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 Africa, gays in the military, immigration, 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:

• The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty-Six Years
• Monitoring and Verification in Arms Control
• Emergency Communications: Broadband and the Future of 911
• Unauthorized Aliens in the United States
• Bangladesh: Political and Strategic Developments and U.S. Interests
• Guinea’s New Transitional Government: Emerging Issues 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.