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, and border issues, 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:

• Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2002-2009
• Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
  
• China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress
  
• China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues
• Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence
• Emergency Communications: Broadband and the Future of 911
• Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
  
• Afghanistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance
• U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians
• The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer

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.