The Congressional Research Service and the American Legislative Process

Brudnick, Ida A

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Executive departments;    Legal research;    Reference books;    Library of Congress;    Congressional research service;   

RP-ID  :  RL33471
RP-ID  :  RL33471 2006-06-14

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Legislative Reference Service, it was charged with responding to congressional requests for information. For more than 50 years, this department assisted Congress primarily by providing facts and publications and by transmitting research and analysis done largely by other government agencies, private organizations, and individual scholars. In 1970, Congress enacted a law transforming the Legislative Reference Service into the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and directing CRS to devote more of its efforts and increased resources to performing research and analysis that assists Congress in direct support of the legislative process.