Activities

The remit of the Committee on Culture:

1) to consider and submit proposals concerning the formulation of the national cultural and public information policy;

2) to prepare proposals and drafts of laws, resolutions and other legal acts pending the adoption by the Seimas regulating the fields of culture and provision of information of to the public;

3) to consider and submit conclusions regarding drafts of laws, resolutions and other legal acts pending the adoption by the Seimas related to cultural issues, as well as other drafts evaluating their compliance with the national cultural policy;

4) to prepare proposals and recommendations for the Government and local authorities with regard to the matters falling within the remit of the Committee;

5) to take care of the support for persons and organisations operating in the field of culture;

6) to coordinate activities of interested state institutions and other organizations in preparation of drafts of laws, other legal acts pending the adoption by the Seimas and regarding the matters falling within the remit of the Committee;

7) to exercise parliamentary scrutiny of the Ministry of Culture and cultural institutions, to hear information and reports of the ministries, institutions and agencies providing information to the public and other state institutions and agencies with regard to the implementation of laws and other legal acts adopted by the Seimas related to the matters falling within the remit of the Committee;

8) to examine the use of the appropriations of the state budget of the Republic of Lithuania allocated for culture and provision of information to the public and to evaluate the efficiency of the use thereof.

Article 62¹ of the Statue of the Seimas