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51 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Small Business Research Programs: Selected Issues for Reauthorization
2025-08-13 · Reports · R48629 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function
2025-07-31 · Reports · R45997 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Developments in International Tourism to the United States
2025-07-31 · Posts · IN12589 · HTML available · PDF available
Economic Development Administration: An Overview of Programs and Appropriations (FY2011-FY2025)
2025-05-09 · Reports · R46991 · HTML available · PDF available
Economic Development Implications of Remote Work in the Post-Pandemic Environment
2025-05-08 · Reports · R48528 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Authorization
2025-05-05 · Resources · IF11744 · HTML available · PDF available
Economic Development Administration (EDA) Disaster Recovery Funding
2025-04-16 · Infographics · IG10045 · HTML available · PDF available
Areas of Economic Distress for EDA Activities and Programs
2025-04-04 · Resources · IF12074 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Overview of Structure and Activities
2025-03-25 · Resources · IF11140 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Administrative Expenses
2025-03-25 · Resources · IF12165 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Assistance for State and Local Entrepreneurship Development Policies and Recent Legislation
2025-03-05 · Resources · IF12793 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Operations
2025-02-28 · Resources · IF11396 · HTML available · PDF available
International Tourist Arrivals to the United States
2025-01-23 · Infographics · IG10071 · HTML available · PDF available
The POWER Initiative: Energy Transition as Economic Development
2024-12-04 · Reports · R46015 · HTML available · PDF available
How Can Anchor Institutions Affect Economic Development?
2024-10-25 · Resources · IF12795 · HTML available · PDF available
The Role of Business Incubators and Accelerators in Entrepreneurship Support
2024-10-23 · Resources · IF12794 · HTML available · PDF available
Is U.S. Entrepreneurship Declining?
2024-10-23 · Resources · IF12792 · HTML available · PDF available
The Small Business Administration’s Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs
2024-10-15 · Resources · IF12176 · HTML available · PDF available
The Small Business Administration’s State Trade Expansion Program
2024-10-07 · Resources · IF12149 · HTML available
Effect of Rescheduling Marijuana on Access to Financial Services
2024-08-26 · Posts · LSB11218 · HTML available · PDF available
Place-Based Visas: Overview and Issues for Congress
2024-07-17 · Resources · IF12712 · HTML available · PDF available
Economic Development Programs and Higher Education
2024-07-01 · Resources · IF12701 · HTML available · PDF available
The Minority Business Development Agency: An Overview of Its History and Programs
2024-06-06 · Reports · R46816 · HTML available · PDF available
Identifying Areas of Economic Distress: Examples and Considerations
2024-05-02 · Reports · R48059 · HTML available · PDF available
District Court Ruling on MBDA Business Development Program
2024-03-25 · Posts · IN12337 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Tourism: Economic Impacts and Pandemic Recovery
2023-11-29 · Reports · R47857 · HTML available · PDF available
Marijuana Banking: Legal Issues and the SAFE(R) Banking Acts
2023-11-15 · Posts · LSB11076 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Economic Assistance for Coal Communities
2023-11-08 · Reports · R47831 · HTML available · PDF available
Recreational Marijuana and Economic Development
2023-11-07 · Resources · IF12529 · HTML available · PDF available
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs): Overview and Selected Issues
2023-09-29 · Reports · R47217 · HTML available · PDF available
SBA as a Vehicle for Crisis Relief: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023-09-14 · Reports · R47694 · HTML available · PDF available
Casino Gambling and Economic Development
2023-07-26 · Resources · IF12461 · HTML available · PDF available
Arts and Culture in Economic Development Policy
2023-06-29 · Resources · IF12446 · HTML available · PDF available
What Is Place-Based Economic Development?
2023-05-24 · Resources · IF12409 · HTML available · PDF available
Economic Development Conveyances for BRAC Properties
2023-04-13 · Resources · IF12381 · HTML available · PDF available
Regional Innovation: Federal Programs and Issues for Consideration
2023-04-03 · Reports · R47495 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Credit Assistance and Grant Programs for Rural Businesses: In Brief
2023-02-27 · Reports · R47438 · HTML available · PDF available
HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program: An Overview
2023-02-01 · Resources · IF11889 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Economic Development Resources for Food Businesses and Systems: In Brief
2023-01-13 · Reports · R47387 · HTML available · PDF available
HUD Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing (RCB) Program
2023-01-05 · Resources · IF12060 · HTML available · PDF available
The Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program: An Overview
2023-01-05 · Resources · IF11749 · HTML available · PDF available
Community Development Block Grant Public Service Expenditure Cap: In Brief
2022-10-19 · Reports · R47287 · HTML available · PDF available
Section 4 Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Program
2022-09-06 · Reports · R47045 · HTML available
Better, Together: Examining the Unified Proposed Rule to Modernize the Community Reinvestment Act
2022-07-13 · Testimony · TE10077 · HTML available · PDF available
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund: Overview and Programs
2022-07-01 · Reports · R47169 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Resources for State and Local Economic Development
2021-12-22 · Reports · R46683 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Economic Development Resources for Tribal Nations: A Survey
2021-09-01 · Reports · R46891 · HTML available · PDF available
Community Development Block Grants: Funding and Allocation Processes
2021-03-24 · Reports · R46733 · HTML available
Federal Resources for State and Local Economic Development
2021-03-22 · Resources · IF11794 · HTML available · PDF available
The Community Development Block Grant’s Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Component: Background and Issues
2020-08-03 · Reports · R46475 · HTML available