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 health care, presidential powers, income, 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:

• National Security Letters: Proposed Amendments in the 111th Congress
• U.S. Fossil Fuel Resources: Terminology, Reporting, and Summary
• Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues
• Electoral College Reform: 111th Congress Proposals and Other Current Developments
• Congressional Printing: Background and Issues for Congress
• Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2009
• Income of Americans Aged 65 and Older, 1968 to 2008
• Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
• Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies
• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization: An Overview of Legislative Action in the 111th Congress
• Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2010
• Greece Update
• Health Reform and the 111th Congress
• Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Background, Implementation, and Assessment
• Iran: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy
• Israel and the Palestinians: Prospects for a Two-State Solution
• Kenya: Current Conditions and the Challenges Ahead
• Madagascar's 2009 Political Crisis
• Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress
• Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 and the Proposed Moratorium on Future DOD Competitions: Background and Issues for Congress
• Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
• Private Health Insurance Provisions of H.R. 3962
• Reauthorizing the Satellite Home Viewing Provisions in the Communications Act and the Copyright Act: Issues for Congress
• Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests
• Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program
• Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options
• Systemic Risk and the Federal Reserve
• Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress
• The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: An Overview
• The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Selected Legal Issues
• The Impact of Medicare Premiums on Social Security Beneficiaries
• The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement
• The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA): Does It Provide for a Private Cause of Action?
• Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

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.