防災、景気下支えに４．５兆円　１９年度補正予算成立

　２０１９年度補正予算は３０日、参院本会議で採決され、与党などの賛成多数で可決、成立した。災害多発を踏まえた防災機能強化や、景気下支えを狙った経済対策を柱に追加歳出は４兆４７２２億円。財源不足のため３年ぶりに赤字国債を年度途中で発行し、歳入に２兆２２９７億円を充てる。
　追加歳出は、堤防・河川施設強化を含む防災対策（２兆３０８６億円）や海外経済の下振れに備えた中小企業・農業支援（９１７３億円）、東京五輪・パラリンピック後の景気対策（１兆７７１億円）に振り向ける。使われる見込みのない不用分などを差し引いた補正総額は３兆１９４６億円。
　補正の財源には赤字国債などに加え、１８年度予算の使い残し（剰余金）から８０１６億円を投入する。財政法で剰余金の半額（１８年度６６４２億円）と規定された繰り入れ上限を超えるため、３０日の本会議では今回に限り容認する関係特例法も併せて成立した。（2020/01/30-20:07）

The Diet on Thursday approved the Japanese government's fiscal 2019 supplementary budget for total spending of 4,472.2 billion yen on economic stimulus and disaster prevention measures.
   The extra budget cleared the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Japanese parliament, on the day, with a majority support from lawmakers in the ruling bloc and some others. The House of Representatives, the lower chamber, approved the budget on Tuesday.
   The government will sell deficit-covering bonds to raise 2,229.7 billion yen in the extra budget. The additional issue of such bonds during a fiscal year will be the first in three years.
   In the budget, 2,308.6 billion yen is earmarked for disaster prevention measures, including the reinforcement of levees and other river facilities.
   It also includes 1,077.1 billion yen for measures to avert an economic slowdown after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer, and 917.3 billion yen for measures to help small businesses and farmers prepare for overseas economic slowdowns.