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 military, foreign affairs, budget, 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 Open CRS:

• Agricultural Disaster Assistance
• Argentina's Defaulted Sovereign Debt: Dealing with the "Holdouts"
• Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding
• Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
• Colombia: Issues for Congress
• Defense Acquisitions: How DOD Acquires Weapon Systems and Recent Efforts to Reform the Process
• Defense Logistical Support Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Issues for Congress
• Department of Homeland Security Assistance to States and Localities: A Summary and Issues for the 111th Congress
• Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress
• Fiscal Year 2011 Department of Homeland Security Assistance to States and Localities
• Iran's Economic Conditions: U.S. Policy Issues
• Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks
• Medicare Provisions in PPACA (P.L. 1)
• NATO Common Funds Burdensharing: Background and Current Issues
• Navy SSBN(X) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress
• Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress
• Political Status of Puerto Rico: Options for Congress
• Poverty in the United States: 2008
• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues
• Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2010
• Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program
• Syria: Background and U.S. Relations
• The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): Budget and Operations for FY2010
• The FCC's Authority to Regulate Net Neutrality after Comcast v. FCC
• TRICARE and VA Health Care: Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
• U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Resources: Prospects and Processes
• Unemployment Compensation (Insurance) and Military Service
• Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision

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.