National Council

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The National Council is the primary legislative chamber of Austria’s federal parliament, responsible for passing national laws and overseeing the federal government.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Council (Austria)	0
Nationalrat	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ lower house of parliament ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	Austrian President ⓘ surface form: Federal President of Austria
canBeDissolvedOnProposalOf	Austrian federal government ⓘ surface form: Federal Government of Austria
canOverride	Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council (Austria)
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ
convenesWith	Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council (Austria)
country	Austria ⓘ
electoralMinimumAge	16 years ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature	multi-member constituencies ⓘ national electoral threshold ⓘ
elects	some members of the Federal Assembly of Austria ⓘ
eligibilityAge	18 years ⓘ
established	1920 ⓘ
hasChamber	Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council (Austria)
hasCommitteeType	special committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasFunction	budgetary authority ⓘ parliamentary scrutiny of the federal government ⓘ ratification of international treaties ⓘ
hasPower	amend legislation ⓘ initiate legislation ⓘ repeal legislation ⓘ vote of no confidence in the federal government ⓘ
jointBodyName	Austrian Parliament ⓘ surface form: Federal Assembly of Austria
jurisdiction	federal level of Austria ⓘ
legislativePower	federal legislation ⓘ
locatedIn	Austria ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
meetsIn	Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ
meetsInChamber	National Council chamber in the Parliament Building ⓘ
numberOfMembers	183 ⓘ
numberOfPresidents	3 ⓘ
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
officialName	National Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nationalrat
partOf	Austrian Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Austria
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the National Council ⓘ
reestablished	1945 ⓘ
replaced	House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ
role	oversees the federal government of Austria ⓘ passes federal laws ⓘ primary legislative chamber of Austria’s federal parliament ⓘ
supervises	Austrian federal government ⓘ surface form: Federal Government of Austria
termLength	5 years ⓘ
typeOfParliamentarySystem	unicameral-dominant bicameralism ⓘ
votingSystem	party-list proportional representation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Austrian Parliament → hasPart → National Council ⓘ

Austrian Parliament → legislativeChamber → National Council ⓘ

Austria → lowerHouse → National Council ⓘ

Austrian Parliament → lowerHouse → National Council ⓘ

National Council → officialName → National Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: National Council (Austria)

this entity surface form: Nationalrat