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THURSDAY, 10-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 97 – Inquiry into the anti-consumer move of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) to pass on P470.865 billion of its debts and expenses to electricity consumers (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HR 106 – Investigation into the financial condition and funding of the National Power Corporation (NPC) and the PSALM, the status and schedule of payments of NPC's stranded debts and stranded contract costs, and PSALM's personnel salaries and other incentives (Rep. Ben Evardone)
HR 199 – Inquiry into the debts of PSALM in an effort to lower power rates (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 10:00 AM whole day / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
WEDNESDAY, 09-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1870 – Converting the Sadanga lying-in clinic in Sadanga, Mountain Province into an annex of the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital in Bauko, Mountain Province and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Maximo Dalog)
HB 3339 – Upgrading the Ormoc District Hospital in Ormoc City, Leyte into a tertiary general hospital to be known as the Ormoc General Hospital and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez)
HB 3840 – Increasing the bed capacity of Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City, Pangasinan from 300 to 600, authorizing the increase of its medical personnel, upgrading its services and facilities and professional health care and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ma. Georgina De Venecia)
HB 4088 – Establishing a 15-bed capacity hospital in the Municipality of Paniqui, Province of Tarlac, to be known as the Paniqui District Hospital and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Enrique Cojuangco)
HB 4116 – Amending RA 7875, otherwise known as the National Health Insurance Act of 1995 (Rep. Alfredo Marañon III)
HB 4150 – Providing a definite targeting strategy in identifying the poor, amending RA 7875 (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
HB 4168 – Ensuring that every Filipino is granted with basic healthcare services, providing for the purpose a mandatory universal healthcare coverage (Rep. Abigail Faye Ferriol)
HB 4235 – Instituting a National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) for all Filipinos and establishing the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth), amending Sec. 5 of RA 7875 (Rep. Rogelio Espina M.D.)
HB 4236 – Providing for the computerization/modernization of the Philhealth (Rep. Rogelio Espina M.D.)
HB 4238 – Strengthening the implementation of the NHIP, amending certain provisions of RA 7875 (Rep. Philip Pichay)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WOMEN & GENDER EQUALITY
Time and Venue : 09:00 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Forum: Male Legislators Involvement in Eliminating Violence Against Women in the Philippines
- Committee/SubCommittee:
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on the following measures:
HR 998 – Urging the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to undertake immediate rehabilitation programs for the ten (10) cooperative banks under prompt corrective action (PCA) and to appropriate the amount of two billion five hundred million pesos as the Cooperative Bank Endowment and Viability Enhancement Fund and to provide the appropriate guidelines therefor (Rep. Jose Ping-Ay)
HR 860 – Investigation into the alleged abuse of authority, irregularities and violations of RA 9520 (Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008) of Life & Health Cooperative Philippines (Rep. Cresente Paez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 2092 – Requiring institutions of higher education to disclose participation and program support expenditures in college athletic programs (Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar)
HR 162 – Inquiry into the problems affecting nursing graduates, nursing students and nursing schools (Rep. Irvin Alcala)
HR 434 – Inquiry into the fees charged by hospitals on nursing students for their on-the-job training and other similar internship programs (Rep. Raymond Palatino)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT jt. w/ METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 1337 & 3227 – Providing for the settlement, resettlement, aid, and rehabilitation services for the underprivileged and homeless citizens affected by the demolition of houses/dwellings along danger areas and other public places, as well as the victims of disasters and calamities and those affected by government infrastructure projects in Metro Manila (Reps. Amado Bagatsing and Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the Digital Terrestrial Television
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 2145 – Amending RA 8368, otherwise known as the Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997 (Rep. Ma. Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa)
HB 4101 – Instituting reforms in the government’s drive against professional squatters and squatting racketeers or syndicates, strengthening the mechanisms therefor (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
HBs 1041 & 1818 – Declaring all disposable lands of the government which have remained idle and suitable for residential purposes to be developed into socialized housing site for low-salaried government and private employees and squatters (Reps. Joseph Gilbert Violago and Eric Singson Jr.)
