Disambiguation evidence for Federal Council via surface form

"Federal Council (Austria)"


As subject (47)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Federal Council (Austria)".

Predicate Object
abbreviation BR
canInitiateLegislation yes, in cooperation with National Council
canVeto ordinary federal laws with suspensive veto
cannotVeto dissolution of the National Council
cannotVeto federal budget laws
compositionBasis representation of provincial parliaments
constitutionalArticle regulated primarily in the Austrian Federal Constitutional Law
constitutionalRole second reading chamber for federal legislation
constitutionalStatus federal organ
country Austria
establishedBy Federal Constitutional Law of Austria
establishedInYear 1920
function participation in EU affairs
function representation of Länder interests at federal level
governmentTypeContext bicameral parliamentary republic
hasCommittee various standing committees
hasLowerHouse Austrian Parliament
surface form: National Council (Austria)
instanceOf legislative body
instanceOf upper house of parliament
largestDelegationFrom Vienna
legalSystemContext civil law system of Austria
legislativeFunction participation in constitutional amendments under certain conditions
legislativeFunction participation in federal lawmaking
legislativeFunction right to object to legislation passed by the National Council
location Vienna
meetsIn Austrian Parliament Building
meetsInChamber Federal Council Chamber in Parliament Building
membersAppointedBy Landtage of the Austrian federal states
numberOfMembers 61
officialLanguage German
officialName Bundesrat
oversightFunction limited oversight compared to National Council
partOf Austrian Parliament
surface form: Parliament of Austria
presidencyRotation rotates among federal states
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Federal Council
reestablishedInYear 1945
represents Länder of Austria
represents federal states of Austria
seatAllocationBasis population of each federal state
sessionType public sessions
smallestDelegationFrom Burgenland
strongerApprovalRequiredFor certain constitutional laws affecting federal states
termLength varies with composition of provincial parliaments
vetoType suspensive veto in most cases
votingRule simple majority in most decisions
votingSystem indirect election via provincial parliaments
website https://www.bundesrat.gv.at

As object (3)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "Federal Council (Austria)".

National Council canOverride
"Federal Council (Austria)"
↳ resolves to Federal Council
surface form: National Council (Austria)
National Council convenesWith
"Federal Council (Austria)"
↳ resolves to Federal Council
surface form: National Council (Austria)
National Council hasChamber
"Federal Council (Austria)"
↳ resolves to Federal Council
surface form: National Council (Austria)