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 Canada, military issues, carbon emissions, 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 Secrecy News and OpenCRS:

• Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate
• Advance Appropriations for Veterans' Health Care: Issues and Options for Congress
• Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
• Alert Systems for Missing Adults in Eleven States: Background and Issues for Congress
• Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC): Transfer and Disposal of Military Property
• Canada-U.S. Relations
• Cars and Climate: What Can EPA Do to Control Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources?
• Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
• China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues
• China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress
• Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center: Legal Issues
• Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• Concurrent Receipt: Background and Issues for Congress
• Controversies over Redefining "Fill Material" Under the Clean Water Act
• Costa Rica: Background and U.S. Relations
• Cuban Migration to the United States: Policy and Trends
• Department of Homeland Security Assistance to States and Localities: A Summary and Issues for the 111th Congress
• Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs
• Factors Affecting the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance: Issues for Congress
• FDA Tobacco Regulation: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009
• France: Factors Shaping Foreign Policy, and Issues in U.S.-French Relations
• German Foreign and Security Policy: Trends and Transatlantic Implications
• Global Warming: The Litigation Heats Up
• Greeenhouse Gas Legislation: Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Gun Control: Statutory Disclosure Limitations on ATF Firearms Trace Data and Multiple Handgun Sales Reports
• Hiring and Pay Authorities for Federal Scientific and Technical (S&T) Personnel
• Immigration Policies and Issues on Health- Related Grounds for Exclusion
• Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines: International Trade Issues
• International Criminal Court Cases in Africa: Status and Policy Issues
• Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
• Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress
• Kyrgyzstans Closure of the Manas Airbase: Context and Implications
• Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations
• Madagascar's 2009 Political Crisis
• Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Control: Selected Proposals in the 111th Congress
• Middle East Elections 2009: Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq
• Military Aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
• North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues
• Oversight and Related Issues Concerning International Security Agreements Concluded by the United States
• Overview of the Air Carrier Access Act
• Rothe Development Corporation v. Department of Defense: The Constitutionality of Federal Contracting Programs for Minority-Owned and Other Small Businesses
• Russian Energy Policy toward Neighboring Countries
• Rwanda: Background and Current Developments
• Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues
• Senate Rejections and Committee Votes Other Than to Report Favorably, 1939-2009
• Service Piracy off the Horn of Africa
• Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace
• South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations
• Summary of Waxman-Markey Draft Greenhouse Gas Legislation
• Tax Credit Bonds: Overview and Analysis
• Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
• The Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Enterprise: Operational Overview and Oversight Challenges for Congress
• The European Union: Questions and Answers
• The U.S. Mental Health Delivery System Infrastructure: A Primer
• U.S. Military Stop Loss Program
• U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon
• VXX Presidential Helicopter: Background and Issues for Congress

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.