HBs 2907 & 3040 – Mandating that at least 10% of the government-owned lands to be sold, alienated or otherwise encumbered for development purposes, be segregated for socialized housing projects (Reps. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo and Rodolfo Biazon)
- 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 – Abolishing the SK, amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Reps. Florencio Garay, Magtanggol Gunigundo I, Sergio Apostol and Marc Douglas Cagas IV)
HB 3644 – Creating the Province of Davao Occidental from the Province of Davao del Sur (Rep. Marc Douglas Cagas IV)
HB 4144 – Reapportioning the 1st and 2nd legislative districts of Rizal Province, thereby creating two new legislative districts from such reapportionment (Rep. Joel Roy Duavit)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATURAL RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 2175 – Mandating each city or municipality to set aside a portion of its territorial jurisdiction for forest parks and providing for the maintenance thereof (Rep. Danilo Ramon Fernandez)
HB 2540 – Authorizing the Land Management Bureau to conduct a survey of cadastral lots in the entire country and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 2944 – Providing for the delineation of the specific forest limits of the public domain (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 2535 – Imposing a logging ban in the 2nd District of the Province of Surigao del Sur (Rep. Florencio Garay)
HB 3075 – Delineating the specific limits of forest lands, national park and agricultural lands in the Province of Ifugao (Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3912 – Providing for a Magna Carta of Civilian Volunteer Organizations (Rep. Loreto ‘Leo’ Ocampos)
Briefing by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / R. R. Andaya Hall SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4151 – Further amending certain sections of RA 6957, which authorizes the financing, construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure projects by the private sector and appropriating funds therefor (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASES CONVERSION (CANCELLED)
Time and Venue : 02:00 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
TUESDAY, 08-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
APPROPRIATIONS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Approval of Committee Report on HB 4067 in consolidation with HBs 357, 3640, 2653, 4051, 3984 & 4041 – Promoting financial viability and fiscal discipline in government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) and strengthening the role of the state in its governance and management to make them more responsive to the needs of public interest (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Reps. Susan Yap, Joseph Emilio Abaya, Rufus Rodriguez, Romeo Acop and Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II)
Substitute Bill to HB 228 – Regulating the practice of environmental planning, repealing for the purpose PD 1308, which regulates the environmental planning profession in the Philippines (Rep. Amado Bagatsing)
Substitute Bill to HBs 1480 & 3427 – Declaring November 25 of every year as “National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women” (Reps. Luzviminda Ilagan and Rufus Rodriguez)
Substitute Bill to HBs 83, 107, 1029 & 3472 – Providing for mandatory hepatitis B vaccination of all infants within a reasonable period of time after birth and other vaccine-preventable diseases, amending PD 996, as amended (Reps. Susan Yap, Joseph Emilio Abaya, Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D. and Mary Mitzi Cajayon)
Substitute Bill to HBs 16, 64, 498, 1230, 1508 & 1896 – Creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology, defining its powers and functions and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Roilo Golez, Luis Villafuerte, Juan Edgardo Angara, Winston “Winnie” Castelo, Marcelino Teodoro and Ben Evardone)
Substitute Bill to HBs 23, 24, 148, 1195, 1320, 1326, 1333 & 2689 – Providing for a Magna Carta of the Poor (Reps. Rachel Marguerite Del Mar, Ben Evardone, Marcelino Teodoro, Rodante Marcoleta and Peter ‘Sr. Pedro’ Unabia)
HR 586 – Urging the National Government to pre-pay some of its foreign obligations amidst the continued appreciation of the peso against the dollar (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 591 – Urging the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to immediately release the P2.06 billion long overdue balance of the allocated budget for the local housing program as mandated under RA 7835, otherwise known as the Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Financing Act of 1994 (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg
Agenda/Resource Person :
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 Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) (Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
HR 205 – Inquiry into the alleged anomalies at the MWSS (Rep. Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay)
Privilege Speech – On the alleged lack of transparency and accountability in government transactions particularly the MWSS (Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte Jr. Hall SW Annex B
Agenda/Resource Person :
Determination of the existence of probable cause to impeach Ombudsman Merceditas Navarro-Gutierrrez
- 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 Enerio-Cerilles, Rodolfo Biazon and Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 4030 – Regulating the proliferation of strategic and dual-use goods and services, providing penalties for violation thereof (Rep. Rodolfo Antonino)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall
