Budget Committee

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The Budget Committee is a key parliamentary body of the German Bundestag responsible for scrutinizing and shaping the federal government's budget and financial policy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf committee of the German Bundestag
parliamentary committee
canInitiate budgetary reservations and conditions
changes to the draft federal budget
composition members of all parliamentary groups in the Bundestag
country Germany
ensures parliamentary control over government financial management
governmentBranch legislative branch of Germany
hasAuthorityOver federal budget of Germany
individual budget chapters of federal ministries
hasRoleIn annual budget procedure
medium-term financial planning of the federal government
hasSubcommittee Audit Committee
Subcommittee on European Union Affairs (budgetary aspects)
jurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany
language German
legalBasis German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) budget provisions
Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag
legislativeBody German Bundestag
location Berlin
meetsAt Reichstag building, Berlin
monitors compliance with budgetary law
financial implications of legislation
use of federal funds
oversees budgetary adjustments during the fiscal year
expenditure of federal ministries
implementation of the federal budget
revenue planning of the federal government
supplementary budgets
partOf German Bundestag
policyArea budgetary policy
fiscal policy
public finance
prepares recommendations for the Bundestag plenary on the budget law
recommendations on financial legislation with budgetary impact
primaryResponsibility advising the Bundestag on budgetary matters
examination of the federal budget bill
parliamentary control of government spending
scrutiny of the federal budget
shaping federal financial policy
relatedTo Federal Court of Audit
Finance Committee of the German Bundestag
reportsTo plenary of the German Bundestag
selectionMethod members appointed by parliamentary groups
typeOfBudget federal budget
worksWith Federal Ministry of Finance
other standing committees of the Bundestag

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bundestag
hasCommittee

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