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 Committees The standing committees shall be established for the preliminary review of
draft laws and other issues under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly, and
presenting their conclusions thereon to the National Assembly, as well as for
exercising parliamentary oversight. (Article 10.1 of the Law of the Republic of
Armenia on "Rules of the Procedure of the National Assembly") 
The Ad-hoc Committee may be established for the review of separate draft
laws, draft resolutions, addresses and statements of the National Assembly, as
well as issues related to the Deputy ethics and for submitting conclusions
thereon to the National Assembly. (Article 16.1 of the Law of the Republic of
Armenia on "Rules of the Procedure of the National Assembly") 
By the request of at least one fourth of the total number of the Deputies, by validity of law, an investigative committee, under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly and of public interest, shall be established in order to clarify the facts concerning the issues, and submitting thereon to the National Assembly. (Article 20.1 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia on "Rules of the Procedure of the National Assembly")  
	
	
	Decision of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia "on Establishment of Standing Committees of the National Assembly of the Republic Armenia of the eighth convocation" 
Committees and the spheres of their activities:
 
| Standing Committee on Defense and Security 
 defense, national security, police, emergencies, military-industrial complex, service in the Armed Forces, national security agencies, police and other paramilitary agencies and laws regulating those areas | Standing Committee on Economic Affairs 
 taxes, duties, payments, industry, urban development, energy, natural resources, transport, communication, telecommunication, internet (global network), other branches of industrial infrastructure, tourism, trade and services, entrepreneurial activity, state property management, tariffs, investments, competitive economics, anti-monopolization and laws governing those areas | Standing Committee on European Integration 
 links with the European Union, issues regarding the implementation of the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia, approximation of the laws of the Republic of Armenia to the legal acts of the European Union and laws regulating those areas |  
| Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs 
 budgetary legislation, state budget, loans, credits, money, money turnover, audit, state audit, banking system, financial (currency, capital, credit, insurance and stocks) markets and laws governing those areas | Standing Committee on Foreign Relations 
 international relations, relations with the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as relations with other international organizations, inter-parliamentary agreements and relations, parliamentary friendship groups and laws regulating those areas | Standing Committee on Health Care 
 the healthcare, motherhood, childhood, the production, import and safety of drugs, sanitary and epidemiological safety and laws regulating those areas |  
| Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs 
 social security, disability key issues, labor, employment, trade unions, demographics and laws regulating those areas | Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs 
 protection of human rights, children’s rights, religion, gender equality, national minorities, advocacy, public organizations and laws regulating those areas | Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration 
 relations with the Eurasian Economic Union and other countries of the region, harmonization, unification of legislation of the Republic of Armenia and other member states of the Eurasian Economic Union and laws governing those areas |  
| Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport 
 science, education, culture, repatriation, links with diaspora, youth, sports, information, press, radio, television and laws regulating those areas | Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs 
 constitutional and legal issues, referendum, parties, electoral system, Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, Constitutional Court, justice, judiciary, prosecutor's office, investigative bodies, enforcement of judicial acts, penal service, amnesty, public service, notary, administration and laws regulating those areas, amendments to the Constitution, codes of legal procedure, as well as civil, criminal codes, Code of Administrative Offenses  | Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection 
 territorial administration, administrative-territorial division, local self-government, territorial development, municipal service, local taxes, duties and payments, agriculture, protection and sustainable development of the environment and laws governing those areas |  
| Inquiry Committee conducting a study of the living conditions of the people of the Republic of Artsakh who were forcibly displaced and moved to the Republic of Armenia 
 | Inquiry Committee for Studying the Circumstances of the Hostilities Unleashed on September 27, 2020 
 | Inquiry Committee for Studying the Facts Hindering a Fair Trial for Cases Initiated in Courts in Violation of the Distribution Procedure Established by Law, as well as Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated by the Minister of Justice against Judges 
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| Inquiry Committee for Studying the Use of Funds Collected by the "Hayastan" All - Armenian Fund and Transferred to the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia 
 | Counting Commission of the 8th convocation of the NA 
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