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| committees1 = | voting_system1 = Appointment by State diets | last_election1 = No general election | session_room = Austrian Parliament Building the Federal Council of Austria.jpg | session_res = 260px | meeting_place = Parlamentsgebäude Innere Stadt, Vienna Austria | website = (Official Website ) | footnotes = }} The Federal Council (German: ''Bundesrat'' () is the second chamber of the Austrian Parliament, representing the nine States of Austria (''Bundesländer'') on federal level. As part of a bicameral legislature alongside of the National Council (''Nationalrat''), it can be compared with an upper house or a senate. In fact, however, it is far less powerful than the National Council: although it has to approve every new law decided for by this "lower" chamber, the latter can—in most cases—overrule the Federal Council´s refusal to approve. The ''Bundesrat'' has its seat at the Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna, in a conclave of the former ''Herrenhaus'' chamber of the Imperial Council (''Reichsrat''). ==Role== As the Constitution of Austria (B-VG) draws a strict distinction between federal and state legislation, its Article 42 provides the ''Bundesrat'' only with the right to veto federal laws passed by the National Council. Morevover in most cases a Federal Council's veto is just suspensive, meaning the National Council can override it, passing the law again by ordinary resolution of at least half of its members. Therefore, the decisions of the ''Bundesrat'' can only delay legislation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Responsibilities of the Federal Council – The Federal Council's Right of Objection )〕 In the following cases, though, the Federal Council's approval is mandatory:〔 * Constitutional laws or regulations limiting the competencies of the federal states * Laws relating to the rights of the Federal Council itself * Treaties concerning the jurisdiction of the federal states. Since its inauguration on 10 November 1920, the deputies of ''Bundesrat'' have never achieved the status of a counterbalance in relation to the National Council. Over the decades the role of the Federal Council as a mere adjunct of the Austrian parliament has led to several discussions upon regulatory reforms, towards an actual representation of the states' governments modeled on the German Bundesrat or the complete abolition of the second chamber. So far, the concept has been maintained as a manifestation of Austria's federal system. The Federal Council and the National Council, if in joint session, form a third parliamentary body: the Federal Assembly that convenes for the oath of office of the President of Austria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federal Council (Austria)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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