デジタル法案が衆院通過　成立は５月ずれ込みへ

　「デジタル庁」新設を柱とするデジタル改革関連５法案は６日の衆院本会議で与党と日本維新の会などの賛成多数で可決した。これを受け、自民、立憲民主両党の参院国対委員長は１４日の参院本会議での審議入りで合意した。菅政権の看板政策である関連法案の今国会成立は確実だが、政府・与党が当初目指していた４月中の成立は、参院での法案審議が立て込んでおり、５月にずれ込む見通しとなった。
　立憲の難波奨二参院国対委員長は自民党との協議後、記者団に「（５月の）連休明けまで参院で議論されることになる」と述べた。十分な審議時間の確保を求める方針だ。（2021/04/06-18:33）

The House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a set of Japanese government bills regarding digital reform, a key policy priority for the administration of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
   The five bills, including one to establish a new government agency in charge of accelerating digitalization of administrative procedures, were approved at a plenary meeting of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, by a majority vote, with the support mainly from the ruling bloc and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party).
   The ruling faction, comprising the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, plans to start deliberations on the bills at the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, on April 14.
   The digital reform bills are expected to be enacted during the ongoing regular Diet session. However, the government's initial plan of putting them into law during this month is likely to be pushed back as the Upper House is currently busy handling other bills. Their enactment is now expected to come in May.
   Of the four bills other than the digital agency bill, one is to define the principles of a digital society and another to unify rules over personal information protection and abolish the use of personal seals in administrative procedures. The remaining two bills are for linking My Numbers, used for social security and taxation identification, to people's bank accounts.