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THURSDAY, 09-FEBRUARY-2012

  1. Committee/SubCommittee:
    ENERGY
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Technical Working Group meeting on:

    HBs 5244, 5306, 5380 & 5578 - Strengthening the National Electrification Administration (NEA), amending for the purpose PD 269, otherwise known as the National Electrification Decree, as amended (Reps. Erico Aumentado, Rodel Batocabe, Michael Angelo Rivera and Henedina Abad)
    HB 1018 - Removing the lending authority of the NEA as provided under PD 269, as amended (Rep. Cresente Paez)
    HB 1019 - Transferring to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) the supervisory power over electric cooperatives (ECs) registered under the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) (Rep. Cresente Paez)
  2. Committee/SubCommittee:
    TRANSPORTATION
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Technical Working Group meeting on Draft Substitute Bill to HBs 1155, 1156, 2382 & 3112 - Proposed Maritime Code of the Philippines (Reps. Rodolfo Biazon, Antonio Kho and Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr.)
  3. Committee/SubCommittee:
    ECOLOGY
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)

WEDNESDAY, 08-FEBRUARY-2012

  1. Committee/SubCommittee:
    HEALTH
    Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    HBs 1720, 4797, 4849 & 5325 – Regulating the donation and transplantation of human organs and tissues, providing penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Carol Jayne Lopez, Rene Relampagos and Anna York Bondoc)
    HB 2932 – Requiring the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to include in every driver's license card whether the driver is a donor of an organ and/or tissue and is covered with the organ and tissue donation center (Rep. Godofredo Arquiza)
    HBs 4963 & 5390 – Establishing a national program for sharing of organs from deceased donors and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Scott Davies Lanete, M.D. and Rufus Rodriguez)
    HR 658 – Inquiry into the need to create measures that will address the reported use of children as organ donors to rich patients who are in need of kidney transplants (Rep. Mary Mitzi ‘Mitch’ Cajayon)
    Privilege Speech – On the stringent procedure for organ donation by inmates of the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) (Rep. Pryde Henry Teves)
    HB 4844 – Changing the name of Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital to Dr. Esteban V. Ante Memorial Hospital (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
    HB 5459 – Changing the name of Gubat District Hospital to Salvador R. Encinas District Hospital in Gubat, Sorsogon (Rep. Deogracias Ramos Jr.)
  2. Committee/SubCommittee:
    APPROPRIATIONS
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Substitute Bill to HBs 54, 97, 302, 954 & 1693 – Providing compensation to victims of human rights violations during the Marcos regime, documentation of said violations, appropriating funds therefor (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Edcel Lagman, Walden Bello and Teddy Casiño)
    Substitute Bill to HBs 414, 478, 722, 829, 1233, 1348, 1695 & 3533 – Instituting a National Land Use Policy, providing the implementing mechanisms therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Kaka Bag-ao, Rufus Rodriguez, Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo, Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo, Aurora Cerilles, Rodolfo Biazon and Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
    Substitute Bill to HB 3676 – Expanding the coverage of the Science and Technology Scholarship Program and providing additional sources of funding, amending for the purpose RA 7687, as amended by RA 8248 (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
    Substitute Bill to HBs 911 & 1714 – Institutionalizing a pre-hospital emergency care system, providing for the establishment, supervision and regulation of the pre-hospital emergency care profession (Reps. Susan Yap and Joel Roy Duavit)
    Substitute Bill to HBs 3058, 3391, 3598 & 4467 – Amending RA 8972, otherwise known as the Solo Parents' Welfare Act of 2000 (Reps. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David, Carol Jayne Lopez, Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo and Emmi De Jesus)
    Substitute Bill to HBs 258, 1705, 4212 & 4694 – Amending RA 9208, otherwise known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (Reps. Pryde Henry Teves, Susan Yap, Emmanuel Pacquiao and Mel Senen Sarmiento)
    Substitute Bill to HBs 1382, 2205 & 3334 – Reorganizing the Philippine Statistical System, repealing for the purpose EO 121 (Reps. Ramon Durano VI, Salvador Escudero III and Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II)
    HB 224 – Creating the Philippine Thoroughbred Horseracing Authority and providing funds therefor (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
  3. Committee/SubCommittee:
    GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
  4. Committee/SubCommittee:
    GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ TRANSPORTATION
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    HBs 866, 2463, 3276 & 4000 - Creating a National Transportation Safety Board, appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rodolfo Biazon, Nelson Dayanghirang, Joseph Victor Ejercito and Erico Aumentado)

