COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.
DAILY SCHEDULE
LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
01:30 AM
HB 2811 - Granting the Northeastern Broadcasting Services Incorporated a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the Province of Isabela (Rep. Rodolfo Albano)
HB 4515 - Granting the Radyo de Oro Corporation a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the Province of Misamis Oriental (Rep. Benjo Benaldo)
HB 5872 - Renewing and amending the franchise granted to Philippine Global Communications, Inc. (RCA Communications, Inc.) (Rep. Paolo Javier)
HR 1916 - Inquiry into the alleged transgression of the Franchise Law in the lease and use of frequencies assigned to the Altimax Broadcasting, Co. by Globe Telecommunications' subsidiary Innove Communications Inc. (Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao)
Privilege Speech - On the alleged lease agreement between Globe Telecom and Altimax Broadcasting Inc. (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HEALTH
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
Committee Report on the Substitute Bill to HBs 20, 87, 102, 150, 210, 265, 367, 495, 637, 655, 937, 961, 1083, 1202, 1267, 1566, 1567, 1612, 1628, 1847, 1854, 1965, 2099, 2174, 2441, 2547, 2711, 2939, 3090, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3405, 3499, 3544, 3545, 3795, 3921, 4116, 4150, 4168, 4235, 4236, 4238, 4339, 4340, 4430, 4590, 5003, 5038, 5047, 5177, 5270, 5283 & 5284 – Providing healthcare services to all Filipinos, further amending RA 7875, otherwise known as the National Health Insurance Act of 1995, as amended (Reps. Marcelino Teodoro, Juan Edgardo Angara, Janette Garin, Ben Evardone, Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, Reps. Mary Mitzi ‘Mitch’ Cajayon, Susan Yap, Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco, Ph.D., Bernadette Herrera-Dy, Rufus Rodriguez, Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay, Eufranio ‘Franny’ Eriguel, M.D., Mark Villar, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Ignacio Arroyo Jr., Joseph Victor Ejercito, Emi Calixto-Rubiano, Wilfrido Mark Enverga, Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay, George Arnaiz, Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David, Mariano Michael Velarde Jr., Loreto Leo Ocampos, Alfredo Marañon III, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Reps. Abigail Faye Ferriol, Rogelio Espina, M.D., Philip Pichay, Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo, Romeo Acop, Salvio Fortuno, Kimi Cojuangco, Anthony Del Rosario, Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo and Carmelo Lazatin)
HR 436 – Inquiry into the Memorandum of Agreement entered into by the Province of Bataan with the Department of Health (DOH) with respect to the management and control of Bataan General Hospital and its annex (Rep. Herminia Roman)
HB 3624 – Establishing the Parañaque District Hospital in the City of Parañaque and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Edwin Olivarez)
HB 4777 – Increasing the bed capacity of the Dinaig Municipal Hospital in the Municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Province of Maguindanao, from 10 to 25 beds and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Bai Sandra Sema)
Privilege Speech – On the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) given to the Philippine General Hospital (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 1971 - Commending Benjie Pantino, Benjames Go, Jerwin Rendon and the Catanduanes State COlleges for bagging the top three places in the 2011 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination and calling for greater funding for state colleges and universities (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HB 5013 - Requiring automatic expenditure for medical examination and treatment of public school educators and employees in the General Appropriation Act (Rep. Eulogio 'Amang' Magsaysay)
HB 2840 - Requiring all provinces and highly-urbanized cities to establish a technical vocational and skills training school (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Briefing by various government agencies on disaster preparedness
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HB 5875 - Providing for the conservation, protection and prevention of Aeta villages in Zambales (Rep. Jun Omar Ebdane)
HR 1364 - Inquiry into the alleged death threaths to the Aeta/Abellen officials of the Maporac Ayta Organization (MAO) in Maporac, Zambales for safeguarding their ancestral domain against mining and illegal logging (Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr.)
