Federal Act
on the Federal Assembly
(Parliament Act, ParlA)

¹ The Of­fice of the United Fed­er­al As­sembly com­prises the Presid­ing Col­leges of both Coun­cils.

² The chair­per­son is the Pres­id­ent of the Na­tion­al Coun­cil or, in the event of his or her in­ca­pa­city, the Pres­id­ent of the Coun­cil of States.

³ The Of­fice shall pre­pare the meet­ings of the United Fed­er­al As­sembly.

⁴ It may ap­point com­mit­tees of the United Fed­er­al As­sembly. They com­prise twelve mem­bers of the Na­tion­al Coun­cil and five mem­bers of the Coun­cil of States.