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 the Government Accountability Office, climate change, terrorism, and much more. 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 Secrecy News:

• Federal Efforts to Address the Threat of Bioterrorism: Selected Issues for Congress
• Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
• Deforestation and Climate Change
• The Impact of Major Legislation on Budget Deficits: 2001 to 2009
• GAO Bid Protests: An Overview of Timeframes and Procedures
• GAO Bid Protests: Trends, Analysis, and Options for Congress
• The Future of U.S. Trade Policy: An Analysis of Issues and Options for the 111th Congress
• Europe’s Preferential Trade Agreements: Status, Content, and Implications
• F-35 Alternate Engine Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive

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.