BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE
Venue: Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Time: 09:30 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: 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
Venue: Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Time: 09:30 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: 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
Venue: Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Time: 09:30 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: 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
Venue: Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Time: 10:00 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: 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)
Venue: Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: Briefing on the current status of the Government of the Philippines–Moro Islamic Liberation Front (GPH-MILF) peace talks

POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Venue: Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: 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
Venue: Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: HB 4924 - Establishing a comprehensive system for registration and licensing of Social Welfare and development agencies and accreditation of social welfare and development programs and services, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas)
HR 2031 - Directing the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to exert all efforts and pour all available resources to Cagayan de Oro City in order to hasten the recovery of the people affected by Typhoon Sendong (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 2170 - Commending the officials and members of the Empowering People with Disabilities, Inc. (EPWD), an organization of officials and employees in the House of Representatives, for being the first government agency-based persons with disabilities (PWD) organization in the country (Rep. Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado)

YOUTH & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Venue: Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: 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)