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 economic issues, defense, 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:

• Economic Impacts of Prison Growth
• The Role of the Senate in Judicial Impeachment Proceedings: Procedure, Practice, and Data
• Military Personnel and Freedom of Religious Expression: Selected Legal Issues
• Multilateral Development Banks: Overview and Issues for Congress
• Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review
• Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate

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.