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THURSDAY, 17-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LAND USE (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
WEDNESDAY, 16-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
CIVIL SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 1207 & 2808 – Lowering the mandatory retirement age of government employees, amending for this purpose Secs. 13(b) and 13-A of RA 8291, otherwise known as the Revised Government Service Insurance Act of 1997 (Reps. Pedro Romualdo and Randolph Ting)
HB 4083 – Lowering the retirement age of employees of the Department of Education from 65 to 60 years old (Rep. Salvador Escudero III)
HB 1639 – Providing early retirement and voluntary separation from the government service, providing a system of funding therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HBs 1035 & 1744 – Providing automatic promotion of government officials and employees upon retirement from government service (Reps. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D. & Salvador Escudero III
HB 885 – Providing for a mandatory clearance for all government officials upon their retirement from public office (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
HB 1745 – Granting monthly pension to government retirees who have reached the age of 70 years under RA 1616, which prescribes two other modes of retirement and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Salvador Escudero III)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELEOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 12 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 74 – Inquiry into the alleged environmental destruction and human rights violations committed by Metals Exploration PLC, a British mining firm, against tribal residents of Barangay Runruno, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya who oppose the said company’s mining exploration activities (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HR 906 – Inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the grant of a mining concession to the Titan Mining and Energy Corporation (TMEC) that affects the indigenous peoples (IPs) in Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REVISION OF LAWS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 948, 1647, 2553 & 2773 – Limiting the re-appointment of presidential nominees by-passed by the Commission on Appointments (Reps. Reynaldo Umali, Rufus Rodriguez, Joseph Victor Ejercito and Emmanuel Pacquiao)
HB 131 – Establishing a voluntary information personal (VIP) card system to be implemented by the National Statistics Office (NSO) and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
HB 241 – Establishing a Filipino identification system (Rep. Pedro Romualdo)
HBs 3058 & 3391 – Amending RA 8972, otherwise known as the Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000 (Reps. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David and Carol Jayne Lopez)
HB 4068 – Amending Act 3815, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code as amended, by extending to quasi-crimes the sentencing formula of Art. 48 therein (Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao)
HB 4073 – Declaring the waling-waling as the national flower of the Philippines (Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano)
HBs 355, 1144, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1916, 2335, 2436, 2617 & 2912 – Declaring special non-working holidays in various municipalities, cities and provinces in the country (Reps. Susan Yap, Raden Sakaluran, Yevgeny Vincente Emano, Wilfrido Mark Enverga, Joselito ‘Jonjon’ Mendoza, Joseph Emilio Abaya and Mel Senen Sarmiento)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRARIAN REFORM
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECOLOGY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HB 509 – Amending certain sections of PD 600, otherwise known as the Marine Pollution Decree of 1974 (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
Committee Report on HBs 1888 & 2585 – Preventing and controlling marine pollution from ships and fixed and floating drilling rigs and other platforms and providing penalties for violation thereof (Reps. Ben Evardone and Maria Evita Arago)
HBs 479 & 896 – Banning the importation, manufacture, processing, use or distribution in commerce of asbestos and asbestos-containing products (Reps. Kaka Bag-ao and Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 385 – Reorganizing and modernizing the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Erico Aumentado)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT (Subcommittee on Labor Standards)
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 454, 553, 729, 837, 1140, 1201, 1815, 2400, 2559, 3717 & 4277 – Providing for the additional benefits and protection to the househelpers, amending pertinent provisions of PD 442, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Juan Ponce-Enrile Jr., Rufus Rodriguez, Jose Carlos Cari, Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo, Marcelino Teodoro, Emmeline Aglipay, Romeo Acop, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Tobias “Toby” Tiangco and Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SOUTHERN TAGALOG DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) IV-A and IV-B on the regional development plan and the regional development agenda for Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon (CALABARZON) and Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan (MIMAROPA)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / Conf. Rm. 12 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
TUESDAY, 15-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 1502, 2672, 2988 & 3797 – Amending PD 612, otherwise known as the Insurance Code, as amended (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Teodorico Haresco Jr., Joseph Victor Ejercito and Hermilando Mandanas)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 3218 & 4327 – Institutionalizing the establishment and operation of library hubs in all regions and schools divisions of the Department of Education and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Anna York Bondoc and Salvador Escudero III)
HBs 538, 862, 1361, 2064, 2402, 2486, 2489, 2507, 2627, 2663, 2686, 2700, 2758, 3083, 3683, 4093 & 4196 – Establishing national high schools in various parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Eduardo Gullas, Tupay Loong, Aurora Cerilles, Isidro Ungab, Eleanor Bulut-Begtang, Erico Aumentado, Antonio Alvarez, Romeo Acop, Narciso Bravo Jr., Pedro Pancho, Nicanor Briones, Joseph Gilbert Violago, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Nur-Ana Sahidulla, Jesus Emmanuel Paras, Salvador Escudero III and Ferdinand Martin Romualdez)
