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THURSDAY, 11-NOVEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
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(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat) - Committee/SubCommittee:
TRADE & INDUSTRY
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HB 47 - Amending certain provisions of RA 8293 prescribing the Intellectual Property Code and establishing the Intellectual Property Office, providing for its powers and functions (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 267 - Amending certain provisions of RA 8293, otherwise known as the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (IPCP)(Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 2040 - Granting exemptions from securing permission from the publisher or copyright owner of printed materials to reproduce the same in a specialized format for the exclusive use of blind or visually-impaired individuals, amending Sec. 185 of RA 8293, otherwise known as the IPCP (Rep. Irwin Tieng)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
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Task Force Meeting on the celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) on November 22-26, 2010
WEDNESDAY, 10-NOVEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 505, 907, & 974 – Requiring all government-issued identification cards, certificates and licenses to include a portion indicating the blood type of the holder and providing penalties for violations thereof (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara, Susan Yap and Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
HBs 610 & 2846 – Regulating the use of government ambulances, providing penalties therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HBs 107 & 1029 – Providing for mandatory Hepatitis B vaccination of all infants within a reasonable period of time after birth and other vaccine-preventable diseases (Reps. Joseph Emilio Abaya and Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
HB 83 – Amending PD 996, as amended (Rep. Susan Yap)
HB 988 – Declaring the month of February of every year as Liver Cancer and Hepatitis B Awareness and Prevention Month (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
HBs 960 & 1270 – Establishing trans fat labeling requirements on food product labels and banning harmful trans fats in food (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
HB 950 – Mandating ocular prophylaxis on newborns (Rep. Philip Pichay)
HB 78 – Establishing the Mariveles District Hospital in the Province of Bataan and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Albert Raymond Garcia)
HB 103 – Converting the Western Visayas Medical Center into a government-owned and controlled hospital corporation with the San Joaquin Municipal Hospital as its subsidiary and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Janette Garin)
HB 253 - Providing for the upgrade and modernization of the J.R. Borja City Memorial Hospital as an extension hospital of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental, and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 425 –Increasing the minimum bed capacity of the Zamboanga City Medical Center from 250 to 500, amending for the purpose Sec. 2 of RA 7272 (Rep. Erico Basilio Fabian)
HB 884 – Converting the Western Visayas Sanitarium and Leprosarium in the Sta. Barbara, Iloilo into the President Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital and Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, defining its powers and functions, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
HB 1024 – Providing for the upgrade and modernization as well as increasing the bed capacity of Severo Verallo Memorial District Hospital at Taytayan, City of Bogo, Province of Cebu, from 50 to 100 bed capacity and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Benhur Salimbangon)
HB 1168 – Converting the Siargao District Hospital at Dapa Siargao Island, Surigao Del Norte into an annex of the Caraga Regional Hospital in Surigao City and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Francisco ‘Lalo’ Matugas)
HB 1490 – Converting the Calbayog City District Hospital as an extension of the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center in Tacloban City and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento)
HB 1611 – Amending RA 6435, changing the name of San Marcelino Emergency Hospital (Mayor Leopoldo F. Rabanes Memorial Hospital) in San Marcelino, Zambales, to Miguela P. Magsaysay Hospital (Rep. Maria Milagros Magsaysay)
HB 1272 – Prohibiting the detention of live or dead patients in hospitals and medical clinics on grounds of non-payment of hospital bills or medical expenses (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
HB 2055 – Prohibiting the practice of withholding the discharge of indigent patients who fail to pay hospital or medical bills incurred due to emergency treatment and support, amending for the purpose, Sec. 3 of Batas Pambansa 702, as amended by RA 8344 (Rep. Ma. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa)
HB 2729 – Establishing a universal newborn hearing screening program for the prevention, early diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss among children (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
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Technical Working Group
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
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HRs 316, 324, 338, 343, 348 & 375 – Inquiry into allegations of fraud and abuses at the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Funds) (Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales III, Reps. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., Jeci Lapus, Aurelio ‘Dong’ Gonzales Jr., Rufus Rodriguez and Amado Bagatsing)
