COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.
DAILY SCHEDULE
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
08:30 AM
Technical Working Group meeting on 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)
JUSTICE
R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
09:00 AM
Determination of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the ground for impeachment of Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo and determination of probable cause
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE
Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HB 4260 – Designating Ballet Philippines as the Philippine National Ballet Company, defining its role and functions and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Antonio Lagdameo Jr.)
HB 1676 – Establishing a National Accrediting Agency for Teacher Education Institutions (NAATEI) (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HBs 1374, 1375, 1594, 5426, 5447, 5489, 5584 & 5607 – Establishing national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Aurora Cerilles, Eduardo Gullas, Romero Federico ‘Miro’ Quimbo, Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia, Reps. Antonio Alvarez, Roman Romulo and Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
HB 1595 – Establishing a primary school in Barangay Calavera in the City of Naga, Province of Cebu, to be known as the Calavera Primary School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eduardo Gullas)
HB 2776 – Establishing the Ramon M. Durano Sr. Foundation Science and Technology Education Center (RMDSF-STEC) in Barangay Guinsay, City of Danao, Province of Cebu and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ramon Durano VI)
HBs 2491 & 3571 – Separating/converting high schools into independent national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Antonio Alvarez and Vicente Belmonte Jr.)
HB 3617 – Converting the Mabalacat Community High School in Barangay Atlu Bola, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga into a technical vocational and skills training high school, to be known as the Mabalacat Community Technical Vocational and Skills Training High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)
HB 3618 – Converting the Sapang Biabas National High School in Barangay Camachiles, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga into a technical vocational and skills training high school, to be known as the Sapang Biabas National Technical Vocational and Skills Training High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)
HB 3978 – Converting the Kinoguitan National Agricultural High School in the Municipality of Kinoguitan, Province of Misamis Oriental into an institute of science and technology to be known as the Kinoguitan Institute of Science and Technology and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HB 4928 – Converting the Soom Elementary School in Barangay Soom, Municipality of Trinidad, Province of Bohol into an integrated school to be known as the Soom Integrated School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Erico Aumentado)
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 103 – Inquiry into the missing P170 million funds from the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Peace Process (OPAPP) (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 541 – Inquiry into the alleged unauthorized bonuses that the employees of the OPAPP received in 2009 and other anomalies (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 104 – Inquiry into how the loan from the Agency Francaise De Development of France intended for climate change was used and why it was used for purposes different from what it was intended for (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
WAYS & MEANS (CANCELLED)
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 4468 - Promoting soil and water conservation technologies and approaches for sustainable land management in the Philippines (Rep. Sharon Garin)
GAMES & AMUSEMENTS
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 4285, 4956 & 5030 - Amending RA 1169, otherwise known as the law providing for Charity Sweepstakes, Horse Races and Lotteries, as amended by Batas Pambansa Blg. 42 and PD 1157 (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Pedro Romualdo and Rodolfo Biazon)
HB 5127 - Creating the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes and Lottery Commission (PCSLC), repealing for the purpose RA 1169, as amended (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Substitute Bill to HBs 49, 403 & 159 – Strengthening the political party system and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Juan Edgardo Angara and Arthur Yap)
TRADE & INDUSTRY
Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HB 5693 – Promoting competitiveness and fair competition in the Philippine motor vehicle industry through the rationalization of the granting of fiscal incentives (Rep. Pedro Romualdo)
HBs 955 & 1517 – Requiring car companies to put up sub-assembly plants for the local manufacture of certain car or auto parts (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco, Ph. D.)
HB 4499 – Strengthening the competitiveness of the Philippine motor vehicle manufacturing industry (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 5279 – Establishing the Comprehensive Motor Development Act (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HB 1800 – Increasing the maternity leave benefits from 60 days to 120 days or four months, amending for the purpose PD 442, as amended by RA 7322 (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
HB 1478 – Prescribing the penalties for an immediate superior or senior official of an agency, public or private, who denies application for leave of absence by a victim-survivor of violence against women and their children as provided under Sec. 42 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9262, otherwise known as the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
HB 4217 – Establishing a women and children monitoring desk in regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC), amending for the purpose Sec. 43 of RA 9262 (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
HB 5334 – Granting an additional 15-day paid leave for eligible employees who are victims of domestic violence, amending Sec. 43 of RA 9262 (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)