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, environment, development, 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 and Secrecy News:

• Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress
• Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
• Burma’s 2010 Election Campaign: Issues for Congress
• Drug Courts: Background, Effectiveness, and Policy Issues for Congress
• Environmental Laws: Summaries of Major Statutes Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
• Defense Surplus Equipment Disposal: Background Information
• The National Security Council: An Organizational Assessment
• Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
• Argentina's Defaulted Sovereign Debt: Dealing with the "Holdouts"
• Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
• Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
• Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
• China's Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues
• China's Sovereign Wealth Fund: Developments and Policy Implications
• Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies
• Continuing Resolutions: Latest Action and Brief Overview of Recent Practices
• Contract Types: An Overview of the Legal Requirements and Issues
• Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 111th Congress
• Food Safety in the 111th Congress
• Food Safety on the Farm: Federal Programs and Legislative Action
• Inherently Governmental Functions and Other Work Reserved for Performance by Federal Government Employees: The Obama Administration's Proposed Policy
• Job Growth During the Recovery
• Leaving Congress: House of Representatives and Senate Departures Data Since 1989
• Legal Analysis of Section 1311(e)(1)(B) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and State-Sponsored Public Health Plans
• Legal Issues Relating to the Disposal of Dispensed Controlled Substances
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2011 Appropriations
• Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
• Responsibility Determinations Under the Federal Acquisition Regulation: Legal Standards and Procedures
• The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 111th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
• The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq
• The Millennium Development Goals: The September 2010 U.N. High-level Meeting
• Trade Preferences: Economic Issues and Policy Options
• U.S. National Science Foundation: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
• U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
• U.S.-South Korea Beef Dispute: Issues and Status
• Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation
• Veterans Affairs: Health Care and Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
• War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

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.