Committee Schedule - Weekly
* Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex
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| Date: Monday, 01-February-2010 | ||
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| Committee/SubCommittee | Time and Venue | Agenda/Resource Person |
| APPROPRIATIONS | 01:00 PM RVM Conference Rm. 12 | Substitute Bill to HBs 1678, 3009, 3856, 3077, 6352 & 6495 – Penalizing unfair trade and anti-competitive practices in restraint of trade, unfair competition, abuse of dominant power, strengthening the powers of regulatory authorities, establishing the Fair Trade Commission and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Jose De Venecia, Jr., Rufus Rodriguez, Narciso Santiago III, Junie Cua, Salvacion Ponce-Enrile and Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo) |
| HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION | 01:30 PM RVM Conference Rms. 1 & 2 | Technical Working Group – Substitute Bill To HBs 2767 & 6541; Providing for free college education through the Regional Subsidized College Education Program, defining its implementing guidelines, rules and regulations and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez) |
| PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY | 01:30 PM RVM Conference Rms. 3 & 4 | HB 3309 – Declaring a National Peace Policy thereby creating a Commission on Peace (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez) HR 1546 – Requiring the office of the presidential adviser on the peace process to fully disclose specific details of the renewed peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels (Rep. Maria Isabelle Climaco) |
| TRANSPORTATION | 01:30 PM RVM Conference Rms. 9 & 10 | HB 6828 – Creating the Philippine Maritime Code, amending and codifying all laws related to maritime commerce and maritime transportation (Rep. Monico Puentevella) |
| HUMAN RIGHTS | 02:00 PM RVM Conference Rm. 13 | Executive Meeting Substitute Bills on the following measures: HBs 956 & 5202 – Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (Reps. Risa Hontiveros and Narciso Santiago III) HB 3388 – Upholding the right to travel and providing grounds for travel restrictions (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez) Committee Reports on the following measures: HRs 085, 086, 106, 118, 172, 180, 184, 232, 294, 295, 297, 299, 301, 348, 375, 400, 401, 433, 435, 438, 450, 452, 457, 460, 469, 471, 479, 505, 541, 562, 676 & 692 (Reso No. 118), Resolution Nos. 095, 131, 192, 193, 215, 232, 258, 259, 261, 263, 266, 273, 280, 281, 284, 298, 352, 355, 363, 364, House Concurrent Resolution 001, and six Privilege Speeches – On the matter of extra-judicial killings, involuntary disappearances, torture and other human rights violations committed against civilians throughout the country (Reps. Lorenzo Tañada III, Risa Hontiveros, Satur Ocampo, the Late Crispin Beltran, Teodoro Casiño, Liza Maza, Rafael Mariano, Luzviminda Ilagan, Mujiv Hataman, Munir Arbison, Bienvenido Abante, Jr., Eduardo Joson, Niel Tupas, Jr., Yusop Jikiri, Romulo Roman and Edcel Lagman) HR 524 – Investigation into the discriminatory, degrading, abusive and humiliating treatment experienced by a rectal-surgery patient in the hands of doctors, nurses, interns and other medical attendants in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City, Cebu (Rep. Risa Hontiveros) Res. 105 (HR 632) – Investigation into the alleged summary executions of the individuals suspected of involvement in the RCBC-Cabuyao robbery-homicide case (Rep. Lorenzo Tañada III) |
| GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY | 02:30 PM RVM Conference Rms. 14 & 15 | Substitute Bill to HBs 6968 & 3268 – Reorganizing the National Telecommunications Commission, redefining its powers and functions, by establishing structural reforms in the information and communications sector to promote development, delivery and use of convergent services and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Luis Villafuerte and Rufus Rodriguez) |
| Date: Tuesday, 02-February-2010 | ||
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| Committee/SubCommittee | Time and Venue | Agenda/Resource Person |
| ENERGY (CANCELLED) | 09:30 AM RVM Conference Rms. 1 & 2 | HJR 51 – Expressing the determination and sense of the Congress of the Philippines to exempt Agus and Pulangui Hydro Complexes from privatization as mandated by RA 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) (Speaker Prospero Nograles) HR 1533 – Expressing the strong opposition of the House of Representatives to the sale and privatization of the Agus and the Pulangui Hydroelectric Plant Complexes in Mindanao (Rep. Vicente Belmonte, Jr.) |
| METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT | 01:00 PM R. R. Andaya Hall | HR 489 – Investigation into the need to establish a Single Traffic Ticketing System nationwide as well as looking into the anomalies and problems hounding the present apprehension/ticketing system being implemented by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and various local government units (Rep. Vigor Mendoza) |
