COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.
MONDAY, 14-MAY-2012
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
10:00 AM
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HB 3676 – Expanding the coverage of the Science and Technology Scholarship Program, providing additional sources of funding, amending for the purpose RA 7687, otherwise known as the Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994, as amended by RA 8248 (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HR 234 – Inquiry into the status of the implementation of RA 7687 (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group meeting on the consolidated bill on alternative mining
TUESDAY, 15-MAY-2012
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HB 6007 – Establishing a national high school in Barangay San Juan, Municipality of Rizal, Province of Cagayan, to be known as the Florencio L. Vargas National High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso)
HBs 2503, 2505, 5846, 5847 & 5848 – Converting certain high schools into national high schools in the provinces of Palawan and Agusan del Sur and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Antonio Alvarez and Maria Valentina Plaza)
HBs 2502, 5958 & 6017– Separating and converting national high schools into independent national high schools in the Provinces of Palawan, Davao del Sur and Laguna and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Antonio Alvarez, Marc Douglas Cagas IV and Edgar San Luis)
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HJR 29 – Directing the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to annul the book of voters of the municipalities/cities in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and immediately conduct a new general registration of voters in the region, providing funds therefor (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
HB 310 – Insulating the automated election system from the rest of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) organization, other officers of the government, candidates, representatives and agents of candidates and any other person (Rep. Roilo Golez)
HB 3140 – Amending RA 9369, otherwise known as the Automated Election Law, which amended RA 7166 or the law providing for synchronized national and local elections, and other related election laws, providing funds therefor (Rep. Marc Douglas Cagas IV)
HB 6008 – Providing for the conduct of election on May 2013 (Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia)
HR 956 – Inquiry into the compliance by the COMELEC with the Supreme Court order mandating it to provide the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CENPEG) and other interested parties for their independent review of the source codes on the automation elections system technologies (Rep. Pedro Romualdo)
HR 1909 – Inquiry into the plans of the COMELEC to lease new precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the 2013 elections at the cost of P8 billion instead of purchasing the same PCOS machines that were used during the 2010 elections only in the amount of P1.8 billion (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 40, 1081, 2084, 3922, 4583 & 5929 – Providing for the Magna Carta for Day Care Workers and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Pedro Acharon Jr., Bernadette Herrera-Dy, Ignacio Arroyo Jr., Loreto Leo Ocampos, Romero Federico ‘Miro’ Quimbo and Romeo Acop)
HBs 1434, 2127 & 2792 – Providing tenure, reasonable compensation and other benefits for day care workers and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Carmelo Lazatin, Pedro Pancho and Marlyn Primicias-Agabas)
HB 727 – Upholding the rights and promoting the welfare of day care workers by considering them part of the public health workers, amending for the purpose RA 7305, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 1620 – Institutionalizing pre-school education, increasing the monthly compensation of day care workers (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco, Ph. D.)
HBs 2838, 3689 & 5142 – Providing benefits and incentives to accredited day care workers, amending for the purpose RA 6972, otherwise known as the Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act (Reps. Anthony Rolando Golez Jr., Ana Cristina Go and Ryan Luis Singson)
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE jt. w/ HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
10:00 AM
HR 12 – Inquiry into the propriety of adopting a 12-year education cycle in elementary and high schools (basic education) (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 2182 – Prescribing a 12-year basic education curriculum for all public and private school children nationwide, providing guidelines and mechanism for its implementation, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eulogio ‘Amang’ Magsaysay)
HBs 4199 & 4219 – Enhancing the curriculum and increasing the number of years for basic education, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Salvador Escudero III and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY (CANCELLED)
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Briefing on the current status of the Government of the Philippines–Moro Islamic Liberation Front (GPH-MILF) peace talks
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HR 960 – Inquiry into the new poverty measurement scheme approved by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) which substantially lowers the official average poverty threshold (Rep. Raymond Palatino)
HBs 81, 848 & 1500 – Institutionalizing the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of the government and providing funds therefor (Reps. Susan Yap, Ma. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa and Juan Edgardo Angara)
HR 1112 – Inquiry into the active participation of people's health organizations, i.e. barangay health workers (BHW), barangay nutrition scholars (BNS) and midwives associations, in the implementation of the CCT program, also known as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the 4Ps (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
SOCIAL SERVICES
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
YOUTH & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
National Bills:
HB 1638 – Directing the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 2091 – Granting women equal opportunity to athletic scholarships and to prizes of sports (Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar)
HB 2093 – Regulating the conduct of sports agents relating to the recruitment of student athletes and the signing of their contracts (Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar)
HB 2377 – Creating the Youth Drug Abuse Resistance Education and Prevention Program (Y-DARE) and providing funds therefor (Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing)
Local Bills:
HBs 5021, 5978 & 6010 – Establishing a Sports Academy in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Fatima Aliah Dimaporo, Anthony Del Rosario and Eduardo Gullas)
HB 5947 – Appropriating the sum of P250 million for the total renovation and development of the Pres. Elpidio Quirino World Heritage Complex of Ilocos Sur in the Municipality of Bantay to be renamed as the Quirino World Heritage Memorial Stadium (Rep. Ryan Luis Singson)
Committee Report on HRs 1284, 1289 & 1367 – Inquiry into the accident resulting in the death of national superbike champion Maico Greg Buncio in order to review existing safety standards followed in racing circuits (Reps. Renato Unico Jr., Mark Aeron Sambar and Jeci Lapus)
WEDNESDAY, 16-MAY-2012
HEALTH
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
HB 392 – Helping persons afflicted with rare diseases by creating an Office of Rare Diseases in the Department of Health (DOH), encouraging the conduct of research & development activities on rare diseases, and providing for fiscal and regulatory incentives for the manufacture or importation of healthcare products for use by such persons (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 5368 – Creating the National Cancer Institute of the Philippines, appropriating funds therefor (Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle ‘Beng’ Climaco)
HR 436 – Inquiry into the Memorandum of Agreement entered into by the Province of Bataan with the DOH with respect to the management and control of the Bataan General Hospital and its annex (Rep. Herminia Roman)
APPROPRIATIONS
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HJR 29 – Directing the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to annul the book of voters of the municipalities/cities in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and immediately conduct a new general registration of voters in the region, providing funds therefor (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
BASES CONVERSION
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
ENERGY
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Privilege Speeches – On the disaster in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City brought upon by Typhoon Sendong (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Emmi De Jesus, Vicente Belmonte Jr., Yevgeny Vincente Emano and Benjo Benaldo)
HB 6012 – Imposing a logging ban in Iligan City (Rep. Vicente Belmonte Jr.)
HR 2042 – Inquiry into why there is continuous illegal logging activities in Lanao del Sur which aggravated the flooding and deaths brought by Typhoon Sendong (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
HR 2051 – Inquiry into the causes of severe flooding and deaths at the height of Typhoon Sendong (Rep. Yevgeny Vincente Emano)
AGRARIAN REFORM
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HB 5783 – Providing for the condonation of penalties and interest on loans secured by the agrarian reform beneficiaries, farmers and their cooperatives from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA) and People's Credit and Finance Corporation (PCFC) (Rep. Cresente Paez)
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ JUSTICE (CANCELLED)
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
THURSDAY, 17-MAY-2012
HEALTH jt. w/ TRADE & INDUSTRY
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
10:00 AM
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
ECOLOGY
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 314 – Prohibiting the production of incandescent light bulbs completely within 5 years to cut down the amount of greenhouse gases implicated in global warming, that it releases into the atmosphere (Rep. Roilo Golez)