Congressional Research Service Reports

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. This week brings us CRS reports on the China, economic stimulus, elections, and much more. While 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. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:

• Homeland Security: Roles and Missions for United States Northern Command
• Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
• Pakistan’s Political Crises
• Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
• East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy
• The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress
• The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress
• The Egypt-Gaza Border and its Effect on Israeli-Egyptian Relations
• Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: Background and Proposed Legislation
• North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States
• Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
• National Guard Personnel and Deployments: Fact Sheet
• U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress
• The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya
• Iran's Influence in Iraq
• Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
• U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan
• Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power
• Tax Reform: An Overview of Proposals in the 110th Congress
• Instability in Chad
• Energy and Water Development: FY2008 Appropriations
• Tax Rebate Refundability: Effects and Issues
• Economic Stimulus Proposals for 2008: An Analysis
• The Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008 and Jumbo Mortgages
• Serbia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports 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.