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What it is

Bill to place acting governments under Parliament's oversight

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 18 March 2016. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Vasco (EAJ-PNV).

Official title: Private member's bill on the political control by the Cortes Generales of the acts and omissions of the Government and of the Government in functions.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000022· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill responds to the claim by an acting government that it could not be overseen by the Congress of Deputies until a new government was invested. The authors reject that idea and argue that parliamentary oversight does not depend on the chamber's confidence.
  2. The bill would amend the Law on the Government to state clearly that all acts and omissions of the Government, including an acting one, are subject to the political oversight of the Cortes Generales.
  3. It would also amend the law governing senior officials of the State's general administration. Submission to the political oversight of the Cortes would be added as a principle, and failure to comply would be classified as a very serious offense.
  4. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette.

Words worth knowing

Gobierno en funciones (acting government)
A government that stays in office on a temporary basis, after a term ends or after resigning, until a new one is formed.
Proposición de ley (bill)
A text through which a parliamentary group proposes creating or changing a law. It is not an approved law until the Congress and the Senate pass it.
Control político (political oversight)
The power of the Cortes to examine, question and debate what the Government does.
Infracción muy grave (very serious offense)
The most serious type of violation in a sanctioning system; it carries the strongest penalties.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced18 March 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted29 March 2016The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 5 official steps on a timeline
Mar 2016Apr 201611. 18 March 2016: Presentación22. 29 March 2016: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 29/03/2016 hasta 01/04/201633. 29 March 2016: Calificación44. 1 April 2016: Gobierno Contestación desde 01/04/2016 hasta 03/05/201655. 3 May 2016: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 03/05/2016 hasta 20/05/2016

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It was presented again:

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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