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 fire, water, foreign policy, 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:

• Iraqi Civilian, Police, and Security Forces Casualty Statistics
• Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status
• Military Recruitment on High School and College Campuses: A Policy and Legal Analysis
• The Second Amendment and Incorporation: An Overview of Recent Appellate Cases
• Legal Standing Under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause
• Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
• Air Force F-22 Fighter Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Amber Alert Program Technology
• Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding
• Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
• Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
• Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species
• Bosnia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
• Chemical Facility Security: Reauthorization, Policy Issues, and Options for Congress
• Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454
• Cuba: Issues for the 111th Congress
• Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization (WTO): An Overview
• Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
• Energy Projects on Federal Lands: Leasing and Authorization
• FEMA Disaster Housing: From Sheltering to Permanent Housing
• Financial Regulatory Reform: Analysis of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) as Proposed by the Obama Administration and H.R. 3126
• Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2010 Appropriations
• Foreign Assistance to North Korea
• Greece Update
• Health Care Reform: An Introduction
• Identity Theft: Trends and Issues
• Intelligence Authorization Legislation: Status and Challenges
• Interrogation of Detainees: Requirements of the Detainee Treatment Act
• Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security
• Japan's Historic 2009 Elections: Implications for U.S. Interests
• Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
• Latin America: Terrorism Issues
• Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws
• National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background and Recent Amendments
• NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance
• Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress
• Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends
• Russian Energy Policy Toward Neighboring Countries
• Rwanda: Background and Current Developments
• Safe Drinking Water Act: Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues
• Serbia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
• Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States
• Social Networking and Constituent Communication: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Week Period in the 111th Congress
• Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program
• The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: An Overview
• The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Selected Legal Issues
• The Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq
• The National Intelligence Council: Issues and Options for Congress
• The Role of Federal Gasoline Excise Taxes in Public Policy
• Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200
• Turkmenistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
• U.S.-Latin America Trade: Recent Trends and Policy Issues
• United States Fire Administration: An Overview
• Use of Trademarks as Keywords to Trigger Internet Search Engine Advertisements
• Wildfire Fuels and Fuel Reduction

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.