Free Resources for CRS Reports
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CRS Report Archive [Univ. of North Texas]
- Browse by subject: abortion, children, civil rights, families, foreign policy, health policy, immigration, minorities, natural resources, social security, weapons systems, welfare, and more.
- CRS Reports and Issue Briefs [Dept. of State]
- National security, energy, environment, foreign policy, immigration, society and culture.
- By date, by region, by topic.
- CRS Reports on Miscellaneous Topics
[Federation of American Scientists]
- National security, Middle East, intelligence, nuclear weapons, space.
- Arranged by date.
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CRS Reports from the National Library for the
Environment [NLE]
- 2,132 CRS Reports on environmental issues.
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CRS Reports [Thurgood Marshall Law Library]
- Terrorism, health law and policy.
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IP Mall [Pierce Law School]
- Intellectual property, cyberlaw, electronic commerce.
About CRS
The Congressional Research Service is a branch of the Library of Congress devoted to providing Congress with research and objective analysis on legislative issues. CRS Reports do not become public until a member of Congress releases the report. Members of Congress may release reports to the public; in general, CRS does not. There is no one web site that lists all CRS Reports.
A number of libraries and non-profit organizations collect reports as they are released. OpenCRS is a centralized utility that collects and posts CRS Reports so that they may be more readily searched by the public. Other sites, listed above, collect reports based on a specific subject area and post for the public.
Google searches can be very effective in finding CRS Reports:
- Google search: "crs report for congress"
- Google search: "crs report for congress" "climate change"
- Customized Google search: Congressional Research Service Reports
PennyHill Press
PennyHill Press is a commercial site that sells CRS Reports. However, the web site provides titles and abstracts for (reportedly) all CRS Reports. Go to this site to find titles and order codes for reports and then request the title from your member of Congress.
Requesting CRS Reports
If you know the title of a CRS Report, you can request a copy from your member of Congress.
To find your member of Congress, go to
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If you do not know the title, go to
PennyHill Press and search by subject/keyword.
For additional information about requesting reports, click here.