Laws, courts and authorities
DIP
Abbreviation for Dokumentations- und Informationssystem für Parlamentsmaterialien
In short and in plain language
DIP is a database of the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
It holds official papers and minutes.
It also shows how far a draft law has got.
Definition
DIP stands for Dokumentations- und Informationssystem für Parlamentsmaterialien, the joint documentation and information system of the Bundestag and Bundesrat for parliamentary materials. It holds the printed papers and plenary minutes of both houses and shows, for each procedure such as a bill, the individual steps up to publication in the Federal Law Gazette.