  5. Committee/SubCommittee:
    METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Briefing by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on the proposed Metro Manila master plan
    Briefing by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on the present status of and current initiatives on the transportation system in Metro Manila
    Briefing by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on the present status of road constructions and repairs in Metro Manila
  6. Committee/SubCommittee:
    OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Substitute Bill to HBs 2422 & 3562 – Creating the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Charter (Reps. Rex Gatchalian and Joseph Gilbert Violago)
  7. Committee/SubCommittee:
    AGRARIAN REFORM
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 13 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
  8. Committee/SubCommittee:
    INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Substitute Bill to HBs 85, 167, 364, 383, 511, 1444, 2279, 3376, 4031 & 4162 - Defining cybercrime, providing for the prevention, investigation, suppression and the imposition of penalties therefor (Reps. Susan Yap, Eric Singson Jr., Marcelino Teodoro, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Juan Edgardo Angara, Carmelo Lazatin, Rufus Rodriguez, Mariano Michael Velarde Jr. and Romeo Acop)
    HB 2858 - Abolishing the interconnection charges imposed by telecommunication companies, amending for the purpose RA 7925, otherwise known as the Public Telecommunications Policy Act of the Philippines (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
    HB 4939 - Prescribing reduced rates of interconnection charges for voice calls and for text messages among telecommunication operators/networks/carriers within the next three years in order to benifit over 85 millionmobile phone subscribers (Rep. Winston 'Winnie' Castelo)
    HB 4958 - Providing for a more affordable voice call and texting service in the Philippines (Rep. Joseph Gilbert Violago)
  9. Committee/SubCommittee:
    LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    HBs 468, 1963, 2770, 2845 & 2965 – Reforming and strengthening the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), amending certain provisions of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Reps. Kaka Bag-ao, Raymond Palatino, Marcelino Teodoro, Rachel Marguerite Del Mar and Anthony Rolando Golez Jr.)
    HBs 2114, 2534, 3604, 3732, 4568 & 4786 – Abolishing the SK, amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA 7160 (Reps. Florencio Garay, Magtanggol Gunigundo I, Sergio Apostol, Marc Douglas Cagas IV, Deogracias Ramos Jr., and Deputy Speaker Pablo Garcia)
    HB 5069 – Providing for the election of youth representative to be known as the Kagawad ng Kabataan as regular member of the Sangguniang Barangay, abolishing for the purpose the Sangguniang Kabataan as provided under RA 7160 (Rep. Reynaldo Umali)
  10. Committee/SubCommittee:
    NATURAL RESOURCES
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    HB 5114 – Declaring the 2nd District of Sorsogon a mining free zone and providing penalties for violations thereof (Rep. Deogracias Ramos Jr.)
    HR 601 – Investigation into the alleged irregularities in the small scale mining operations in Brgy. Balocawe, Matnog, Sorsogon (Rep. Deogracias Ramos Jr.)
    HB 4915 – Declaring the Province of Catanduanes a mining free zone (Rep. Cesar Sarmiento)
    HR 1281 – Investigation into the mining operation in the Municipality of Jose Panganiban, Province of Camarines Norte being undertaken by Investwell Resources, Inc. (Rep. Elmer Panotes)
    HB 4411 – Prohibiting any natural or juridical person to be involved in mining operations within the Carigara Bay area, located between the northern portion of Leyte Province and Biliran Province, and providing penalties for violations thereof (Rep. Sergio Apostol)
    HR 936 – Investigation into the proliferation of illegal and irresponsible mining activities in the Island of Samar (Deputy Speaker Raul Daza)
    Privilege Speeches – On logging and mining activities in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City (Reps. Benjo Benaldo, Rufus Rodriguez, Emmi De Jesus, Yevgeny Vincente Emano and Vicente Belmonte Jr.)
  11. Committee/SubCommittee:
    PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    HR 2071 – Commending the principal author, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, and recognizing the support of the sponsoring Committee on People's Participation, for their contributions in placing HB 3773 in the Friedrich Naumann Foundation's (Stiftung) List of Outstanding Liberal Projects Award for 2011 (Rep. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales)
  12. Committee/SubCommittee:
    PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Briefing by Department of Public Works & Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson on the status of DPWH’s 2011 infrastructure projects and on its 2012 budget, programs and projects
    HR 704 – Inquiry into the alleged delinquency of the DPWH with its responsibilities enshrined in RA 6716, and urging the department's immediate compliance (Rep. Sharon Garin)
    HBs 5363, 5397, 5401, 5433, 5434, 5455, 5456, 5457, 5458, 5464, 5465, 5466, 5467, 5468, 5469, 5470, 5476, 5521, 5522, 5523, 5524, 5525, 5526, 5527, 5528, 5556, 5571, 5591, 5616 & 5680 – Converting provincial, municipal and city roads into national roads in various parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Ryan Luis Singson, Francisco ‘Lalo’ Matugas, Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay, Arnel Cerafica, Eric Singson Jr., Tomas Apacible, Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso, Joseph Gilbert Violago, Romeo Acop, Ranulfo Canonigo, Rodolfo Valencia, George Arnaiz and Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
    HB 1766 – Reconstituting the Lanao del Norte engineering district offices in the Province of Lanao del Norte into two regular district engineering offices and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Imelda Quibranza-Dimaporo)
    HB 2522 – Upgrading the Cotabato sub-district engineering office into a regular district engineering office to be known as the Cotabato City District Engineering Office and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Bai Sandra Sema)
    HB 2533 – Upgrading the Pangasinan second sub-district engineering office into a regular district engineering office to be known as the Pangasinan Fourth District Engineering Office, providing funds therefor (Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas)

TUESDAY, 07-FEBRUARY-2012

  1. Committee/SubCommittee:
    POVERTY ALLEVIATION
    Time and Venue : 08:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)
  2. Committee/SubCommittee:
    JUSTICE
    Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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
  3. Committee/SubCommittee:
    BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)
  4. Committee/SubCommittee:
    GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)
  5. Committee/SubCommittee:
    WAYS & MEANS (CANCELLED)
    Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
  6. Committee/SubCommittee:
    AGRICULTURE & FOOD
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)

  7. Committee/SubCommittee:
    GAMES & AMUSEMENTS
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)
  8. Committee/SubCommittee:
    SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)
  9. Committee/SubCommittee:
    TRADE & INDUSTRY
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)
  10. Committee/SubCommittee:
    WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    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)

MONDAY, 06-FEBRUARY-2012

  1. Committee/SubCommittee:
    WAYS & MEANS
    Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    Briefing by the Department of Finance (DOF) on the proposed restructuring of excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products

  2. Committee/SubCommittee:
    NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
    Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
    Agenda/Resource Person :
    HR 1364 – Inquiry into the alleged death threats to the Aeta/Abellen officials of the Maporac Ayta Organization (MAO) in Maporac, Zambales for safeguarding their ancestral domain against mining and illegal logging (Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr.)

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