
• Annuities and the Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Rule 151A
• Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rising More Rapidly Than Expected?
• Bahrain: Key Issues for U.S. Policy
• Brazil-U.S. Relations
• China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
• China-U.S. Trade Issues
• Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
• Congress and U.S. Policy on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees: Recent Legislation and Implementation
• Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2000-2007
• Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation
• Ebbs and Flows of Federal Debt
• Economic Development Assistance for Communities Affected by Employment Changes Due to Military Base Closures
• FY2009 Appropriations for State and Local Homeland Security
• Gangs in Central America
• Health and Safety Concerns Over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview
• Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
• Military Airlift: The Joint Cargo Aircraft Program
• Natural Gas Passenger Vehicles: Availability, Cost, and Performance
• Navy Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
• Navy DD(X) and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
• Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• Perchlorate Contamination of Drinking Water: Regulatory Issues and Legislative Actions
• Potential Trade Effects of Adding Vietnam to the Generalized System of Preferences Program
• Presidential Transitions
• Public-Private Partnership Options for Managing Wireless Networks
• Reporting Issues Under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
• Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress
• Retirement Savings Accounts: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions
• Russia
• Telework Legislation Pending in the 110th Congress: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Provisions
• Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues
• The America COMPETES Act and the FY2009 Budget
• The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act: Implementation and Proposed Amendments
• The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status
• The Global Financial Crisis: The Role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals
• Veterans' Benefits: Issues in the 110th Congress
• Winter Fuels Markets
• Would an Influenza Pandemic Qualify as a Major Disaster Under the Stafford Act?

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.