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GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
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Technical Working Group
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
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HB 3161 – Strengthening the Public Safety College System as the premier educational institution for training, human resource development and continuing education of all police, fire and jail personnel, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
HB 43 – Creating a comprehensive national loan program for college education and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HBs 153 & 365 – Strengthening the Study Now Pay Later Plan for post-secondary education (Reps. Edwin Olivarez and Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 242 – Providing for a comprehensive Study Now Pay Later plan and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 499 – Providing for teaching service as payment for educational loans drawn from public funds, including tuition subsidies for students of state universities and colleges (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HBs 670, 1247, 1331, 1610 & 1820 – Creating a National Student Loan Board to implement a national student loan program for the poor, defining its implementing guidelines, rules and regulations and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Joseph Victor Ejercito, Mark Villar, Rodante Marcoleta, Maria Milagros Magsaysay and Imelda Calixto-Rubiano)
HB 1876 – Establishing a student assistance program by banks and government financial institutions (Rep. Roman Romulo)
HB 2097 – Providing for a student loan program, establishing the student loan fund to be administered by the local government units and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Romeo Acop)
HB 1443 – Declaring the Pampanga Agricultural College as a state university to be name as Diosdado Macapagal Agriculture and Science State University (Rep. Carmelo lazatin)
HB 3024 – Converting the Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology in the Province of Oriental Mindoro into Oriental Mindoro State University and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
HB 3122 – Converting the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology in the City of Iloilo into the Iloilo State University with campuses in the Municipalities of Barotac Nuevo, Dumangas, Leon and Miag-ao, all located in the Province of Iloilo and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE jt. w/ NATIONAL DEFENSE
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HBs 525, 527, 619, 1407, 1455, 1904, 2720, 3060, 3229, 3256 & 3459 - Creating additional branches of the Metropolitan and Regional Trial Courts in various provinces, amending for the purpose Batas Pambansa 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 (Reps. Eduardo Gullas, Juan Edgardo Angara, Rufus Rodriguez, Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle ‘Beng’ Climaco, Reps. Roy Loyola, Janette Garin, Danilo Ramon Fernandez, Rodolfo Biazon, Jeffrey Ferrer and Victorino Dennis Socrates)
HR 524 – Urging His Excellency, Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III to grant amnesty to all active and former members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and their supporters who have or may have committed violations of the Revised Penal Code, the Articles of War and other special laws in connection with the so-called Oakwood mutiny, the Manila Pen incident, and the February 2006 Marine stand-off and related incidents (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
HCR 7 – Concurring with Proclamation No. 50 of the President of the Republic of the Philippines dated 11 October 2010, ‘Granting amnesty to active and former personnel of the AFP and their supporters who may have committed acts or omissions punishable under the Revised Penal Code, the Articles of War or other special laws committed in connection with the Oakwood mutiny, marines stand-off and the Manila Pen incident and related incidents (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
HBs 132, 452, 1832, 2110, 2471, 2675 & 2922 – Establishing, providing and mandating the protection, security and benefits of whistleblowers in the Philippines (Reps. Teodoro Casiño, Juan Edgardo Angara, Marcelino Teodoro, Rufus Rodriguez, Ma. Rachel Arenas, Gabriel Quisumbing and Salvador Escudero III)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
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HR 379 - Inquiry into the reported indiscriminate issuance of franchises to buses and all other public transport vehicles in Metro Manila (Rep. Tobias 'Toby' Tiangco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRARIAN REFORM
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Briefing on IRR of RA 9700 - Strengthening the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), extending the acquisition and distribution of all agricultural lands, instituting necessary reforms, amending for the purpose certain provision of RA 6657, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1998, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor (Minority Leader Edcel Lagman)
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SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS (CANCELLED)
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An assessment of the conduct of the recently concluded synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
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HR 111 – Inquiry into the national flag carrier Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) looming retrenchment of more than 2,600 employees as a result of its planned spin-off of its call center reservations, in-flight catering and airport services units (Rep. Rafael Mariano)
