Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies is the federal lower house of Brazil’s National Congress, composed of elected representatives responsible for drafting and voting on national legislation and overseeing the executive branch.

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Label Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil 2
Chamber of Deputies canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
abbreviation Chamber of Deputies
surface form: Câmara dos Deputados
budgetRole examining and voting on the federal budget
buildingLocation Praça dos Três Poderes
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Brazil
country Brazil
electoralDistricts Brazilian states and Federal District
electorate Brazilian citizens with voting rights
establishedBy Constitution of Brazil
surface form: Brazilian Constitution of 1988
governmentalRole federal legislature
houseType lower house
jurisdiction federal laws of Brazil
languageOfProceedings Portuguese
legislativeBranchOf Brazil
surface form: Federative Republic of Brazil
location Brasília
mainFunction budgetary oversight
drafting federal legislation
initiating impeachment proceedings
overseeing the executive branch
voting on federal legislation
maximumSeatsPerState 70
meetsIn National Congress building
surface form: Palácio do Congresso Nacional
meetsJointlyWith Federal Senate (Brazil) in National Congress sessions
minimumSeatsPerState 8
nativeName Câmara dos Deputados
numberOfMembers 513
otherHouse Federal Senate of Brazil
surface form: Federal Senate (Brazil)
oversightMechanism parliamentary inquiry commissions
questioning of ministers
partOf National Congress of Brazil
power to approve ordinary laws
to approve supplementary laws
to authorize foreign military forces to pass through or remain in Brazil
to authorize the President to declare war
to authorize the President to make peace
to propose constitutional amendments
predecessor Câmara dos Deputados
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of the Empire of Brazil

Chamber of Deputies of the Old Republic
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Chamber of Deputies
representationBasis population with minimum and maximum seats per state
responsibleFor initiating impeachment of the President of Brazil
seatOfGovernmentBranch National Congress of Brazil
surface form: Legislative Branch of Brazil
sessionType unicameral within its own house
supervises federal executive branch
termLength 4 years
votingSystem open list proportional representation
website https://www.camara.leg.br/

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brazil lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
National Congress of Brazil building occupant Chamber of Deputies
this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
National Congress of Brazil legislativeChamber Chamber of Deputies
this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Brazil