'National Assembly Act Amendment Bill' Passed in Plenary Session on 31st... Reduction of 'Sangwang' Judiciary Committee Authority

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 31st, the National Assembly passed an amendment to the National Assembly Act that reduces the authority of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, which has acted as the 'king' of standing committees.

On this day, the National Assembly held a plenary session and processed a partial amendment to the National Assembly Act that limits the Legislation and Judiciary Committee's authority to review bills only to system and wording review, and shortens the review period from 120 days to 60 days.

Until now, the system and wording review system of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee had the positive function of improving the completeness of bills, but there were criticisms that bills approved by the relevant standing committee were long delayed in the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, hindering the efficiency of bill processing, or that the Legislation and Judiciary Committee's review of the substantive content of bills constituted an overreach of the relevant standing committee's authority.

Accordingly, the amended law shortens the system and wording review period of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee from the current 120 days to 60 days and specifies that the Legislation and Judiciary Committee cannot review the substantive content of bills beyond the scope of system and wording review.

Earlier, the Democratic Party of Korea and the People Power Party agreed on the distribution of standing committee chairpersons and passed this amendment to the National Assembly Act in the standing committee.

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