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

Busi­ness in the Fed­er­al As­sembly in­cludes in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

drafts made by its com­mit­tees or by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil of le­gis­lat­ive en­act­ments of the Fed­er­al As­sembly;

b.

par­lia­ment­ary ini­ti­at­ives and mo­tions of its mem­bers, par­lia­ment­ary groups and com­mit­tees as well as can­ton­al ini­ti­at­ives;

c.

re­ports from its com­mit­tees or from the Fed­er­al Coun­cil;

d.

nom­in­a­tions for elec­tions and pro­pos­als re­lat­ing to the con­firm­a­tion of elec­tion nom­in­a­tions;

e.

pro­pos­als re­lat­ing to pro­ced­ure made by its mem­bers, par­lia­ment­ary groups, com­mit­tees or by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil;

f.

de­clar­a­tions of the coun­cils or of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil;

g.

pe­ti­tions and sub­mis­sions;

h.

ap­peals, ap­plic­a­tions and ob­jec­tions.