Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress, operating as part of the Library of Congress. Established in 1914 and significantly expanded in 1970, CRS provides authoritative, confidential, and nonpartisan research on policy and legal issues to members of Congress and their staff. It employs approximately 600 researchers, analysts, and attorneys.

UAP-Related Role

CRS has prepared multiple reports on UAP-related topics for Congressional committees, particularly since 2017. These reports summarise the origins of AATIP, AAWSAP, the UAPTF, and AARO; congressional NDAA-based reporting requirements; and international UAP-disclosure comparisons. CRS reports are not released to the public automatically but frequently circulate through congressional offices and emerge through FOIA or media reporting.

Notable Access

Attorney Daniel Sheehan, of the Paradigm Research Group and the Stanley Sheinbaum Papers archive, has reported being granted access to classified Project Blue Book material in the Library of Congress vault under CRS-assisted processes. CRS's congressional-staff-facing products are among the most consistently sourced summaries of government-side UAP policy for US lawmakers preparing legislation.