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WEDNESDAY, 27-JANUARY-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
National Forum on Volunteerism as Strategy for Development
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1152 – Urging the Department of Foreign Affairs through the permanent representative of the Philippine Mission in New York, USA, to initiate discussions towards adopting a United Convention on Aid Effectiveness (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Briefing by the Department of Foreign Affairs on the status of the implementation of the machine readable passport (MRP) and electronic passport projects
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSIGHT
Agenda/Resource Person :
Update on the automation of 2010 election which is part of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s 10-point agenda
Briefing on the possible expansion of Pagbilao Coal Plant in line with the “Electrification for All” agenda
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY(CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3309 – Declaring a National Peace Policy thereby creating a Commission on Peace (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 1546 – Requiring the office of the presidential adviser on the peace process to fully disclose specific details of the renewed peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels (Rep. Maria Isabelle Climaco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
Part I
HR 783 – Urging the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the National Housing Authority (NHA) to institute reforms on the guidelines of the Local Housing Program (LHP) and adopt a scheme that would ensure the effective, efficient and expeditious utilization of the program by Members of the House of Representatives as envisioned in RA 8735, otherwise known as the Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Financing Act (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
Part II
HR 480 – Inquiry into the proposed implementation of housing project along the East and West Berm area of the Manggahan Floodway otherwise known as the “Home Along the Floodway” to the detriment of the settlers therein and to enact measures that shall protect the rights and welfare of the affected parties and to make necessary actions to halt the implementation of said project pending completion of the inquiry (Rep. Liza Maza )
HR 487 – Inquiry into the plight of residents from the barangays located alongside the Pasig River who were displaced by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) without adequate provision for relocation and to recommend appropriate remedial legislation (Rep. Roman Romulo)
HR 1259 – Calling for an immediate moratorium on demolition and eviction of families living along the Pasig River rehabilitation project-affected areas, unless adequate and affordable relocation shall have been provided in compliance with the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights, the requirements under Art. XIII, Sec. 10 of the constitution and Art. VII, Secs. 28 and 29 of RA 7279 otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992. (Rep. Leonardo Montemayor)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Agenda/Resource Person :
Executive Meeting
Substitute Bills on the following measures:
HB 3388 – Upholding the rights to travel and providing grounds for travel restrictions (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HBs 956 & 5202 – Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender indentity (Reps. Risa Hontiveros and Narciso Santiago III)
Committee Report on the following measures:
HRs 085, 086, 106, 118, 172, 180, 184, 232, 294, 295, 297, 299, 301, 348, 375, 400, 401, 433, 435, 438, 450, 452, 457, 460, 469, 471, 479, 505, 541, 562, 676 & 692 (Reso No. 118), Resolution Nos. 095, 131, 192, 193, 215, 232, 258, 259, 261, 263, 266, 273, 280, 281, 284, 298, 352, 355, 363, 364, House Concurrent Resolution 001, and six Privilege Speeches – On the matter of extra-judicial killings, involuntary disappearances, torture and other human rights violations committed against civilians throughout the country (Reps. Lorenzo Tañada III, Risa Hontiveros, Satur Ocampo, the Late Crispin Beltran, Teodoro Casiño, Liza Maza, Rafael Mariano, Luzviminda Ilagan, Mujiv Hataman, Munir Arbison, Bienvenido Abante, Jr., Eduardo Joson, Niel Tupas, Jr., Yusop Jikiri, Romulo Roman and Edcel Lagman)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4052 – Institutionalizing the payment of Zakkat by Muslims in the Philippines, creating the Philippine Baitul-Mal and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TOURISM
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 5835 – Establishing a special tourism zone in the island of Boracay, Municipality of Malay, Province of Aklan and creating for this purpose the Boracay Island Special Tourism Zone Authority, prescribing its powers, functions, duties and providing funds therefor (Rep. Florencio Miraflores)
HB 6117 – Developing and promoting film tourism in the Philippines, providing funds and incentives therefor (Rep. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David)
HB 6573 – Declaring the various municipalities in the first district of Surigao Del Norte as eco-tourism area, creating an authority to manage and administer the same, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Francisco Matugas)
HB 6708 – Declaring the Province of Masbate as ecotourism zone, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Antonio Kho)
HB 6743 – Declaring the Marikina Riverbanks in Marikina as ecotourism zone and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 7073 – Recognizing national scenic byways in the Philippines thereby creating a National Scenic Byways Program, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo)
HB 7077 – Promoting Agri-tourism in the Philippines (Rep. Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo)
Brieifing by the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) regarding the programs and status of PTA-managed properties
TUESDAY, 26-JANUARY-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1499 – Investigation into the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the general assembly in relation to the election of the board of directors without the prescribed quorum under the by-laws of the Simbayanan ni Maria Development Cooperative and RA 9520, otherwise known as the Philippine Cooperative Code for the purpose of instituting remedial measures that will uphold the rights of the members of the cooperative (Rep.Cresente Paez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HJR 51 – Expressing the determination and sense of the Congress of the Philippines to exempt Agus and Pulangui Hydro Complexes from privatization as mandated by RA 9136 otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) (Speaker Prospero Nograles)
HR 1533 – Expressing the strong opposition of the House of Representatives to the sale and privatization of the Agus and the Pulangui Hydroelectric Plant Complexes in Mindanao (Rep. Vicente Belmonte, Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 6208, 6351 & 6490 – Imposing a uniform franchise tax on distribution utilities enjoying legislative franchise in lieu of any and all taxes collected by the government with the end in view of reducing the cost of electricity borne by consumers (Reps. Salvacion Ponce-Enrile, Monico Puentevella and Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo)
HB 6391 – Imposing a franchise tax on the sale of electricity by electric distribution utilities, amending for the purpose Sec. 108 and 119 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended (Rep. Exequiel Javier)
Substitute Bill to HB 5147 – Promoting the Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Development in the Country (Rep. Abraham Kahlil Mitra)
Substitute Bill to HB 2652 – Reducing health care costs by requiring tertiary and specialized hospitals to share certain services and equiptment (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Substitute Bill to HB 2428 – Establishing an Adopt-A-Health Center Program, providing incentives therefor (Rep. Arthur Pingoy, Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt.w/ INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Agenda/Resource Person :
Pre-Bicameral Meeting
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION jt. w/ RURAL DEV'T., & SPL. CTTEE. ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group
MONDAY, 25-JANUARY-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 5867 – Mandating all government and private banks to extend loans for the purpose of applying for jobs overseas to graduates of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Rep. Jose Antonio Roxas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 6880 – Amending Sec. 442 of RA 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 6931 – Renumbering the fourth and fifth legislative districts of Camarines Sur, amending Sec. 3 (d) and (e) of RA 9716 (Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS jt. w/ ENERGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
Executive Meeting on the following measures:
HBs 6207, 6398, 6350 & 6646, Directing the reduction of electricity rates through the utilization of the government share in the discovery, exploration, development and/or production of indigenous sources of energy (Reps. Salvacion Ponce-Enrile, Jonathan Dela Cruz, Monico Puentevella and Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David);
HB 6399, Rationalizing royalty taxes and government shares derived from the proceeds from the extraction of indigenous natural gas (Rep. Teofisto Guingona III)