Article 78 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
Third Title · Chapter II. On the Legislative Power · Section IV. On the Permanent Commission
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 2 June 2026
During the recesses of the Congress of the Union there shall be a Permanent Commission composed of 37 members of which 19 shall be from the Chamber of Deputies and 18 from that of Senators, appointed by their respective Chambers on the eve of the closing of the ordinary periods of sessions. For each holder the Chambers shall appoint, from among their members in office, a substitute person.
The Permanent Commission, in addition to the attributions that this Constitution expressly confers on it, shall have the following:
I.Repealed.
II.To receive, where appropriate, the oath of office of the person holding the Presidency of the Republic;
III.To resolve the matters of its competence; to receive during the recess of the Congress of the Union the initiatives of law, the observations to the projects of law or decree that the person holding the Executive sends and propositions directed to the Chambers and to refer them for ruling to the commissions of the Chamber to which they are directed, in order that they be dispatched in the immediate period of sessions;
IV.To agree by itself or on the proposal of the person holding the Executive, the call of the Congress or of a single Chamber to extraordinary sessions, the vote of two thirds of the individuals present being necessary in both cases. The call shall indicate the object or objects of the extraordinary sessions. When the call is to the General Congress so that it constitute itself as an Electoral College and designate an interim or substitute president, the approval of the call shall be made by majority;
V.Repealed.
VI.To grant leave, for up to sixty calendar days, to the person holding the Presidency of the Republic;
VII.To ratify the appointments that the person holding the Presidency of the Republic makes of the persons holding embassies, general consulates, superior employees of the Treasury, Colonels and other superior chiefs of the National Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as of the National Guard, in the terms that the law provides, and
VIII.To hear and resolve on the requests of leave that are presented to it by the legislators.