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 debt, trade, military issues, 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 Open CRS and Secrecy News:

• Visa Security Policy: Roles of the Departments of State and Homeland Security
• Legislative Options After Citizens United v. FEC: Constitutional and Legal Issues
• FY2011 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability
• House Committee Markups: Manual of Procedures and Procedural Strategies
• Congressional Oversight: An Overview
• Agriculture in Pending U.S. Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea
• Alien Legalization and Adjustment of Status: A Primer
• Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
• Chemical Regulation in the European Union: Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals
• Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2010
• Department of Defense "Section 1207" Security and Stabilization Assistance: Background and Congressional Concerns
• Distribution of Small Business Ownership and Income by Individual Tax Rates and Selected Policy Issues
• Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court
• Financial Market Supervision: European Perspectives
• Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2010 Appropriations Garrett Hatch, Coordinator Analyst in American National Government
• Foreign Investment, CFIUS, and Homeland Security: An Overview
• Immigration Reform Issues in the 111th Congress
• Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Projects
• Iran Sanctions
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations
• Morocco: Current Issues
• Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union
• Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
• Peacekeeping/Stabilization and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on the Civilian Response/Reserve Corps and other Civilian Stabilization and Reconstruction Capabilities
• Security Assistance Reform: "Section 1206" Background and Issues for Congress
• State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2010 Budget and Appropriations
• Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990
• The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
• The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases
• The Economics of the Federal Budget Deficit
• The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance
• The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities
• Trade Agreements: Impact on the U.S. Economy
• U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act

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.