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 401(k) plans, human trafficking, hedge funds, and other topics. 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 and Secrecy News:

• The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: U.S. Responses to Global Human Cases
• 401(k) Plans and Retirement Savings: Issues for Congress
  
• Afghanistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance
• Calculation of Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Renewable Fuel Standard
• Canada's Financial System: an Overview
  
• Chemical Facility Security: Reauthorization, Policy Issues, and Options for Congress
• China-U.S. Trade Issues
• Defense Logistical Support Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Issues for Congress
• The Federal Role in Rail Transit Safety
  
• The Financial Crisis: Impact on and Response by The European Union
• Financing Catastrophic Risk: Summary of the Homeowners' Defense Act of 2009 (S. 505 and H.R. 2555)
• The Global Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications
• Hedge Funds: Should They Be Regulated?
  
• Impeachment: An Overview of Constitutional Provisions, Procedure, and Practice
• Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
  
• Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe
• Millennium Challenge Corporation
  
• National Flood Insurance Program: Background, Challenges, and Financial Status
• North Korea's Second Nuclear Test: Implications of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874
• Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options For Congress
  
• The Technology Innovation Program
• Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress
• Troop Levels in the Afghan and Iraq Wars, FY2001-FY2012: Cost and Other Potential Issues
  
• United States Fire Administration: An Overview
  
• U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): 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 dating 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.