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 climate change, advertising, the economy, 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:

• 501(c)(3) Hospitals and the Community Benefit Standard
• An Overview of the Nonprofit and Charitable Sector
• Comparison of Climate Change Adaptation Provisions in S. 1733 and H.R. 2454
• Net Operating Losses: Proposed Extension of Carryback Period
• Private Health Insurance Provisions of S. 1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

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.