HR 181 – Investigation into the alleged bad faith by the PAL management in its on-going Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations with the Flight Attendants' and Stewards' Association of the Philippines (FASAP), the flag carrier's discrimination against its female flight attendants, its reported non-compliance with the prevailing minimum wage, its failure to observe certain labor standards and the reported violations it committed under the existing PAL-FASAP collective bargaining agreement (Rep. Walden Bello)
HR 194 – Investigation into the alleged discriminatory and inhumane regulations of the PAL against its flight attendants and stewards (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HR 211 – Inquiry into the labor problems and situation in PAL in order to protect the rights of workers and determine compliance with the core labor standards and to come-up with recommendations on how to strengthen labor legislation that will promote decent work in the country (Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
HR 265 – Inquiry into the PAL’s gross violation of various laws protecting the rights of women workers against discrimination in the workplace as alleged by the FASAP and recommend measures to protect women workers against discrimination and uphold their constitutional right to equal protection before the law (Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan)
HR 275 – Investigation into the outsourcing and contractualization scheme being implemented by PAL with the end in view of protecting and strengthening the employees’ right to organization and security of tenure (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
Privilege Speech – On the contractualization of PAL employees and the alleged discriminatory labor policies of PAL management against the FASAP (Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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HB 898 – Devolving the regulatory and franchising powers over the operation of motorcycle-for-hire, or habal-habal to cities and municipalities, amending for the purpose section 447 and 458 of RA 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Rep. Ramon Durano VI)
HBs 137, 149, 636, 701, 1493, 1752, 1893, 2162 & 2474 – Amending Secs. 284, 286 and 393 of RA 7160, reformulating the internal revenue allotment (Reps. Danilo Suarez, Ben Evardone, Juan Edgardo Angara, Rufus Rodriguez, Mel Senen Sarmiento, Salvador Escudero III, George Arnaiz and Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 2999 – Providing for the apportionment of the composition of the lone legislative district of the City of Bacolod and thereby creating a new legislative district from such reapportionment (Rep. Anthony Rolando Golez Jr.)
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PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
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HB 219 – Institutionalizing the participation of bona fide people’s organizations, non-government organizations, or private/civic sector groups in public hearings in Congress and local government units’ budget deliberations (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
TUESDAY, 09-NOVEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE jt. w/ HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
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HBs 88, 519 & 3223 – Amending RA 8545 or the Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Act (GASTPE), providing for an expanded voucher or coupon system in secondary and tertiary education, and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Marcelino Teodoro and Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
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(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat) - Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HRs 178 & 179 – Inquiry into the alleged excessive allowances, bonuses and other benefits being received by Board Members and executive officers of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) (Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. and Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II)
HR 205 – Inquiry into the anomalous issues concerning the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) (Rep. Maria Milagros Magsaysay)
HR 137 – Investigation into the alleged mismanagement or abuses of some officers or personnel, including the members of the Board of Trustees, and other alleged irregularities in the MWSS (Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 55, 1141 & 2974 – Strengthening the functional and structural organization of the Commission on Human Rights (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Karlo Alexei Nograles and Salvador Escudero III)
HBs 48, 205, 2635 & 2982 – Improving Philippine commitment to human rights promotion and protection by providing the necessary mechanism for the prevention of the occurrence and protection from the adverse effects of internal displacement (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Walden Bello and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (CANCELLED)
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HBs 354 & 2781 – Prohibiting discrimination against persons on account of ethnic origin and/or religious belief (Reps. Susan Yap and Tupay Loong)
HR 481 – Inquiry into the alleged irregularities committed by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in the issuance of a certificate of compliance and an exploration permit to the Australian mining firm ROYALCO Philippines Incorporated, despite opposition of tribal residents of Barangay Gambang, Bakun, Benguet to the said company’s ongoing mineral exploration activities (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HR 450 – Commending the 18-person team to the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Indigenous Tribal Games in Malaysia last September 16 to 18, 2010 for winning medals in the said event, and for instilling pride in fellow indigenous peoples of the Philippines (Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POPULATION & FAMILY RELATIONS
