COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.
DAILY SCHEDULE
APPROPRIATIONS
R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
09:00 AM
Budget Briefing – Office of the President
Budget Briefing – Department of the Interior and Local Government
HEALTH
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
HB 6145 – Instituting a corporate restructuring program for national government hospitals, providing funds therefor (Deputy Speaker Raul Daza)
HEALTH jt. w/ TRADE & INDUSTRY
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
Committee Report on the Substitute Bill to HBs 3527, 3537, 3525 & 3396 - Promoting a comprehensive program on breastfeeding practices and regulating the trade, marketing and promotions of certain foods for infants and children (Reps. Josephine Veronique Lacson-Noel, Lani Mercado-Revilla, Magtanggol Gunigundo I and Anna York Bondoc)
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (CANCELLED)
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE jt. w/ HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 12 – Inquiry into the propriety of adopting a 12-year education cycle in elementary and high school (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 of basic education, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Salvador Escudero III and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
FOOD SECURITY jt. w/ AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 2625 – Investigation into the alleged spurious entry of 420,000 50 kilogram sacks of rice worth about P450 million at the Subic Bay Freeport allegedly originating from India (Rep. Agapito Guanlao)
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 2436 – Investigation into the alleged gross mismanagement of the power debt of Olongapo City, resulting to a staggering amount of P2.3 billion as of the year 2010 (Rep. Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay)
JUSTICE
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HBs 2958, 3372, 4265, 4670, 4708, 4719, 5531 & 6418 – Creating additional regional trial court branches (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, appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Napoleon Dy, Mel Senen Sarmiento, Oscar Malapitan, Jocelyn Limkaichong, Edwin Olivarez, Irvin Alcala, Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay and Reynaldo Umali)
HBs 2306 & 5558 – Creating additional metropolitan trial courts (MeTC) in the Cities of Makati and Pasig, amending for the purpose BP Blg. 129, as amended and appropriating funds therefor (Reps Godofredo Arquiza and Roman Romulo)
HBs 5566 & 5839 – Creating additional branches of the MeTC and RTC in the National Capital Judicial Region to be stationed at the Cities of Malabon and Pasay, amending for the purpose BP Blg. 129, as amended and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Josephine Veronique Lacson-Noel and Imelda Calixto-Rubiano)
HBs 197 & 4619 – Providing for the modernization of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and providing funds therefor (Reps. Roilo Golez and Rodolfo Biazon)
HB 712 – Creating a BuCor Technical Institute (BCTI) within the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) Reservation and the Correctional Institution for Women and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 2880 – Streamlining the BuCor bureaucracy and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 4766 – Mandating the Department of Justice to sell the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) and from the proceeds thereof to acquire four new prison facilities to be located in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and the National Capital Region (Minority Leader Danilo Suarez)
HB 5546 – Establishing three additional penal institutions in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ranulfo Canonigo)
HB 5741 – Providing for the establishment of a high-profile crime detention center under the BuCor, providing funds therefor (Rep. Christopher Co)
HB 5926 – Strengthening the BuCor and providing funds therefor (Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
HR 1327 – Investigation into the anomalies and irregularities committed within the NBP compound under the management of the Bucor (Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil)
JUSTICE jt. w/ GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Substitute Bill to HBs 494, 5251 & 1214 – Strengthening the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel by redefining, expanding, strengthening, rationalizing and further professionalizing its organization, upgrading employee benefits and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Reynaldo Umali and Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo)
INTERPARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACY
Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Committee Report on HR 2284 – Organizing the Philippines-Timor-Leste Parliamentarians’ Friendship Association (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Committee Report on HR 2285 – Organizing the Philippines-Laos Parliamentarians’ Friendship Association (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Committee Report on HR 2363 – Congratulating Aung San Suu Kyi on her being elected as a member of Myanmar's Lower House of Parliament, inviting her to visit the Philippine House of Representatives and organizing the Philippines-Myanmar Parliamentarians’ Friendship Association (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 2364 – Congratulating and commending Honorable Jasmine Lee for being elected as a member of South Korean Parliament last April 12, 2012 (Rep. Anthony Rolando Golez Jr.)
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 6178 – Exempting indigents from paying any fees when they get pre-employment certifications and clearances from government agencies (Rep. Anthony Del Rosario)
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)