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 foreign relations, terrorism, medical care, 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:

• Terrorist Material Support: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 2339A and 2339B
• Terrorist Material Support: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 2339A and 2339B
• Veterans Medical Care: FY2011 Appropriations
• U.S. Sanctions on Burma
• U.S.-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Issues for Congress
• Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians
• Security and the Environment in Pakistan

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.