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  • German: Bundesrat

Governs Austria · Part of Parliament of Austria

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  • Representing the states in federal legislation

    Can raise a suspensive veto against federal laws (Art. 42 B-VG) and must consent to laws that restrict the states' competences (Art. 44(2) B-VG).

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  • Representing the states in federal legislation jusline.at · checked
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  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400: Nationalrat, Bundesrat, Bundesregierung, Landeshauptleute, Präsidium; entries without end date), live data lastSync 2026-10-12, read 2026-10-12: holders, parties, start dates. For: Federal Council, Federal Council in German, President of the Federal Council, Member of the Federal Council, Amelie Muthsam as Member of the Federal Council and 60 more
  • jusline.at · checked Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG) as consolidated, text read via jusline.at (RIS blocked automated access), 2026-10-12: Arts. 10, 15, 26, 27, 34, 60, 70, 101 (structure, selection and competences). Arts. 24, 29, 41-42, 44, 65, 69, 74, 80, 86, 95, 102, 137-148, 147 cited from the same law without a separate read. For: Federal Council, Federal Council in German, Representing the states in federal legislation, President of the Federal Council, Member of the Federal Council and 61 more
  • jusline.at · checked B-VG Art. 36 (consolidated text via jusline.at; RIS blocks automated access), read 2026-10-12: Federal Council chair rotates half-yearly by state and goes to the first-delegated member of the presiding state; corrected selection from elected-by-chamber to ex officio. For: President of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked indirect / chosen_by_college "state parliaments (Landtage)": from the selection_detail, which rests on this source ([world:at] Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400: Nationalrat, Bundesrat, Bundesregierung, Landes); migration 054, ticket 2207, reviewed by improvements:schema-indirect-dissolved 2026-10-12 For: Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2023-06-14; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler as Member of the Federal Council, Michael Wanner as Member of the Federal Council, Silvester Gfrerer as Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2023-03-23; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Andreas Arthur Spanring as Member of the Federal Council, Christian Fischer as Member of the Federal Council, Klemens Kofler as Member of the Federal Council, Michael Bernard as Member of the Federal Council, Viktoria Hutter as Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2021-10-23; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Barbara Prügl as Member of the Federal Council, Dominik Reisinger as Member of the Federal Council, Franz Ebner as Member of the Federal Council, Günter Pröller as Member of the Federal Council, Johanna Miesenberger as Member of the Federal Council, Markus Steinmaurer as Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2023-09-21; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Bernadette Geieregger as Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2024-01-25; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Bernhard Ruf as Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2022-10-25; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Christoph Stillebacher as Member of the Federal Council, Daniel Schmid as Member of the Federal Council, Klara Neurauter as Member of the Federal Council, Markus Stotter as Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2023-04-13; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Claudia Arpa as Member of the Federal Council, Isabella Theuermann as Member of the Federal Council, Manfred Mertel as Member of the Federal Council, Sandra Lassnig as Member of the Federal Council
  • parlament.gv.at · checked Parlament Österreich, Personen database (Filter API list 400, data/raw/parlament-at/l400.json), live data read 2026-10-12: Bundesrat mandate continuous since 2021-12-09; parlament.gv.at splits records at National Council legislative periods, so the 2024-10-24 start set by world:at was the period boundary, not the delegation date (Art. 35 B-VG). For: Ferdinand Tiefnig as Member of the Federal Council

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