Fugitive CRS Reports

[Ari Schwartz]

Following up on John's comments about the slow progress of getting CRS products up online and the follow up,  I actually have a small bit of good news to report from OpenCRS.com and something that you can do to help.  

We have been having some good conversations with individual offices on the issue and one member (anonymously) gave us the list of the new reports from the past 6 weeks.  From this list, we know that we've gotten 76 of 100 new reports from that time frame.  

Because Congress still has no time frame to release the reports, we are going to start putting out the missing reports as a checklist when we get these lists  and asking Internet users to help us get them all.  

Librarians call missing documents "fugitives," that might help the picture in your mind as you call.  We are posting here first and we will be posting whatever is left on the CDT blog tomorrow.

All you need to do is:

1) Pick a report that sounds interesting from the list below 

2) Call up one of your representatives offices in DC

3) Ask them to email you a pdf of the report

4) Post it at http://www.opencrs.com/addreport.php

1.    1. RS22702        An Abridged Sketch of Extradition To and From the United States

2.  RL34121        Child Welfare: Recent and Proposed Federal Funding

3.  RL34118        The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): Implementation and New Challenges

4.  RL34117        Railroad Access and Competition Issues

5.  RL34116        Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS): Background and Debate Over a National Requirement

6.  RL34115        Reform of U.S. International Taxation: Alternatives

7.  RL34113        The House-Passed 2007 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) at a Glance

8.  RL34111        Energy Policy Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007, Title VII of H.R. 3221: Summary and Discussion of Oil and Gas Provisions

9.  RS22700        Resale Price Maintenance No Longer a Per Se Antitrust Offense: Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS, Inc.

10. RL34107        S. 1893: The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

11. RL34102        FDA Legislation in the 110th Congress: A Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 1082 and H.R. 2900

12. RS22698        Flood Map Modernization Funding

13. RL34098        Public Health Service (PHS) Agencies: Background and Funding

14. RL34099        California's Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act

15. RL34095        Higher Education Act Reauthorization: A Comparison of Current Law and S. 1642

16. RL34096        Reauthorization in the 110th Congress of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

17. RL34094        Requiring Disclosure of Gifts and Payments to Physicians: State Efforts and a Legal Analysis of Potential Federal Action

18. RS22697        Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with Disabilities

19. RL34092        Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations

20. RL34089        FDA Legislation in the 110th Congress: A Guide to S. 1082 and H.R. 2900

21. RS22696        'Clear Incompatibility' Between Antitrust and Securities Laws Implies Antitrust Immunity: Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing

22. RL34088        Leave Benefits in the United States

23. WD06001        Exposure of U.S. Farm Policy to Challenge under WTO Rules: A Powerpoint Summary

24. RL34055        Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Realignment Under BRAC 2005 and Options for Congress