Congressional Research Service

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government agency of the United States legislative branch agency public policy research organization

The Congressional Research Service is a nonpartisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and legal analysis to members and committees of the United States Congress.

Aliases (6)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency of the United States → legislative branch agency → public policy research organization →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Congress →
client	committees of the United States Congress → members of the United States Congress →
country	United States →
employer	administrative staff → attorneys → information professionals → specialists in public policy →
employs	economists → librarians → public policy analysts → scientists → subject-matter experts →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
hasPart	American Law Division → Domestic Social Policy Division → Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division → Government and Finance Division → Knowledge Services Group → Office of Management and Operations → Resources, Science, and Industry Division →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalForm	federal agency →
locatedInBuilding	Library of Congress buildings →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
namedAfter	United States Congress →
nonpartisan	true →
parentOrganization	Library of Congress →
partOf	Library of Congress → legislative branch of the United States federal government →
politicalAlignment	nonpartisan →
precededBy	Legislative Reference Service →
scopeOfWork	domestic policy → economic policy → environmental policy → foreign policy → legal issues → science and technology policy →
sector	public sector →
serviceProvided	confidential memoranda → expert testimony → legal analysis → legislative information services → legislative research → policy analysis → reports for Congress → seminars and briefings →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Law Division → Domestic Social Policy Division → Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division → Government and Finance Division → Knowledge Services Group → Office of Management and Operations → Resources, Science, and Industry Division →	partOf
American Law Division → Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division → Government and Finance Division → Knowledge Services Group → Office of Management and Operations → Resources, Science, and Industry Division →	parentOrganization
Domestic Social Policy Division → Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division →	employer
Members of Congress Reading Room →	associatedWith
Madison Building ("Congressional Research Service offices") →	contains
Mexican peso crisis of 1994 ("U.S. Congressional Research Service reports") →	describedBySource
Library of Congress →	hasDivision
Librarian of Congress ("Library of Congress research services") →	oversees
Congressional Research Service ("Legislative Reference Service") →	precededBy
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division ("Congressional Research Service policy divisions") →	subdivisionOf
United States Congress →	supportedBy
Government and Finance Division ("Congressional Research Service publications") →	topicOf