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Each Nation, Nationality and People shall be represented in the House of the Federation by at least one member. Each Nation or Nationality shall be represented by one additional representative for each one million of its population (Article 61:2 of the constitution).
Members of the House of the Federation shall be elected by the State Councils. The State Councils may themselves elect representatives to the House of the Federation, or they may hold elections to have the representatives elected by the people directly (Article 61:3 of the constitution).
The House of Federation has two committees and a Council of Constitutional Inquiry. Each committee consists of fifteen members including a chairperson. The two committees are the Regional & Constitutional Affairs and Budget Subsidy & Revenue Affairs.
Committee for Regional & Constitutional Affairs
The Committee for States' Affairs is responsible for taking measures that promote unity with the consent of peoples and manages the implementation of the rights of nations and nationalities that fall under the jurisdiction of the House of the Federation. With the approval of the House Speaker, it creates committees to resolve disputes or misunderstandings that occur between states and failed to reach an agreement at the state level. It's the committee's duty to present a report to the House for Federal intervention if any state, in violation of the Constitution, endangers the constitutional order. The Committee also responsible for Legal Affairs identified civil cases that need to be incorporated into the code. It also has the duty of coming up with issues that require a constitutional amendment and reviewing similar cases to present recommendations to the House. It is also responsible to see that the rights of deputies aren't infringed and to identify other disciplinary actions the house should take when the quorum for House Sessions repeatedly fails to materialize.
Budget Subsidy & Revenue Affairs Committee
The job of this committee is to present recommendations in determining the division of revenues derived from joint federal and state tax sources which is proposed by the executive branch and the subsidies that the federal government may provide to the states. The committee conducts a thorough review and presents a report in cases where conflicting issues arise in the division of revenues. In consultation with the House speakers, it names a committee to draft the budget of the House and performs a follow-up that this is done at the right time.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article is missing information about the current composition of the House of Federation Please expand the article to include this information Further details may exist on the talk page August 2018 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources House of Federation news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The House of Federation Amharic የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት romanized Ye Federeshin Mikir Bet is the upper house of the bicameral Federal Parliamentary Assembly the parliament of Ethiopia It has 112 members Each Nation Nationality and People shall be represented in the House of the Federation by at least one member Each Nation or Nationality shall be represented by one additional representative for each one million of its population Article 61 2 of the constitution Members of the House of the Federation shall be elected by the State Councils The State Councils may themselves elect representatives to the House of the Federation or they may hold elections to have the representatives elected by the people directly Article 61 3 of the constitution Contents 1 Committees 1 1 Committee for Regional amp Constitutional Affairs 1 2 Budget Subsidy amp Revenue Affairs Committee 2 Speakers of the House of Federation 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCommittees EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The House of Federation has two committees and a Council of Constitutional Inquiry Each committee consists of fifteen members including a chairperson The two committees are the Regional amp Constitutional Affairs and Budget Subsidy amp Revenue Affairs Committee for Regional amp Constitutional Affairs Edit The Committee for States Affairs is responsible for taking measures that promote unity with the consent of peoples and manages the implementation of the rights of nations and nationalities that fall under the jurisdiction of the House of the Federation With the approval of the House Speaker it creates committees to resolve disputes or misunderstandings that occur between states and failed to reach an agreement at the state level It s the committee s duty to present a report to the House for Federal intervention if any state in violation of the Constitution endangers the constitutional order The Committee also responsible for Legal Affairs identified civil cases that need to be incorporated into the code It also has the duty of coming up with issues that require a constitutional amendment and reviewing similar cases to present recommendations to the House It is also responsible to see that the rights of deputies aren t infringed and to identify other disciplinary actions the house should take when the quorum for House Sessions repeatedly fails to materialize Budget Subsidy amp Revenue Affairs Committee Edit The job of this committee is to present recommendations in determining the division of revenues derived from joint federal and state tax sources which is proposed by the executive branch and the subsidies that the federal government may provide to the states The committee conducts a thorough review and presents a report in cases where conflicting issues arise in the division of revenues In consultation with the House speakers it names a committee to draft the budget of the House and performs a follow up that this is done at the right time Speakers of the House of Federation EditName Took Office Left Office NotesAlmaz Meko 1995 August 2001 1 Mulatu Teshome 10 October 2002 10 October 2005 2 Degefe Bula 10 October 2005 2010 3 Jibril Kamal October 2010 October 2015 4 Yalew Abate October 2015 6 May 2018 5 6 Keria Ibrahim 6 May 2018 10 June 2020 7 Adan Farah 10 June 2020 4 October 2021 8 Agegnehu Teshager 4 October 2021 Incumbent 8 See also EditHouse of Peoples Representatives lower house of the Federal Assembly References Edit Keesing s Record of World Events Longman 23 March 2019 via Google Books The Journal of Parliamentary Information Lok Sabha Secretariat 23 March 2019 via Google Books House of Federation Degfe Bula Speaker of the House of Federation Third Term Member 2 July 2013 Archived from the original on 2 July 2013 Retrieved 23 March 2019 Assecaa Fortune Addis Yalew Abate elected as the new Speaker of House of Federation addisfortune net Assecaa editor1 Keria Ibrahim Elected as Speaker of House of Federation Ethiopian News Agency a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help a b Ethiopia Parline the IPU s Open Data Platform 5 July 2018 External links EditHouse of Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title House of Federation amp oldid 1095589779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
