What is Federal Assembly (Austria)?
The '''Federal Assembly''' ({{lang-de|Bundesversammlung}}) is the name given to a formal [[joint session]] of the two houses of the bicameral [[Austrian Parliament]], the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]] and the [[Federal Council (Austria)|Federal Council]]. It is chaired by the presidents of the two parliamentary chambers. Since 1945, the assembly has only met to swear the elected [[President of Austria]] into office. ==Other websites== *[http://www.parlament.gv.at/ENGL/PERK/NRBRBV/BV/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926041755/https://www.parlament.gv.at/ENGL/PERK/NRBRBV/BV/ |date=2017-09-26 }} [[Category:Government of Austria]] [[Category:National legislatures|Austria]] {{Multistub|politics|europe}}