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WEDNESDAY, 15-DECEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY jt. w/ GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
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 Magsaysay)
Privilege Speech on the alleged lack of transparency and accountability in government transactions particularly the MWSS (Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION jt. w/ SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3102 – Establishing the Office of Assistant Regional Director and Provincial Director in the Department of Science and Technology, amending RA 6959 and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 3205 – Mandating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to include labor education in the tertiary education curriculum (Rep. Raymond Mendoza)
HB 3122 – Converting the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology into Iloilo State University with campuses in the Municipalities of Barotac Nuevo, Dumangas, Leon and Miag-ao, all located in the Province of Iloilo and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HB 2833 – Converting the MSU-Lanao National College of Arts and Trades into Maruhom Memorial Polytechnic State College, detaching the same from the Mindanao State University System and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Acmad Tomawis)
HB 3419 –Changing the name of Aparri School of Arts and Trade into Aparri Polytechnic College (Rep. Juan Ponce Enrile Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 239 & 1932 – Removing the internal revenue allotment (IRA) from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), amending RA 7924, creating the MMDA (Reps. Pedro Romualdo and George Arnaiz)
HR 379 – Inquiry into the reported indiscriminate issuance of franchises to buses and all other public transport vehicles in Metro Manila (Rep. Tobias ‘Toby’ Tiangco)
HRs 551 & 557 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives against the plan of the MMDA to re-implement the odd-even traffic scheme on Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) (Reps. Ben Evardone and Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on the Privilege Speech on the plight of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and human trafficking (Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao)
Inquiry into the alleged verbal abuse of the Labor attache in Hong Kong against an OFW
Inquiry into the status of the implementation of RA 10022, otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, particularly Sec. 37-A which provides for mandatory insurance coverage for agency-hired OFWs
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POPULATION & FAMILY RELATIONS
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 96, 101, 513, 1160 & 3387 – Providing for a national policy on reproductive health, responsible parenthood and population development (Minority Leader Edcel Lagman, Reps. Janette Garin, Kaka Bag-ao, Rodolfo Biazon and Luzviminda Ilagan)
HB 1520 – Protecting the right of the people to information on reproductive health care services (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
AGRARIAN REFORM
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 154, 1161 & 3278 – Creating a Local Housing Board in every city and municipality, prescribing its powers, duties and functions (Reps. Edwin Olivares, Rodolfo Biazon and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HR 443 – Inquiry into the housing units that were built and intended to address the country's housing need but remain unoccupied to this day (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
HR 568 – Inquiry into the non-performing assets of certain key shelter agencies with the end in view of converting these into cash and augmenting the meager funding sources for housing (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 375 – Providing for a P125.00 daily across-the-board increase in the salary rates of employees and workers in the private sector (Rep. Rafael Mariano)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 2000 – Amending Sec. 271 of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, granting provinces a share in the proceeds of real property taxes imposed by component cities (Rep. Pablo John Garcia)
HB 3522 – Reapportioning the Province of Cotabato into three legislative districts (Rep. Nancy Catamco)
HB 3626 – Creating a separate congressional district for Batangas City (Rep. Hermilando Mandanas)
HB 3794 – Reapportioning the 2nd legislative district of Quezon City, creating two new legislative districts from such reapportionment (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
POVERTY ALLEVIATION (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat) - Committee/SubCommittee:
SOUTHERN TAGALOG DEVELOPMENT
Agenda/Resource Person :
Briefing by the South Luzon Tollway Corporation on the status of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) upgrading and rehabilitation project
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
Technical Working Group meeting on HB 3264 - Strengthening the right of the people to participatory governance through the empowerment of nongovernment organizations and people's organizations, instituting a bottom-up mechanism in crafting development plans (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
Briefing by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
TUESDAY, 14-DECEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HEALTH
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1999 – Establishing a 30-bed capacity hospital in the 2nd District of Antipolo City, to be known as the Antipolo 2nd District Hospital and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Romeo Acop)
HB 2071 – Establishing a 25-bed capacity hospital in the City of Malabon, to be known as the Malabon City General Hospital and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Josephine Lacson-Noel)
HB 3331 – Increasing the bed capacity of Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga from 250 to 500, upgrading its services and facilities and professional health care, authorizing the increase of its medical personnel and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Anna York Bondoc)
