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, energy, 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:

• Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program
• Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information
• The Independent Payment Advisory Board
• Changes in Airport Passenger Screening Technologies and Procedures: Frequently Asked Questions
• North Korea’s 2009 Nuclear Test: Containment, Monitoring, Implications
• Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments
• North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation
• Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
• Securing America’s Borders: The Role of the Intelligence Community
• Hamas: Background and Issues for Congress
• U.S.-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Issues for Congress
• Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?
• Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526
• Screening and Securing Air Cargo: Background and Issues for Congress
• Chemical Facility Security: Reauthorization, Policy Issues, and Options for Congress
• Reorganization of the Minerals Management Service in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• The EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement and Its Implications for the United States
• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Fate of the Oil
• Keeping America’s Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress
• American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat

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.