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WEDNESDAY, 05-OCTOBER-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
CIVIL SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 100, 1616 & 5067 – Regulating the education and licensure of physicians and the practice of medicine in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose RA 2382, as amended, otherwise known as the Medical Act of 1959 (Reps. Janette Garin, Mar-Len Abigail Binay and Alfredo Marañon III)
HB 2831 – Expanding the scope of the practice of midwifery, amending for the purpose RA 7392, otherwise known as the Philippine Midwifery Act of 1992 (Rep. Janette Garin)
HBs 401, 2716, 2665 & 2701 – Regulating and modernizing the practice of chemistry in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose RA 754, which regulates the practice of chemistry in the Philippines (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Florencio ‘Bem’ Noel and Angelo Palmones)
HBs 3019, 3389, 4052 & 4825 – Regulating the practice of pharmacy in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose RA 5921, as amended, otherwise known as the Pharmacy Law (Reps. Salvador Escudero III, Rufus Rodriguez, Jane Castro and Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo)
HB 260 – Abolishing the age requirement for applicants taking the board examination for social workers, providing for the continuing social work education and upgrading the sundry provisions relative to the practice of social work (Rep. Roilo Golez)
HB 2194 – Amending Sec. 12 (b) of RA 4373, which regulates the practice of social work and the operation of social work agencies in the Philippines (Rep. Salvador Escudero III)
HB 3852 – Regulating the practice of criminology profession in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose RA 6506, which creates the Board of Examiners for Criminologists in the Philippines and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NORTH LUZON GROWTH QUADRANGLE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Department of Agriculture (DA), including its bureaus and attached agencies, on the 2012 programs/projects for Regions I and II and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REVISION OF LAWS (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 13 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Update on the status of the Philippine civil aviation
HB 2222 – Setting the direction of and parameters for the development and regulation of the transportation system in the Philippines (Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo)
HBs 4311, 4696 & 4880 – Establishing Land Transportation Office (LTO) - satellite offices in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo, Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph.D., and Romeo Acop)
HBs 4969 & 5156 – Converting the LTO Extension Office in Sta. Maria, Bulacan and Agoo, La Union into a regular LTO District Office and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Linabelle Ruth Villarica and Eufranio ‘Franny’ Eriguel M.D.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM whole day / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRARIAN REFORM jt. w/ AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HR 1252 – Inquiry into the alleged illegal land use conversions that were consummated during the periods 2008-2010 when AO 226, as amended by AO 226-A, was still in force and effect (Rep. Agapito Guanlao)
HB 4699 – Providing for the security of tenure of farmers (Rep. Rafael Mariano)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4552 – Further strengthening worker's rights to self-organization, amending for this purpose Arts. 234, 235, 236 and 237 of PD 442, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, as amended (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
HBs 942, 1817, 1889 & 2884 – Increasing the penalties for non-compliance of the prescribed increases and adjustments in the wage rates of workers, amending for the purpose RA 6727, otherwise known as the Wage Rationalization Act (Reps. Reynaldo Umali, Emmeline Aglipay, Ben Evardone and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
TUESDAY, 04-OCTOBER-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Draft Committee Report on HR 58 – Inquiry into the issue regarding the Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACE) bonds and on whether the government was defrauded or not (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 79 – Inquiry into the alleged irregularities committed by the previous President and General Manager, and other members and officers of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Board of Trustees that affect GSIS members, particularly the public educators and education personnel (Rep. Eulogio ‘Amang’ Magsaysay)
Preliminary determination of jurisdiction over several resolutions referred to the Committee
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY jt. w/ GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1262 – Inquiry into the excessive benefits that board members of the GSIS received (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Motu proprio investigation into the controversial land dispute arising from the reconstitution of fake and spurious titles by an alleged land grabbing syndicate led by Mr. Wilfredo Torres involving 23.7 hectares of prime properties in Quezon City which affect the integrity of the Torrens system in the Philippines
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES jt. w/ REFORESTATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Executive Meeting – Approval of the Consolidated Bill on Sustainable Forest Management Act
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4, R.V. Mitra Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Privilege Speech – On the Party-List System (Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr.)
HBs 3127, 3190, 4091, 4157, 4278, 4464 & 4732 – Amending RA 7941, otherwise known as the Party-List System Act (Reps. Christopher Co, Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez, Erico Aumentado, Walden Bello, Rufus Rodriguez, Neri Colmenares and Juliet Cortuna)
HR 217 – Inquiry into the implementation of the provisions of RA 7941 (Rep. Luis Villafuerte)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM / Conf. Rm. 13 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION jt. w/ MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Forum on “Strengthening people’s participation and volunteerism towards community development and the attainment of millennium development goals (MDGs)”
- Committee/SubCommittee:
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 1343 – Inquiry into the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) (Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SOCIAL SERVICES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HB 3665 – Providing for the establishment of city and municipal rehabilitation centers for children and young adults with disabilities (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HB 3192 – Amending RA 7277, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons (Rep. Imelda Calixto-Rubiano)
HR 1024 – Inquiry to determine if Sec. 5 of RA 7277 is being implemented by all government agencies and government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) (Rep. Catalina Bagasina)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ETHICS & PRIVILEGES
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Case No. LC-05-11: Plutarco E. Vasquez vs. Rep. Godofredo Arquiza, for unparliamentary remarks
– Complainant’s motion for reconsideration on the dismissal of the case
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
MONDAY, 03-OCTOBER-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AD HOC COMMITTEE
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Fact-finding inquiry into the alleged break-ins in 2005 at the House of Representatives (HRep) complex, raising concerns on issues of safety, security and the safeguarding of documents in the custody of the HRep - Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION jt. w/ MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Time and Venue : 01:15 PM / North Wing Lobby, House of Representatives
Agenda/Resource Person :
Opening ceremony of the Photo/Product Exhibit
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BIOFUELS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Organizational Meeting
Briefing by the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) on issues and concerns raised during their public consultation on the bioethanol mandate held in Metro Manila and in various areas nationwide
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL DEFENSE & SECURITY (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 206 & 3763 – Regulating the rational exploration, development and utilization of mineral resources, and ensuring the equitable sharing of benefits for the State, indigenous peoples (IPs) and local communities (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III and Rep. Kaka Bag-ao)
HB 1139 – Amending Chapter IV, Sec. 20 of RA 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, by facilitating the approval as well as cancellation of exploration permits (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
HB 2717 – Authorizing provincial government units to issue both small and large scale mining permits for mining operations within their respective territorial jurisdiction subject to the guidelines of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Rep. Ma. Angelica Amante-Matba)
HB 3749 – Requiring mining firms to reforest lands that they destroy and forests that they denude, providing penalties for violations thereof (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 4315 – Re-orienting the Philippine mining industry, ensuring the highest industry development standards (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HB 4726 – Including among the areas closed to mining applications those declared by local government units (LGUs) as no mining zones, amending for the purpose RA 7942 (Rep. Teddy Casiño)