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 Iran, the presidential transition, oil shale in Colorado, 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:

• Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
• Afghanistan: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Legislative Actions Through the 108th Congress
• Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol
• Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
• China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress
• China's Currency Peg: A Summary of the Economic Issues
• China's Economic Conditions
• China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy
• Debarment and Suspension of Government Contractors: An Overview of the Law Including Recently Enacted and Proposed Amendments
• El Salvador: Political, Economic, and Social Conditions and Relations with the United States
• Emergency Communications: The Future of 911
• Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Supplemental Appropriations, FY1989-FY2005
• Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with Disabilities
• Financing Recovery from Large-Scale Natural Disasters
• Gas Hydrates: Resource and Hazard
• Iceland's Financial Crisis
• Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
• Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance
• Islamist Militancy in the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Region and U.S. Policy
• Libya: Background and U.S. Relations
• Medicaid Regulatory Issues
• Midnight Rulemaking: Considerations for Congress and a New Administration
• Military Base Closures: Role and Costs of Environmental Cleanup
• Nationwide Permits for Wetlands Projects: Permit 26 and Other Issues and Controversies
• Navy CVNX Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
• Organizing for Homeland Security: The Homeland Security Council Reconsidered
• Other Transaction (OT) Authority
• Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions on Regulatory and Other Collegial Boards and Commissions, 109th Congress
• Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations
• Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Labor Issues
• Safe Drinking Water Act: Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues
• Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense -- Background and Issues for Congress
• Senate Committee Party Ratios: 94th - 110th Congresses
• The 2009 U.N. Durban Review Conference: Follow-Up to the 2001 U.N. World Conference Against Racism
• The National Response Framework: Overview and Possible Issues for Congress
• The President-Elect: Succession and Disability Issues During the Transition Period
• The Tax Exclusion for Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Policy Issues Regarding the Repeal Debate
• The World Bank's Clean Technology Fund (CTF)
• U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 2000-2007
• United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
• United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues
• Veterans Affairs: Basic Eligibility for Disability Benefit Programs
• Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations
• Water Rights Related to Oil Shale Development in the Upper Colorado River Basin

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.