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, defense, 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 and Secrecy News:

• U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Tuberculosis: Basic Facts
• U.S. Response to the Global Threat of Malaria: Basic Facts
• U.S. Response to the Global Threat of HIV/AIDS: Basic Facts
• Law Enforcement Use of GPS Devices to Monitor Motor Vehicles: Fourth Amendment Considerations
• Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws
• The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress
• War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
• Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2010
• Middle East and North Africa Unrest: Implications for Oil and Natural Gas Markets
• The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Refined Product Reserves: Authorization and Drawdown Policy
• Terrorist Use of the Internet: Information Operations in Cyberspace
• International Criminal Court and the Rome Statute: 2010 Review Conference
• International Criminal Court Cases in Africa: Status and Policy Issues
• Closing Yucca Mountain: Litigation Associated with Attempts to Abandon the Planned Nuclear Waste Repository
• U.S. Tsunami Programs: A Brief Overview
• A U.S.-Centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations
• Algeria: Current Issues
• Asian Carp and the Great Lakes Region
• Brazil-U.S. Relations
• China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities--Background and Issues for Congress
• Chinese Tire Imports: Section 421 Safeguards and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Committee Types and Roles
• Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research
• Export-Import Bank: Background and Legislative Issues
• Federal Agency Actions Following the Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision: A Chronology
• International Food Aid: U.S. and Other Donor Contributions
• Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks
• Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy
• Limiting Central Government Budget Deficits: International Experiences
• Project BioShield: Authorities, Appropriations, Acquisitions, and Issues for Congress
• Prospects for Democracy in Hong Kong: The 2012 Election Reforms
• Public Health and Emergency Preparedness
• Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests
• Security Assistance Reform: "Section 1206" Background and Issues for Congress
• State, Foreign Operations Appropriations: A Guide to Component Accounts
• Tajikistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
• The Department of Defense's Use of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq: Background, Analysis, and Options for Congress
• The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty
• The Financial Action Task Force: An Overview
• The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)--Responsibilities and Potential Congressional Concerns
• The Speaker of the House: House Officer, Party Leader, and Representative
• Transportation Security: Issues for the 112th Congress
• U.S.-Latin America Trade: Recent Trends and Policy Issues
• Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims--Judicial Review of VA Decision Making
• Veterans' Benefits: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for Survivors
• World Trade Organization (WTO) Decisions and Their Effect in U.S. Law
• Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations

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.