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 sequestering carbon, don't ask don't tell policy, economic issues, 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 SecrecyNews:

• Qui Tam: The False Claims Act and Related Federal Statutes
• Qui Tam: An Abbreviated Look at the False Claims Act and Related Federal Statutes
• Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2001-2008
• North Korea: Economic Leverage and Policy Analysis
• ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: A Legal Analysis
• U.S. Tree Planting for Carbon Sequestration
• Carbon Sequestration in Forests
• Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status
• Access to Government Information In the United States
• Brazil-U.S. Relations
• China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States
• Electric Power Storage
• Energy and Water Development: FY2010 Appropriation
• Financial Market Supervision: European Perspectives
• FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
• Iran Sanctions
• Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
• Kosovo: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
• Mexico's Free Trade Agreements
• Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends
• Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations
• Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990
• The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources
• The Global Financial Crisis: Analysis and Policy Implications
• The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
• The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues
• Unauthorized Aliens' Access to Federal Benefits: Policy and Issues
• Water Infrastructure Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• Western Sahara: Status of Settlement Efforts

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.