The Council of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is the body of the State Duma created for the preparation of organizational decisions of the chamber. It includes the chairman of the State Duma , the first deputy chairmen of the State Duma, the deputy chairmen of the State Duma and the chairmen of the factions . It may also include no more than two heads of intra-factional groups with a decisive vote [1] . Until 2007 , that is, until the abolition of single-member districts and free membership in factions and groups, the council also included the heads of deputy groups . The right to deliberately vote in the Council of the State Duma has the deputy chairmen of the chamber and the chairmen of the Duma committees [2] . According to the regulations of the chamber , in the absence of the Council of the head of the faction, on his instructions, his deputy may take part in the meeting [3] .
The Council of the State Duma draws up the work program of the chamber for the next parliamentary session , sends bills submitted to the chamber for consideration by the Duma committees, appoints parliamentary hearings and extraordinary meetings, draws up a calendar of consideration of issues, distributes responsibilities among the deputy chairmen of the State Duma [2] , considers the budget estimates of the chamber , approves the plans of international relations of the State Duma, decides on awarding a certificate of honor and a badge of honor State Duma for merits in the development of parliamentarism [3] .
The Chairman of the State Duma or, on his instructions, one of his deputies [3] presides over meetings of the Council. He also organizes his work [4] . The decision is made by a simple majority of votes; in the event of their equality, the casting vote belongs to the chairman or the meeting leader, the deputy [3] .
Plenipotentiary representatives of the president and the government of Russia are also entitled to participate in meetings of the Council, and when considering bills introduced by other subjects of the right of legislative initiative , representatives of these subjects. Any member of the chamber has the right to be present at the meeting of the Council and to make proposals in the order of work [2] [3] .
Information about the main activities of the Council of the State Duma is open and enters the fund of electronic materials and resources of the chamber [3] .
Composition of the Council of the State Duma of the VII convocation [5]
- Volodin Vyacheslav Viktorovich - Chairman of the State Duma;
- Zhukov Alexander Dmitrievich - First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Melnikov Ivan Ivanovich - First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Epifanova Olga Nikolaevna - Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Igor Vladimirovich Lebedev - Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Sergei Neverov - Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Olga Timofeeva - Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Petr Olegovich Tolstoy - Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Yarovaya Irina Anatolyevna - Deputy Chairman of the State Duma;
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky - head of the faction;
- Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov - head of the faction;
- Mironov Sergei Mikhailovich - head of the faction.
Notes
- ↑ Composition of the Council of the State Duma (Inaccessible link) . State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation . The appeal date is August 15, 2013. Archived May 15, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ivanets G. I. , Kalininsky I. V., Chervonyuk V. I. Council of the State Duma // Constitutional Law of Russia: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ed. ed. prof. V.I. Chervonyuka. - M .: Legal literature , 2002. - p. 330. - 432 p. - ISBN 5-7260-0987-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chapter 2. The Council of the State Duma (Inaccessible link) . State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation . The appeal date is August 15, 2013. Archived July 9, 2017.
- ↑ Chapter 1. Chairman of the State Duma. First Deputy Chairmen of the State Duma. Deputy Chairmen of the State Duma (Inaccessible link) . State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation . The appeal date is August 15, 2013. Archived July 7, 2017.
- ↑ Composition of the Council of the State Duma .
Links
- Information on issues considered at a meeting of the Council of the State Duma . Automated system to ensure legislative activity . The appeal date is August 15, 2013.