COMMITTEE MEETINGS

* Daily schedule of Committee Meetings

Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.

DAILY SCHEDULE

16-OCTOBER-2012, TUESDAY

PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY jt. w/ MUSLIM AFFAIRS and MINDANAO AFFAIRS
Venue: Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Time: 10:00 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: Briefing by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on the framework agreement on the Bangsamoro and on the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Venue: Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: Part I
HJR 33 – Amending Joint Resolution No. 02, expanding the coverage of the Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) to include the status of the VFA with the government of Australia (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)

Part II
HB 6457 – Creating the Center for West Philippine Sea Studies attached to the Department of Foreign Affairs, appropriating funds therefor (Rep.Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 2782 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it strongly supports the issuance by the Office of the President of Administrative Order No. 29, naming the maritime areas on the western side of the Philippine archipelago as the 'West Philippine Sea' (Rep. Roilo Golez)

Part III
HR 2785 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives, extending its hand of support to Cambodia in its efforts to promote parliamentary and inclusive democracy in light of the recommendations of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)

POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Venue: Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: Technical Working Group meeting on 13 legislative measures on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)

SOCIAL SERVICES
Venue: Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: Substitute Bill to 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)
HB 6079 – Declaring Filipino sign language as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and the official language of government in all transactions involving the deaf, and mandating its use in schools, broadcast media, and workplaces (Rep. Antonio Tinio)
HR 2627 – Expressing collective pride in the commendable accomplishment of Mr. Cecilio Pedro, Chairman of the Deaf Evangelical Foundation (DEAF) and owner of Hapee toothpaste, in promoting the welfare of the deaf through employment, education and other learning modalities to give them a chance of life like normal educated people (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)

TRADE & INDUSTRY
Venue: Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Time: 02:00 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: Forum on “Know your Consumer Rights and the Proposed Revised Consumer Act of the Philippines”