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 Islamic Consultative Assembly (MAJLIS)
COMMITTEES
(Source: Government Publications)

According to Article 85 of the Constitution, smaller conventions of representatives are held according to those representatives' records and information, and their own tendencies, as well as regarding the priorities. There they discuss and complete the bills from the government and the proposals from the representatives or from the Counties' Higher Councils

The number of the members of each Committee is proposed and determined by the standing Presiding Board, considering the country's needs and observing the priorities. Making any change in the number of the members is also a responsibility of the Presiding Board. It is necessary that each MP, apart from the head, should be the member of one of the standing committees.

 Committees

• Standing Committees
Standing Committees are formed with due regard to the organizational structures of the country. It may sometimes happen that some identical Committees are consolidated with the approval of the Majlis in order to accelerate the execution of the duties assigned to them. Standing Committees listed below may be increased, when necessary, with the approval of the Majlis.

Each Deputy should accept membership of at least one of the following Standing Committees. Article 42 of the Rules of Procedure of the Majlis mentions those Standing Committees as follows:

•         Education
•              Islamic Art, Guidance and Media
•              Administrative and Recruitment Affairs
•              Economy, Finance and Cooperation
•              Plan and Budget
•              Oil
•              Industries and Mines
•             Labor and Social Affairs
•              Housing and Urban Development, Roads and Transportation
•              Judicial and Legal Affairs
•              Defense
•              Foreign Policy
•              Councils and Domestic Affairs
•              Health and Welfare
•              Post, Telegraph and Energy Affairs
•              Commerce and Distribution
•              Agricultural Affairs
•              Article 88 & 90
•              Department for Accounting, Budget and Financial Affairs of Majlis
•              Revolution Organs' Affairs
•              The Select Committee for the Survey of the Acts / Laws Belonging to the
•              Pre revolution Period or the Council of the Revolution
•              Culture and higher Education
 
• Non-Standing Committees
As regards those bills and motions which cannot be referred to any of the above mentioned Committees because their relevance to those Committees is not clearly specified and they display various ambiguous or doubtful aspects, the Majlis Presiding Board can form a special supervisory Committee (a select or ad hoc Committee) whose members are selected from the related Committees, and refer those bills and matters to that Committee, which in turn will report the result to the Majlis after deliberation.

If there arises a need to deal with exceptional and important questions necessitating a special Committee to deliberate them, a Committee shall be formed on the endorsement of the Majlis. Members of this special Committee (Extraordinary Committee) range from 5 to 11 and are elected directly in the open session by the Deputies through secret ballot and a relative majority.
 

• Joint Committees
Whenever there is a bill or proposal related to two different standing Committees, those two Committees hold joint sessions; and thus a Joint Committee is formed in order to deal with that particular bill or proposal.
 
• Standing Committee on the 90th  Article of the Constitution
This Committee is based on Article 90 of the Constitution. Its main duties are as follows:
• Correspondence with public institutions and the three Powers.
• Asking for explanation as regards complaints from people.
• Reading the related reports in the Majlis.

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