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 H1N1 flu, U.S. court nominations, the financial crisis, 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 Secrecy News:

• The 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak: Selected Legal Issues
• Assessment in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Primer
• Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA): An Overview
• Foreign Operations Appropriations: General Provisions
• Proposals for a Congressional Commission on the Financial Crisis: A Comparative Analysis
• Sending Mail to Members of the Armed Forces at Reduced or Free Postage: An Overview
• State, Foreign Operations Appropriations: A Guide to Component Accounts
• Taiwan-U.S. Relations: Developments and Policy Implications
• U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations: Senate Rejections and Committee Votes Other Than to Report Favorably, 1939-2009

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.