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 swine flu, enemy combatant detainees, Medicare, foreign aid, 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:

• The 2009 H1N1 \"Swine Flu\" Outbreak: An Overview
• The 2010 Decennial Census: Background and Issues
  
• Afghanistan: Government Formation and Performance Kenneth Katzman Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
  
• Algeria: Current Issues
  
• America COMPETES Act and the FY2010 Budget
  
• Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
• Cuba: Issues for the 111th Congress
  
• Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court
• Federal Tort Claims Act
  
• Fifth Summit of the Americas, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 2009: Background, Agenda, and Expectations
• Foreign Aid: An Introduction to U.S. Programs and Policy
• The Global Peace Operations Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
• How Would Medicare Part B Premiums Be Affected If There Is No Social Security COLA?
  
• The Iran Sanctions Act (ISA)
• Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks
  
• Iraq: U.S. Casualties
  
• Legal Analysis of Religious Exemptions for Photo Identification Requirements
• Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
  
• Moldova: Background and U.S. Policy
• NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance
  
• Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
  
• Navy-Marine Corps Strike-Fighter Shortfall: Background and Options for Congress
  April 10, 2009
• Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress
  
• Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Innovation Issues
• U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians
  

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.