HBs 2321, 2345, 2364 & 4154 – Separating and converting national high schools into independent national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rosendo Labadlabad, Eleandro Jesus Madrona, Guillermo Romarate Jr. and Manuel Agyao)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LAND USE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HBs 414, 478, 722, 829, 1233, 1348, 1695 & 3533 – Institutionalizing a National Land Use Policy, providing the framework and 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)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NORTH LUZON GROWTH QUADRANGLE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Dialogue with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on its policies, ongoing and 2012 programs and projects and budget for 2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRANSPORTATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 806 – Urging President Benigno C. Aquino III to look into the possibility of reaching an amicable settlement of the case of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 3 and to foreclose an expensive and long-drawn litigation in order to benefit the government and the people of the Philippines and tendering due payment to Fraport AG of Germany (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- 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:
AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 500 & 1580 – Institutionalizing the Young Farmers Program and providing funds therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo)
HR 440 – Inquiry into the present status of the created Agricultural Guarantee Fund Pool (AGFP) and the effectiveness of this agricultural scheme to help resolve the country's agricultural crisis (Rep. Jeci Lapus)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 935 – Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the diplomatic protest filed by Taiwan (Rep. Rodel Batocabe)
Privilege Speech – On the deportation case of the 10 Chinese and 14 alleged Taiwanese nationals which necessitates a review of the One-China Policy (Rep. Antonio Diaz)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 472 – Inquiry into the utilization and disposition of funds for poverty alleviation (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REFORESTATION jt. w/ HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 320, 492 & 1194 – Instituting the Subdivision Green Parks Program, granting incentives for the planting of trees and the development and maintenance of forested areas in subdivisions (Reps. Susan Yap, Juan Edgardo Angara and Marcelino Teodoro)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 1353, 1530, 2201, 2362 & 2818 – Establishing the Philippine Science High School campuses in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Aurora Cerilles, Danilo Ramon Fernandez, Salvador Escudero III, Rufus Rodriguez and Nancy Catamco)
HB 1606, 2245 & 2581 – Establishing Science and Technology training centers in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay, Marcelino Teodoro and Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
HB 1796 – Instituting a comprehensive and holistic framework and programs for left-handers (Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SOCIAL SERVICES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the following measures:
HB 3192 – Amending RA 7277, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Persons with Disability (Rep. Imelda Calixto-Rubiano)
HB 1685 – Granting persons with disability (PWD) who are self-employed a seventy percent (70%) government subsidy for their monthly premium contributions to the Social Security System (SSS) for the first three months of coverage, amending for the purpose RA 7277 (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez) - Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS jt. w/ MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / SPEAKER M. B. VILLAR HALL, SW ANNEX BLDG.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
YOUTH & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 766 – Inquiry into the poor performance of Philippine cycling delegates in the recent Asian Games and the present state of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines (ICFP) (Rep. Arnel Ty)
Issues confronting the Philippine Aquatic Swimming Association Inc. (PASA)
MONDAY, 14-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 1561, 1900, 1919, 2195, 3015, 3330, 3410 & 3824, HRs 474, 523, 597 & 719 & HJR 11 – Providing a ceiling on interest rates, penalties and other fees charged by banks and credit card companies for credit card transactions and prescribing penalties for violation thereof (Reps. Raymond Democrito Mendoza, Ben Evardone, Ma. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa, Salvador Escudero III, Giorgidi Aggabao, Rufus Rodriguez, Erico Aumentado, Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo, Daryl Grace Abayon, Amado Bagatsing and Jeci Lapus)
Sponsorship Speech – On the use of credit cards (Rep. Juan Ponce-Enrile Jr.)
HR 779 – Inquiry into the practices of the International Netherlands Group (ING) Bank N.V. Manila Branch that defrauded Filipino investors of billions of pesos (Rep. Andres Salvacion, Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS (Subcommittee on Customs, Tariff and Related Laws)
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM whole day / R. R. Andaya Hall 2/F SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 709 - Inquiry into the possible anomalies committed by officials of the Bureau of Customs, in connivance with the manufacturers and distributors of imported vehicles which were either assembled here in the country or completely imported, for causing the undervaluation of taxes and duties assessed on said vehicles in the period 2007 till the present, thereby resulting in billions of pesos in lost revenues for the government (Rep. Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4153 – Establishing the archipelagic sea lanes in the Philippine archipelagic waters, prescribing the rights and obligations of foreign ships and aircraft exercising the right of archipelagic sea lanes passage through the established archipelagic sea lanes and providing for the associated protective measures therein (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
HB 4185 – Defining the maritime zones of the Republic of the Philippines (Rep. Roilo Golez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GAMES & AMUSEMENTS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Part II
HR 585 – Inquiry into the contract of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) with PhilWeb Corp. for being allegedly disadvantageous to the government (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 718 – Inquiry into the possible anomalies by officials of the PAGCOR in connivance with owners, shareholders and managers of hotels, amusement centers and similar establishments for entering into contracts to operate casinos whereby PAGCOR abdicated its obligation and duty under the law and only plays a minor role by entrusting or granting the control and management of the operation of said casinos to the said establishments (Rep. Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GAMES & AMUSEMENTS jt. w/ GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Part I
HB 224 – Creating the Philippine Thoroughbred Horseracing Authority and providing funds therefor (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the Substitute Bill to HB 1876 – Establishing a voluntary student loan program by banks and government financial institutions (Rep. Roman Romulo)