Congressional Research Service (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 Latin America, trade, Navy, and 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:

• Airport Passenger Screening: Background and Issues for Congress
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5): Title V, Medicaid Provisions
• Assistance to North Korea
• Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• China's Currency Peg: A Summary of the Economic Issues
• Competition in Federal Contracting: An Overview of the Legal Requirements
• Debt Limit: The Need for Increases
• Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies
• Electric Power Transmission: Background and Policy Issues
• Energy Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
• Export-Import Bank: Background and Legislative Issues
• Federal Lands Provisions of Economic Stimulus Legislation (P.L. 111-5)
• Funding for Education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (PL 111-5)
• Health Care Reform: An Introduction
• Health Insurance Premium Assistance for the Unemployed: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Human Services Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Insolvency of Systemically Significant Companies: Bankruptcy vs. Conservatorship/Receivership
• Iran's Influence in Iraq
• Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations
• Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties
• Kuwait: Post-Saddam Issues and U.S. Policy
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections
• Legal Issues Related to Funding for Religious Schools in P.L. 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• NATO Enlargement: Albania, Croatia, and Possible Future Candidates
• Navy CVNX Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• Navy Ship Names: Background For Congress
• Oversight of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Issues for Congress
• Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense -- Background and Issues for Congress
• Selected Health Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Stability in Russia's Chechnya and Other Regions of the North Caucasus: Recent Developments
• State Health Reform Strategies
• State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2009 Appropriations
• Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options
• The Global Financial Crisis: Foreign and Trade Policy Effects
• The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq
• The Marines' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV): Background and Issues for Congress
• The National Intelligence Council: Issues and Options for Congress
• The Potential Role of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant in the Recession Gene Falk
• U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Definition, Patterns and Policy Challenges
• U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications
• Unemployment and Health Insurance: Current Legislation and Issues
• Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Water Infrastructure Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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.