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What it is

How Spain's secret state funds are controlled

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 21 October 1994. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill regulating the use and control of credits destined for reserved expenses.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000071· updated 11 Nov

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  1. Reserved funds are money from the State's General Budgets meant for defense and security expenses. They cannot be made public and have a special system of justification and control.
  2. Only the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice and the Interior, and Defense can hold these credits. Their heads decide how the funds are used and must regularly report to the Prime Minister.
  3. The Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados) oversees these expenses through a secret committee made up of its Speaker and lawmakers with access to official secrets. Ministers with reserved funds report to this committee every six months.
  4. The heads of these Ministries and authorities with access to these funds must declare their assets to the Speaker of Congress when the law takes effect and then once a year.

Who it affects

  • The Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice and the Interior, and Defense: They are the only ones that can hold reserved expense credits and must issue internal rules for their proper use.
  • Ministers with reserved funds: They must report to the Prime Minister and to the Congress committee on how the funds are used.
  • Members of the oversight committee: They must keep secret the information they learn.
  • The Government: It may issue the rules needed to implement the law.

Words worth knowing

Gastos reservados (reserved expenses)
Public money for State defense and security activities whose details are not made public.
Créditos (credits)
Money that the State's General Budgets assign to a specific purpose.
Interventor general de la Administración del Estado (Comptroller General of the State Administration)
Public official who reviews and controls how public funds are spent.
Tribunal de Cuentas (Court of Accounts)
Body that audits the accounts and spending of the public sector.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced21 October 1994Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted25 October 1994The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
Oct 199411. 21 October 1994: Presentación22. 25 October 1994: Calificación

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?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

It was presented again:

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 11/1995, of May 11, regulating the use and control of credits destined for reserved expenses.

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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