国民投票法改正案が衆院通過　提出３年、６月成立へ

　憲法改正国民投票の利便性を高める国民投票法改正案は１１日の衆院本会議で、自民、公明、立憲民主各党などの賛成多数で可決され、衆院を通過した。改正案は与野党の修正合意により、ＣＭ規制の検討などを付則に明記。２０１８年の提出から３年を経て、今国会で成立する見通しだ。
　参院では、早ければ１９日の憲法審査会で審議入り。本会議での採決は６月１６日の今国会会期末近くになる見込みだ。成立すれば、自民党は「本丸」の改憲論議に着手したい考えで、立憲など野党との駆け引きが激しくなりそうだ。
　改正案は、公職選挙法の規定に合わせ、(1)駅や大型商業施設に共通投票所を設置(2)洋上投票を航海実習中の学生らに拡大(3)投票所に同伴できる子どもの対象年齢を拡大―する内容。与党が日本維新の会などと１８年６月に提出したが、採決が行われないまま９国会目を迎えていた。（2021/05/11-13:25）

Japan's House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a bill to make national referendums on constitutional amendments more convenient after the legislation was modified via talks between ruling and opposition lawmakers.
   The Lower House passage of the bill to revise the national referendum law paved the way for its enactment three years after it was first submitted to the Diet, the country's parliament, in 2018.
   The Diet's lower chamber approved the bill by a majority vote with support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, as well as some opposition groups including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
   As a result of talks between the ruling and opposition camps, the original bill was modified to include a supplementary clause that stipulates that regulations on television commercials related to national referendums be considered.
   The bill was sent to the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, where members of its Commission on the Constitution are expected to start deliberating it as early as May 19. The bill will likely be enacted sometime before the June 16 end of the current Diet session.