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 Medicaid and Medicare, vaccinations, cap-and-trade, FISA, freedom of speech and press, 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. These reports were discovered by OpenCRS:

• Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
  
• Air Force KC-X Tanker Aircraft Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Set to Expire in 2009
• Climate Change: Comparison of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions in H.R. 2454 and S. 1733
• Federal Employees' Retirement System: Legislation Enacted in the 111th Congress
  
• Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment
• Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks
• Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
  
• Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws
• Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962)
  
• Medicare Physician Payment Updates and the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) System
• Medicare Program Changes in H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act
  
• Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• Noncitizen Eligibility and Verification Issues in the Health Care Reform Legislation
• Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense--Background and Issues for Congress
• Tanzania: Background and Current Conditions
• Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
  
• Text and Multimedia Messaging: Emerging Issues for Congress
• The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Overview and Issues
  
• U.S. Accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
• U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
  
• The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions
• U.S.-Vietnam Economic and Trade Relations: Issues for the 111th Congress
• Veterans Affairs: Health Care and Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
  
• Zimbabwe: The Power Sharing Agreement and Implications for U.S. Policy
  

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.