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 war bonds, foreign policy, the budget, 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:

• Afghanistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance
• American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
• Central Asia's Security: Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests
• Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
• Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress
• Department of Defense Food Procurement: Background and Status
• Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2011
• FEMA Disaster Cost-Shares: Evolution and Analysis
• Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
• Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization
• Immigration Visa Issuances and Grounds for Exclusion: Policy and Trends
• Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy
• Iraq Casualties: U.S. Military Forces and Iraqi Civilians, Police, and Security Forces
• Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks
• Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
• Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties
• Repairing and Reconstructing Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges: The Role of Federal-Aid Highway Assistance
• Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options
• The European Parliament
• The European Union: Leadership Changes Resulting from the Lisbon Treaty
• The European Union: Questions and Answers
• The FY2011 Federal Budget
• The National Commission on Children and Disasters: Overview and Issues
• The OECD Initiative on Tax Havens
• The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement
• The U.S. Postal Service's Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress
• Trends in Discretionary Spending
• U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
• Veterans' Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs
• Violence Against Women Act: History and Federal Funding
• Visa Security Policy: Roles of the Departments of State and Homeland Security
• War Bonds in the Second World War: A Model for a New Iraq/Afghanistan War Bond?
• War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations, and Issues for Congress
• 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.