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 aircraft, the Department of Defense, Iran's nuclear program, the Navy, and the presidential helicopter program. 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
  
• Defense: FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations
• Iran's Nuclear Program: Status
• Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations
• Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress
• VH-71/VXX 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.