Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Legislative Branch

Legislative Branch

The Parliamentary Assembly or Parliamentarna skupština is the main legislative body in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of two chambers:

• the House of Peoples or Dom naroda
• the National House of Representatives or Predstavnički dom/Zastupnički dom

The Parliamentary Assembly is responsible for:

• enacting legislation as necessary to implement decisions of the Presidency or to carry out the responsibilities of the Assembly under the Constitution.
• deciding upon the sources and amounts of revenues for the operations of the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and international obligations of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• approving the budget for the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• deciding ratify treaties and agreements.
• other matters as are necessary to carry out its duties of as are assigned to it by mutual agreement of the Entities.

Bosnia and Herzegovina did not have a permanent election law until 2001, during which time a draft law specified four-year terms for the state and first-order administrative division entity legislatures. The final election law was passed and publicized on 9 September 2001.