CRS reports

Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress' request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. This week brings us reports on foreign relations, economic issues, renewable energy, and much more. Although 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:

• The National Intelligence Council: Issues and Options for Congress
• Pakistan’s Capital Crisis: Implications for U.S. Policy
• Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2009
• China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
• Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Set to Expire in 2009
• Authority of State Legislatures to Accept Funds Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC): Transfer and Disposal of Military Property
• Bosnia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
• Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
• Budget Reconciliation Measures Enacted Into Law: 1980-2008
• Business Tax Issues in 2009
• China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States
• Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy
• Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification
• Fairness Doctrine: History and Constitutional Issues
• Immigration of Foreign Workers: Labor Market Tests and Protections
• Job Loss and Infrastructure Job Creation During the Recession
• Medicare's Hospice Benefit
• Natural Gas Markets: An Overview of 2008
• Net Neutrality: Background and Issues
• Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Tax Incentive Resources
• Retirement Savings and Household Wealth: A Summary of Recent Data
• Rwanda: Background and Current Developments
• Setting and Valuing Health Insurance Benefits
• State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP): A Brief Overview
• Taiwan-U.S. Relations: Developments and Policy Implications
• The Budget Resolution and Spending Legislation
• The Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and Current Developments
• The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism
• The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy
• U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
• Veterans' Benefits
• What's the Difference? -- Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data

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.