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS (CANCELLED)
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
REVISION OF LAWS
Conf. Rm. 13 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HBs 1671, 2481, 4269 & 4368 – Amending EO 209, otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Marcelino Teodoro and Rene Relampagos)
HBs 1400, 5263 & 5664 – Increasing the penalties for carnapping, amending for the purpose RA 6539, as amended, otherwise known as the Anti-Carnapping Act of 1972 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Catalina Bagasina and Jorge ‘Bolet’ Banal)
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Speaker's Conf. Rm., 2/F Main Bldg.
09:30 AM
Update by the Commission on Election (COMELEC) on the preparation for the May 2013 mid-term elections
BASES CONVERSION
Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HR 1771 – Investigation into why the Camp John Hay Development Corporation (CJHDevCo.), awardee of a lease contract to develop and manage Camp John Hay, is allowed to continue despite having repeatedly defaulted on its obligation to pay the government the agreed lease rental of the premises (Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas)
HR 1976 – Inquiry into the P381.8 million that CJHDevCo. owes the government representing unpaid rentals for Camp John Hay in Baguio City on top of other payables due to the government (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Committee Report on the Substitute Bill to HBs 454, 553, 729, 837, 1140, 1201, 1815, 2400, 2559, 3717, 4277, 4477, 4753 & 4896; SB 78 – Instituting regulatory policies for domestic work thereby establishing standards of protection to promote the welfare of domestic workers, prohibiting the employment of minors as domestic workers (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Juan Ponce Enrile Jr., Rufus Rodriguez, Jose Carlos Cari, Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo, Marcelino Teodoro, Emmeline Aglipay, Romeo Acop, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Tobias ‘Toby’ Tiangco, Raymond Democrito Mendoza, Emil Ong, Catalina Bagasina and Lani Mercado-Revilla; Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito-Estrada)
HBs 5864 & 5935 – Strengthening tripartism, amending for the purpose Art. 275 of PD 442, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, as amended (Reps. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David and Emil Ong)
HR 1754 – Inquiry into the alleged violations of the proper sharing of the proceeds of tuition fee increases imposed by various educational institutions (Rep. Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HB 5267 - Subdividing Barangay Balili in the Municipality of Mankayan, Province of Benguet, into two separate and independent barangays to be known as barangays Balili North and Balili South (Rep. Ronald Cosalan)
HB 5595 - Establishing the Cordillera Autonomous Region (Rep. Bernardo Vergara)
HB 5890 - Dividing Barangay Canumay into Canumay West and Canumay East, City of Valenzuela (Rep. Rex Gatchalian)
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 468, 1963, 2770, 2845 & 2965 - Reforming and strengthening the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Reps. Kaka bag-ao, Raymond Palatino, Marcelino Teodoro, Rachel Marguerite Del Mar and Anthony Rolando Golez Jr.)
HBs 2114, 2534, 3604, 3732, 4568, 4786 & 5069 - Abolishing the SK, amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA 7160 (Reps. Florencio Garay, Magtanggol Gunigundo, Sergio Apostol, Marc Douglas Cagas IV, Deogracias Ramos Jr., Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia and Rep. Reynaldo Umali)
MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HR 679 - Inquiry into the plight of Muslim Filipinos, during the yearly Jajj at Mecca so that remedial measures could be undertaken to address the many concerns of Muslim Filipinos who join the yearly Hajj (Rep. NUr Jaafar)
HR 1869 - Inquiry into reports that more than 1,000 Muslim Filipino pilgrims had been registered by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) but were stranded in Metro Manila for weeks because they lacked Hajj visas (Rep. Pangalian Balindong)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
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)
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY (CANCELLED)
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HB 5763 – Naming the Mountain Province Police Provincial Office in the capital town of Bontoc, Mountain Province to Camp Lt. Geronimo F. Montes (Rep. Maximo Dalog)
Briefing by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on the current peace and order situation in the country and its overall plans and programs to counter crimes
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
02:00 PM
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 4962 - Strengthening people's participation in institutionalizing "One Town One Products" (OTOP)-based programs and projects through inter-local government unit (LGU) cooperation (Rep. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales)