COMMITTEE MEETINGS

* Daily schedule of Committee Meetings

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

DAILY SCHEDULE

22-JANUARY-2013, TUESDAY

APPROPRIATIONS
Venue: Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Time: 09:30 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: Substitute Bill to HBs 5779 & 6513 – Promoting and strengthening Filipino design, providing for the purpose a national design policy and renaming the Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines into the Design Center of the Philippines (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Jorge ‘Bolet’ Banal)
Substitute Bill to HBs 296, 1204, 4652 & 4743 – Regulating harbor pilotage services and the conduct of harbor pilots in all ports in the Philippines (Reps. Roilo Golez, Pedro Romualdo, Roger Mercado and Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
Substitute Bill to HB 3676 & HR 234 – Broadening the coverage of the Science and Technology Scholarship Program, amending for the purpose RA 7687, otherwise known as the Science and Technology Act of 1994, as amended (Reps. Angelo Palmones and Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
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)
Substitute Bill to HB 6320 – Strengthening the career executive service (Rep. Andres Salvacion)
Substitute Bill to HBs 2422 & 3562 – Governing the operations and administration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Reps. Rex Gatchalian and Joseph Gilbert Violago)
Substitute Bill to HBs 2825, 3758 & 4184 – Strengthening the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (Reps. Walden Bello, Ma. Georgina De Venecia and Angelo Palmones)
Substitute Bill to HB 6113 – Strengthening the development of the sugar cane industry, establishing for the purpose the Sugar Cane Industry Development Fund, amending Sec. 8 of PD 1890, providing funds therefor (Rep. Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez)
Substitute Bills to HBs 4265, 4772, 5514, 5516, 5519 & 5559, 5532, 5533, 5534, 5539, 5540, 5562, 5563, 5564, 5604, 5619 & 5775, 5644, 5668, 5761, 6080, 6573, 6574 and 6659 – Creating additional regional trial court (RTC) and municipal trial court (MTC) branches in various cities and municipalities all over the country, amending for the purpose Batas Pambansa (BP) Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Oscar Malapitan, Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Nancy Catamco, Romeo Jalosjos Jr., Roberto Puno, Romeo Acop, Carmelo Lazatin, Marc Douglas Cagas IV, Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado, Edgar San Luis, Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia, Reps. Pablo John Garcia, Erico Aumentado, Rachel Marguerite Del Mar, Tomas Osmeña, Victorino Dennis Socrates, Isidro Rodriguez Jr., Jesus Sacdalan, Leopoldo Bataoil, Benhur Salimbangon, George Arnaiz and Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
HBs 3728, 5531, 5659, 5895, 5896, 5910 & 6459 - Creating additional RTC branches in various cities and municipalities all over the country, amending for the purpose BP Blg. 129, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Maria Milagros ‘Mitos' Magsaysay, Kimi Cojuangco, Danilo Ramon Fernandez, Bai Sandra Sema and Luis Villafuerte)
HB 5558 – Creating twelve (12) additional branches of the metropolitan trial court (MeTC) in the National Capital Judicial Region for Pasig City, amending for the purpose BP Blg. 129, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Roman Romulo)

EAST ASEAN GROWTH AREA (CANCELLED)
Venue: Conf. Rm. 12 RVM Bldg.
Time: 09:30 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)

GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Venue: Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Time: 09:30 AM
Agenda/Resource Person: Inquiry into the alleged rice importations involving 90 containers of Indian rice on board APL vessel that arrived at the New Container Terminal 1, Subic Bay, on June 13 and 20, 2012 and 94,000 bags of rice onboard the vessel Minh Tuan 68 that arrived in the waters off the Port of Legazpi, Albay on September 2, 2012

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY jt. w/ AGRICULTURE & FOOD and FOOD SECURITY
Venue: Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:00 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: Seminar on “Pinoy Biotech Products: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture, Improved Health and Better Environment”

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT (Subcommittee on Labor Standards)
Venue: Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: HR 769 – Inquiry into the implementation of Art. 110 of the Labor Code of the Philippines vis-a-vis the plight of the members of the associations of employees of Pantranco as regards their labor claims (Rep. Ronald Cosalan)

NATURAL RESOURCES
Venue: Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Time: 01:30 PM
Agenda/Resource Person: Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)