| AGRICULTURE & FOOD | 01:30 PM RVM Conference Rms. 1 & 2 | Assessment of the prevailing rice supply situation in the country and the reported planned importation of 3.5 Million sacks of rice by the National Food Authority (NFA) for Southern Mindanao Executive Meeting: HR 848 – Investigation into the alleged misappropriations of the P728 million agriculture fertilizer fund primarily for the purpose of giving the Filipino people the right to hear the testimony of former Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante on the matter upon his deportation to the Philippines (Rep. Abraham Kahlil Mitra) |
| BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE | 01:30 PM RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 13 | HBs 7079, 7097, 7123, 7124, 7125, 7126, 7127, 7128 & 7129 - Establishing national high schools in the provinces of Aurora, Sorsogon & Zamboanga del Sur and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Salvador Escudero III & Antonio Cerilles) HB 7084 - Creating a national Science high school in Southern Leyte and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Roger Mercado) HBs 6976, 7009, 7010, 7011 & 7012 - Converting various high schools into independent national high schools in the Province of Camarines Sur(Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella) HB 7006 - Converting the Alangilan Elementary School into an integrated school to be known as Alangilan Integrated School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Pedro Romualdo) HB 7001 - Changing the name of Orio National High School in the Municipality of Orion, Province of Bataan to Emilio Angeles Gancayco Memorial High School (Rep. Albert Garcia) |
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 01:30 PM RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 | HB 1769 - Amending Sec. 17 of RA 6734 as amended by Sec. 19 of RA 9054 expanding the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao(Rep. Nur Jaafar) HB 4963 -Providing for an Organic Act for the ARMM as amended by RA 9054, providing for the creation of the Autonomous Region in Southwestern Mindanao and the Autonomous Region in Central Mindanao (Rep. Nur Jaafar) HB 5858 - Creating the Metropolitan Vigan Development Authority, defining its power and functions, providing funds therefor (Rep. Ronald Singson) |
| Special Cttee. on MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS | 01:30 PM RVM Conference Rm. 12 | Res. 399 (HR 1055) – Assessment on the progress of the Philippines in complying with its commitments to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and to recommend remedial measures to realize such goals (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez) JR 39 – Creating a Joint Legislative Executive Council on Debt-for-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) swap to pursue the initiative as a debt reduction strategy and a resource generation scheme for sustainable human development (Rep. Edcel Lagman) |
| Date: Wednesday, 03-February-2010 | ||
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| Committee/SubCommittee | Time and Venue | Agenda/Resource Person |
| COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT | 09:30 AM RVM Conference Rm. 11 | HR 1499 – Investigation into the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the general assembly in relation to the election of the board of directors without the prescribed quorum under the by-laws of the Simbayanan ni Maria Development Cooperative and RA 9520, otherwise known as the Philippine Cooperative Code, for the purpose of instituting remedial measures that will uphold the rights of the members of the cooperative (Rep.Cresente Paez) |
| OVERSIGHT | 09:30 AM RVM Conference Rms. 14 & 15 | Part I HR 443 – Inquiry into the cause/s of the delay in the completion of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Project as well as the request for a supplemental loan from the Japanese government amounting to more than P6B to cover the financing shortfall of the project (Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr.) Part II Executive Session on the income tax payments made by the top 10 contractors of the Department of Public Works and Highways |
| NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES | 10:30 AM RVM Conference Rm. 12 | (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat) |
| GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY | 01:30 PM RVM Conference Rm. 12 | Res. 78 (HR 631) – Investigation into the termination of the machine readable passport/visa project by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the procurement of its own machine readable passport project (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez) |
| LABOR & EMPLOYMENT | 01:30 PM RVM Conference Rms. 9 & 10 | Res. 171 (Consolidation of HRs 757 & 770) – Inquiry into the legal basis of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Circular No. 268 and succeeding BSP circulars which allowed outsourcing of banking functions and determine its impact on the security of tenure of bank and financial institution employees and come up with policy recommendations to delineate the powers of the BSP and protect the rights of employees to job security (Reps. Rafael Mariano and Risa Hontiveros) |
| Date: Thursday, 04-February-2010 | ||
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| OVERSIGHT | 09:30 AM RVM Bldg. Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 | Update on the automation of 2010 elections in connection with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s 10-point agenda |