COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.
DAILY SCHEDULE
AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
HB 3259 – Enhancing the powers of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to ban the smuggling of sugar and its derivatives, amending EO 18, providing funds therefor and establishing a policy for its implementation (Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer)
HB 3265 – Strengthening the SRA (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 6113 – Strengthening the development of the sugar cane industry, establishing the Sugar Cane Industry Development Fund, amending for the purpose PD 1890, providing funds therefor (Rep. Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez)
HR 810 – Investigation into the effectivity of the SRA and Bureau of Customs' Memorandum of Agreement in preventing sugar smuggling (Minority Leader Danilo Suarez)
HR 811 – Investigation into the effectivity of the SRA in maintaining an environment of stabilized sugar prices to protect consumers (Minority Leader Danilo Suarez)
HEALTH
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
Forum on PhilHealth's latest programs and policies in attaining universal health care for all Filipinos
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
Demonstration by the Smartmatic on how the Precint Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machine works
APPROPRIATIONS
R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
09:30 AM
Substitute Bill to HBs 76, 2112 & 4949 and HRs 3, 93, 333 & 578 - Amending RA 7898, otherwise known as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Act (Reps. Albert Raymond Garcia, Rufus Rodriguez and Rodolfo Biazon)
Substitute Bill to HB 1075 - Establishing quality standards for mineral, carbonated and other bottled water (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Substitute Bill to HB 3852 - Regulating the practice of the criminology profession in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose RA 6506, otherwise known as the law creating the Board of Examiners for Criminologists in the Philippines, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 4989 - Increasing the number of plantilla positions for the West Visayas State University assigned to staff the West Visayas State University Medical Center in order to meet the standard number of staffing positions for a 300-bed medical center and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HR 2150 - Urging the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to appropriate the necessary funds to upgrade the presidential vehicle under the custody of the Presidential Security Group (Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento)
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION jt. w/ PUBLIC INFORMATION
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Substitute Bill to HBs 5061 & 5147 – Amending RA 7306, providing for the establishment of the People’s Television Network, Incorporated (PTNI), defining its powers and functions, providing for its sources of funding (Reps. Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez and Dakila Carlo Cua)
HUMAN RIGHTS jt. w/ NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 961 – Inquiry into the alleged acts committed by the mining operations of Oceana Gold Philippines, Incorporated (OGPI) in Barangay Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya which amount to a violation of the rights of the indigenous peoples (IPs) therein (Rep. Kaka Bag-ao)
HRs 64, 1044, 1152, 1156, 1286, 1539, 1645, 2108, 2161 & 2184 – Inquiry into the extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations committed against the civilian populace throughout the country (Reps. Rafael Mariano, Neri Colmenares, Raymond Palatino, Luzviminda Ilagan and Emmi De Jesus)
Motu proprio inquiry into several cases of human rights violations in various parts of the country
NATURAL RESOURCES
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Substitute Bill to HBs 2422 & 3562 - Governing the operations and administration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) (Reps. Rex Gatchalian and Joseph Gilbert Violago)
HR 2473 - Commending overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Alma Guiao for her heroic deeds and efforts in locating and contacting her fellow OFWs trapped in Homms and ferrying them to Damascus, both in war-torn Syria, as a virtual one-person rescue mission credited with rescuing at least 25 OFWs with she herself undertaking the dangerous task of coming in and out of HOMS several times at the height of the now-famous "Siege of Homs" (Rep. Walden Bello)
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
10:45 AM
Substitute Bill to HBs 2825, 3758 & 4184 – Strengthening the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (Reps. Walden Bello, Ma. Georgina De Venecia and Angelo Palmones)
AGRARIAN REFORM
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HB 5783 – Providing for the condonation of penalties and interest on loans secured by the agrarian reform beneficiaries, farmers and their cooperatives from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA) and People’s Credit and Finance Corporation (PCFC) (Rep. Cresente Paez)
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HR 1725 – Inquiry into the status of the implementation of RA 9418, otherwise known as the Volunteerism Act of 2007, and on the various volunteerism efforts undertaken by concerned national government agencies, local government units and other stakeholders with special focus on the achievement of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (Deputy Speaker Jesus Crispin Remulla)
Briefing by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on the volunteering efforts for MDGs
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HR 1318 - Inquiry into the assassination of Armando Maximino, indigenous leader of the Dumagat tribe (Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr.)
HR 1319 - Inquiry into the assassination of Florita Caya, an indigenous leader (Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr.)
HR 1536 - Inquiry into the alleged series of harassment and intimidation constituting human rights violations committed by elements of the 73rd Infantry batallion, Philippine Army onBlaan comunities in Malapatan, Saranggani Province that caused the halt of delivery of social services by non-governmental organizations to said neglected tribal communities (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
HR 1537 - Inquiry into the reported attack perpetrated by the Wild Dogs, a paramilitary group, that killed Datu Lapugotan, a Manobo tribal leader and an anti-mining activist in Agusan del Sur, focusing on the policy wisdom of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) use of the IPs in counterinsurgency programs and operations (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
HR 1600 - Inquiry into the reported human rights violations committed by security personnel of Fast Tech Security Agency, members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and local officals against residents of Sitio Delebsong, Barangay Nipoo, Dinalungan, Aurora who were also members of indigenous cultural communities (Rep. Rafael Mariano)
HR 1857 - Inquiry into the practice of government soldiers of setting up camp in schools, barangay centers and other public civilian facilities as well as living in the homes and civilian communities in ancestral domains during counter-insurgency operation as exemplified by the recent actions of the Philippine Army's 29th Infantry batallion in Brangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HJRs 02 & 13 – Expressing the approval by both Houses of Congress of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Reorganization Plan pursuant to RA 8551, which provides for the reform and reorganization of the PNP, amending certain provisions of RA 6975, which establishes the PNP under a reorganized Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) (Reps. Joseph Emilio Abaya and Rodolfo Antonino)
HB 6203 – Removing the height requirement for police, fire, and jail officers, further amending Sec. 30 of RA 6975, as amended, otherwise known as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 and Sec. 4 of RA 9263, as amended, otherwise known as the Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Professionalization Act of 2004 (Rep. Pablo John Garcia)
HR 2392 – Recognizing the initiative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in establishing a system of combating transnational crime and developing police cooperation agreement (Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil)