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 the supreme court, homeland security, Iran, 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:

• Afghanistan and Pakistan Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs), H.R. 1318/H.R. 1886/H.R. 2410 and S. 496: Issues and Arguments
• Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
• Afghanistan: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
• America COMPETES Act and the FY2010 Budget
• Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
• China's Currency Peg: A Summary of the Economic Issues
• Climate Change: The Role of the U.S. Agriculture Sector
• District of Columbia Appropriations for FY2004
• El Salvador: Political, Economic, and Social Conditions and Relations with the United States
• Employment-Based Health Coverage and Health Reform: Selected Legal Considerations
• Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Current Issues and Future Challenges
• Honduran-U.S. Relations
• Human Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications
• Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance
• Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy
• Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
• Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Analysis of Selected Opinions
• Landsat and the Data Continuity Mission
• Leave Benefits in the United States
• Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
• North Korean Counterfeiting of U.S. Currency
• Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
• Security Classification Policy and Procedure: E.O. 12958, as Amended
• Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations
• Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations
• The 2009 H1N1 "Swine Flu" Outbreak: An Overview
• The Budget Resolution and Spending Legislation
• The Global Financial Crisis: Increasing IMF Resources and the Role of Congress
• The Global Peace Operations Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
• The National Security Council: An Organizational Assessment
• The United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program and Proposed U.S. Nuclear Cooperation

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.