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 military, trade and legal issues. 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. These reports were discovered by OpenCRS:

• Air Force C-17 Aircraft Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
• Air Force Next-Generation Bomber: Background and Issues for Congress
• China-U.S. Trade Issues
• Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center: Legal Issues
• Cybersecurity: Current Legislation, Executive Branch Initiatives, and Options for Congress
• Defense: FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations
• DOD Leases of Foreign-Built Ships: Background for Congress
• Gun Trafficking and the Southwest Border
• Homeland Security Department: FY2010 Appropriations
• Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008
• Intelligence Issues for Congress
• Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations
• Legal Ethics in Immigration Matters: Legal Representation and Unauthorized Practice of Law
• Legal Standing Under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause
• Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe
• Methane Capture: Options for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction
• Navy Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
• Navy Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
• Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
• Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
• Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• Piracy off the Horn of Africa
• Senate Consideration of Treaties
• The Department of Defense's Use of Private Security Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background, Analysis, and Options for Congress
• The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty
• The Haitian Economy and the HOPE Act
• The Proposed "Defund ACORN Act": Is It a "Bill of Attainder"?
• VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Program: 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.