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{{Organization | |||
|OrganizationName=Congressional Research Service | |||
|OrganizationType=Research and Development Agencies | |||
|Mission=The Congressional Research Service serves the United States Congress throughout the legislative process by providing comprehensive and reliable legislative research and analysis that are timely, objective, authoritative, and confidential. It supports Congress with expert analysis on public policy issues to inform legislation and oversight. | |||
|ParentOrganization=Library of Congress | |||
|CreationLegislation=Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 | |||
|Employees=600 | |||
|Budget=$133.6 million (fiscal year 2023) | |||
|OrganizationExecutive=Director | |||
|Services=Research reports; Policy analysis; Briefings; Congressional hearings support | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=38.88674, -77.00471 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540 | |||
|Website=https://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/ | |||
}} | |||
{{Short description|U.S. Congress-affiliated think tank}} | {{Short description|U.S. Congress-affiliated think tank}} | ||
{{Infobox government agency | {{Infobox government agency | ||
| agency_name = Congressional Research Service | | agency_name = Congressional Research Service | ||
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==Copyright status== | ==Copyright status== | ||
'' | ''The New York Times'' has written that the reports contain neither [[Classified information in the United States|classified information]] nor [[Copyright in the United States|copyrighted]] information.<ref name="GroupSeeks">{{Cite web |last=Stephanie Stom |date=May 4, 2009 |title=Group Seeks Public Access to Congressional Research |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/us/05research.html?_r=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307224450/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/us/05research.html?_r=1 |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |access-date=2009-11-14 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> | ||
However, in a passage analyzing its own liability under United States copyright law, the CRS has written that:<ref name="1999 CRS on Congressional Policy">{{Cite web |date=March 9, 1999 |title=Congressional Policy Concerning the Distribution of CRS Written Products to the Public |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/policy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718113610/http://fas.org/sgp/crs/policy.html |archive-date=2009-07-18 |access-date=2009-07-27 |publisher=Congressional Research Service}}</ref> {{blockquote|CRS may incorporate preexisting material in its written responses to congressional requests. Although such material is often from public domain sources, in certain instances the material, appropriately credited, may be from copyrighted sources. To the extent that the material is copyrighted, CRS either: | However, in a passage analyzing its own liability under United States copyright law, the CRS has written that:<ref name="1999 CRS on Congressional Policy">{{Cite web |date=March 9, 1999 |title=Congressional Policy Concerning the Distribution of CRS Written Products to the Public |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/policy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718113610/http://fas.org/sgp/crs/policy.html |archive-date=2009-07-18 |access-date=2009-07-27 |publisher=Congressional Research Service}}</ref> {{blockquote|CRS may incorporate preexisting material in its written responses to congressional requests. Although such material is often from public domain sources, in certain instances the material, appropriately credited, may be from copyrighted sources. To the extent that the material is copyrighted, CRS either: | ||