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Briefing by the National Statistics Office (NSO) and Commission on Population (POPCOM) - Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
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HB 1970 – Imposing a value simplified tax in lieu of the value-added tax (VAT), amending Title IV of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended (Rep. Hermilando Mandanas)
HB 158 – Promoting agricultural and marine production and post-harvest mechanization by exempting from payment of the expanded VAT the importation of agricultural and fisheries machineries, amending Sec. 109 of the NIRC, as amended, and Sec. 109 of the Agricultural & Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 (Rep. Arthur Yap)
HB 840 – Exempting from VAT the importation of donated articles or goods which are for charitable, humanitarian, relief and similar purposes amending Sec. 109 of the NIRC of 1997, as amended (Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong)
HB 1625 – Removing the sale of electricity power from the coverage of expanded VAT law by amending certain provisions of the NIRC of 1997, as amended by RA 9337 (Rep. Arnulfo Fuentebella)
HB 1630 – Exempting from VAT the sale of electricity by generation, transmission and distribution companies and electric cooperatives; the services of franchise grantees of electric utilities; and the sale or importation of machinery and equipment directly used in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, amending Secs. 108 (A) (ii) and 109 (1) of the NIRC, as amended by RA 9337 (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HB 2719 – Classifying the sale or importation of petroleum products and raw materials in the manufacture thereof as value-added tax exempt transactions, amending for the purpose Sec. 109 (1) of RA 8424, otherwise known as the Tax Reform Act of 1997, as amended by RA 9337 (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HB 2806 – Suspending the EVAT on oil products by suspending the 3% tariff on oil importations and by granting subsidy to consumers from the windfall EVAT taxes collected from oil products (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HBs 2989 & 3487 – Amending Sec. 107 (A) of the NIRC, seeking to exempt from the imposition of VAT donated importation of items or goods, which are for non-profit, charitable, humanitarian, relief purposes (Reps. Joseph Victor Ejercito and Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Agenda/Resource Person :
An assessment of the conduct of the recently concluded synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC INFORMATION
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Organizational Meeting
Briefing by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PDSPO)
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SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT (CANCELLED)
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HBs 213 & 1114 – Governing the creation and accreditation of micro-enterprise development institutions (Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II and Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez)
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VETERANS AFFAIRS & WELFARE
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HB 601 – Providing for the payment of the administrative total disability pension to senior veterans of wars and military campaigns (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 757 – Amending RA 6948, as amended by RA 7696, standardizing and upgrading the benefits for military veterans and their dependents (Rep. Rodolfo Antonino)
HB 1158 – Mandating the use of the proceeds from the development, lease or use of certain government properties for payment of pensions and other benefits of the veterans (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
HB 1273 – Increasing the monthly pension of Filipino war veterans and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco)
HB 1658 – Providing for the payment of arrears in the veterans’ pensions and benefits mandated pursuant to RA 7696, as amended (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 3284 – Amending PD 538 creating the Philippine Veterans Investment Development Company (PHIVIDEC) Industrial Authority as amended by EO 1031, by adding two representatives from the local government units of the Municipalities of Villanueva and Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental as members of board of directors (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 3303 – Declaring the Balete Pass in Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya as a national shrine to be known as Balete Pass National Shrine (Rep. Carlos Padilla)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
RULES
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(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
MONDAY, 08-NOVEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
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HB 3510 – Establishing a simplified income tax return audit for individuals and corporations by paying a certain amount higher than the prior year income tax payment (Rep. Hermilando Mandanas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
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Executive Meeting of the Subcommittee on Oversight with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and Department of Public Works and Highways