Agenda/Resource Person :
Part I
Subcommittee Report #1 on HB 3992 – Adopting the simplified net income taxation scheme for individuals engaged in trade/business and/or practice of profession, amending for the purpose the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended (Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS jt/ w/ TRADE & INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / R. R. Andaya Hall SW Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Subcommittee Report #1 on HB 3992 – Adopting the simplified net income taxation scheme for individuals engaged in trade/business and/or practice of profession, amending for the purpose the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended (Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao)
HB 938 – Investments and Incentives Code of the Philippines (Rep. Susan Yap)
HB 4152 & 3162– Rationalizing the grant and administration of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for the promotion of investments and growth (Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BASES CONVERSION
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / RVM Bldg. Conf. Rm. 13
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
BICOL RECOVERY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 7 & 8 RVM Bldg
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the Department of Social Welfare and Development on the conditional cash transfer program and by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on mining and illegal logging activities in Region 5
- Committee/SubCommittee:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Determination and discussion of the mechanics in the conduct of information campaign and public consultations regarding proposals to amend/ revise the Constitution
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC INFORMATION (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:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Part II
HBs 49 & 403 – Strengthening the political party system and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 2877 – Declaring an elective official ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 3629 – Mandating that appointive public officials are considered resigned from their offices upon their filing of the certificate of candidacy for any elective public position (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HBs 3127 & 3190 – Amending RA 7941, otherwise known as the Party-List System Act (Reps. Christopher Co and Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS jt. w/ MUSLIM AFFAIRS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 1 & 2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Part I
HB 4146 – Providing for the synchronization of the elections and the term of office of the elective officials of the ARMM with those of the national and other local officials, amending for the purpose RA 9333, which fixes the date for regular elections of elective officials of the ARMM (Rep. Bai Sandra Sema)
HB 4062 – Providing for an ARMM Plebiscite Act of 2011 (Rep. Nur Jaafar)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRADE & INDUSTRY
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 123, 352, 1966, 3869 & 4143 – Strengthening consumer protection in the purchase of brand new motor vehicles (Reps. Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay, Susan Yap, Mark Villar, Rufus Rodriguez and Roger Mercado)
HB 3495 – Providing for motor vehicle warranty enforcement (Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga)
MONDAY, 07-MARCH-2011
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Time and Venue : 01:00 PM / Conf. Rms. 3 & 4 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Consolidation of HBs 3224 & 3760 – Prescribing the Customs and Tariff Modernization Act (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Reynaldo Umali)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ECOLOGY
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)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 9 & 10 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 48, 205, 2635 & 2982 – Improving Philippine commitment to human rights promotion and protection by providing the necessary mechanisms for the prevention of the occurrence and the protection from the adverse effects of internal displacement (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Reps. Walden Bello and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
Substitute Bill to HBs 54, 97, 302, 954 & 1693 – Providing compensation to victims of human rights violations during the Marcos regime, appropriating funds therefor (Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, Minority Leader Edcel Lagman, Reps. Walden Bello and Teddy Casiño)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Time and Venue : 01:30 PM / Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 244 & 2545 – Establishing the center for studies on indigenous cultural communities and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 1347 – Providing for the establishment of a nationwide scholarship program for indigenous peoples (IPs) and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
HB 1635 – Protecting the rights of IPs affected by mining operations in ancestral domains, amending for the purpose RA 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
HR 916 – Commending the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo for his issuance of Memorandum Circular 2010-119, entitled: “Mandatory representation of indigenous cultural communities or IPs in policy-making bodies and other local legislative councils” (Rep. Nancy Catamco)