Trends of activities of the Committee on National Security and Defence shall be:
1) to consider and draft laws and other legal acts on the issues pertaining to national defence, State security, civil defence, State border protection, and the Special Investigations Service under the Ministry of the Interior;
2) to co-ordinate the work of the interested State institutions in drafting laws and other legal acts on the issues within the competence of the committee, as well as in the spheres related to the implementation of the Law on the Basics of National Security;
3) to consider and present proposals concerning the formation of the defence policy of the public and the State, creation and improvement of appropriate structures;
4) to exercise parliamentary control of national defence, State security, civil defence, State border protection, and the Special Investigations Service under the Ministry of the Interior, to present proposals and recommendations on the improvement of their activities;
5) to discuss proposals and present conclusions relating to the appointment of a military attaché, representatives in military missions of the Republic of Lithuania to foreign states.
