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 climate change, auto industry, trade, 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:

• Global Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Perspectives on the Top 20 Emitters and Developed Versus Developing Nations
• Climate Change: Design Approaches for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
• Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Kyoto and Beyond
• Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rising More Rapidly Than Expected?
• Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants: Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy
• The Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress
• Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions
• U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness
• Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status
• Iran: Ethnic and Religious Minorities
• Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
• Presidential Libraries: The Federal System and Related Legislation
• Nonmarital Childbearing: Trends, Reasons, and Public Policy Interventions
• Border Searches of Laptop Computers and Other Electronic Storage Devices
• A U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations
• Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
• Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979: Background, Provisions, and Cost
• Converting Retirement Savings into Income: Annuities and Periodic Withdrawals
• Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program
• Financial Market Turmoil and U.S. Macroeconomic Performance
• Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits
• Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures
• Mad Cow Disease and U.S. Beef Trade
• Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006
• The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Final Part B Regulations
• Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress
• U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Federal Financial Assistance and Restructuring
• U.S.-Iraq Withdrawal/Status of Forces Agreement: Issues for Congressional Oversight

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.