# Congressional Research Service **Domain:** United States Congress / Policy Research **Doc Type:** Institution Node **Maturity:** Canonical ## Definition The **Congressional Research Service**, or **CRS**, is the nonpartisan public-policy research service of the United States Congress within the Library of Congress. ## Corpus Context CRS produces legal and policy analysis on issues including [[wiki/Transnational Repression|transnational repression]], foreign influence and national-security authorities. ## Sources / Provenance - [Congressional Research Service](https://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/) - [Transnational Repression and U.S. Policy: In Brief](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R49036)