Commentaries: Art. 112

The committee may involve the Federal Department responsible in order to obtain all the legal and material information required for the preparation of a bill.
It shall submit the preliminary draft and its explanatory report for consultation in accordance with the provisions of the Consultation Procedure Act of 18 March 2005¹.²
It shall submit the report and bill that it submits to its Council to the Federal Council at the same time in order that the Federal Council may state its opinion thereon within an appropriate period; excepted from the foregoing are provisions on the organisation or the procedures of the Federal Assembly that are not laid down by statuteand which do not directly affect Federal Council.³ 3bis. In the case of a draft bill under Article 165 or Article 173 paragraph 1 letter c of the Federal Constitution, the deadline for the Federal Council's opinion may be set in such a way that it can be dealt with in the next ordinary or extraordinary session.⁴
If the Federal Council requests any alteration, the committee shall discuss the opinion of the Federal Council before consideration of the bill in the first council.

SR 172.061 ↩
Amended by Art. 12 No 1 of the Consultation Procedure Act of 18 March 2005, in force since 1 Sept. 2005 (AS 2005 4099;BBl 2004 533). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 21 June 2013 (Improvements in the Organisation and Procedures of Parliament), in force since 25 Nov. 2013 (AS 2013 3687;BBl 2011 6793,6829). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 17 March 2023 (Improvements in the Organisation and Procedures of Parliament, Especially in Crisis Situations), in force since 4 Dec. 2023 (AS 2023 483;BBl 2022 301,433). ↩

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