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 energy, border searches, IRAs, 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:

• Air Force Air Refueling: The KC-X Aircraft Acquisition Program
• Economic Factors Affecting Small Business Lending and Loan Guarantees
• Lighting Efficiency Standards in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: Are Incandescent Light Bulbs "Banned"?
• Overview of Labor Enforcement Issues in Free Trade Agreements
• International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy
• Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer
• New Markets Tax Credit: An Introduction
• Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans
• Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices
• Mortgage and Rental Assistance as Disaster Relief: Legislation in the 110th Congress
• Role of Home State Senators in the Selection of Lower Federal Court Judges

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.