Commentaries: Art. 44

In accordance with the terms of reference under this Act or the standing orders, the committees have the following duties:
1. they conduct a preliminary discussion of the business referred to them for the attention of their council;
2. they consider and decide on the business referred to them for final decision in terms of this Act;
3. they monitor the social and political developments in their areas of responsibility;
4. they draw up proposals relevant to their areas of responsibility;
5. ¹ they are responsible for impact assessments in their areas of responsibility. They submit related proposals to the competent bodies of the Federal Assembly, or issue related mandates to the Federal Council;
6. they take account of the results of impact assessments.
The committees shall submit reports on the business referred to them and their proposals thereon to their respective council.

Amended by No I of the FA of 3 Oct. 2008 (Parliamentary Law. Miscellaneous Amendments), in force since 2 March 2009 (AS 2009 725;BBl 2008 1869,3177). ↩

Art. 44