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 Middle East, defense, Google, 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:

• Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2010
• Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
• Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA)
• Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security
• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background, Status, and Issues
• Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power
• Merida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues
• Potential Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
• Service FY2009 Spring Supplemental Appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations
• The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law?
• The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
• U.S. Accession to ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
• U.S.-Iraq Withdrawal/Status of Forces Agreement: Issues for Congressional Oversight

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.