HB 3660 – Converting the Northern Samar Provincial Hospital into Eastern Visayas Regional Hospital under the supervision, control and management of the Department of Health (Deputy Speaker Raul Daza)
HB 230 – Granting free hospitalization benefits in government hospitals to all retired public school teachers who have rendered a minimum of 20 years in service and providing funds therefor (Rep. Herminia Roman)
HBs 590 & 870 – Establishing a program for public education on prostate cancer (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
HBs 592 & 1028 – Providing for a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
HB 606 – Establishing a special hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HBs 1419, 2704 & 3390 – Providing for a national mental health care delivery system, establishing for the purpose the Philippine Council for Mental Health and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Susan Yap, Karlo Alexei Nograles and Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 1555 – Establishing wards in government hospitals for the health care needs of OFWs (Rep. Roman Romulo)
HBs 2984 & 3285 – Providing the public with adequate notice and education on the effects of exposure to mercury through health advisories posted or made readily available at all businesses that sell fresh, frozen and canned fish and seafood where the potential for mercury exposure exists (Reps. Joseph Victor Ejercito and Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 3088 – Promoting breastfeeding as an essential component of family planning and responsible parenthood (Rep. Anna York Bondoc)
Committee Report on Substitute Bill to HBs 505, 907 & 974 – Requiring all government-issued identification cards, certificates and licenses to include a portion indicating the blood type of the holder and providing penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Susan Yap and Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
Committee Report on 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)
Committee Report on Substitute Bill to HB 950 – Mandating ocular prophylaxis on newborns (Rep. Philip Pichay)
Committee Report on Substitute Bill to HBs 610 & 2846 – Regulating the use of government ambulances, providing penalties therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 2809 – Protecting the rights of farmers and tenants and ensuring continuous food security amid commercial pressures on land resulting from biofuel production, amending RA 9367, otherwise known as the Biofuels Act of 2006 and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Kaka Bag-ao)
HR 14 – Urging the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to jointly undertake a study, through a technical working group (TWG) that they shall create, to determine the technical feasibility and financial viability of converting rice straw, corn cobs and corn stovers for the production of ethanol as biofuel, and to recommend new enactment or amendments to RA 9367 (Rep. Luis Villafuerte)
HR 65 – Directing the DA, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and DOE to identify plants that are appropriate for use as sources of biofuels or alternative fuels and to recommend appropriate measures for inclusion in the biofuels program as mandated by RA 9367 (Rep. Luis Villafuerte)
HR 225 – Inquiry into the impact of the implementation of RA 9367 and its implementing rules and regulations on the country's food security (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
Committee Report on HR 107 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to defer the sale and privatization of the Agus and Pulangui hydroelectric plant complexes in Mindanao in order to give the new administration ample time to review, modify and implement its energy policies in accord with RA 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) (Rep. Vicente Belmonte Jr.)
Committee Report on JCR 6 – Extending the term of the Joint Congressional Power Commission constituted pursuant to Sec. 62 of the EPIRA (Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
ENERGY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 2809 – Protecting the rights of farmers and tenants and ensuring continuous food security amid commercial pressures on land resulting from biofuel production, amending RA 9367, otherwise known as the Biofuels Act of 2006 and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Kaka Bag-ao)
HR 14 – Urging the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to jointly undertake a study, through a technical working group (TWG) that they shall create, to determine the technical feasibility and financial viability of converting rice straw, corn cobs and corn stovers for the production of ethanol as biofuel, and to recommend new enactment or amendments to RA 9367 (Rep. Luis Villafuerte)
HR 65 – Directing the DA, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and DOE to identify plants that are appropriate for use as sources of biofuels or alternative fuels and to recommend appropriate measures for inclusion in the biofuels program as mandated by RA 9367 (Rep. Luis Villafuerte)
HR 225 – Inquiry into the impact of the implementation of RA 9367 and its implementing rules and regulations on the country's food security (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
Committee Report on HR 107 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to defer the sale and privatization of the Agus and Pulangui hydroelectric plant complexes in Mindanao in order to give the new administration ample time to review, modify and implement its energy policies in accord with RA 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) (Rep. Vicente Belmonte Jr.)
Committee Report on JCR 6 – Extending the term of the Joint Congressional Power Commission constituted pursuant to Sec. 62 of the EPIRA (Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Agenda/Resource Person :
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)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Agenda/Resource Person :
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 Teodoro Casiño)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 46, 114, 171, 572, 1694 & 3055 – Strengthening the anti-smuggling mechanism, amending for the purpose certain provisions of PD 1464, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez, Pedro Romualdo, Eric Singson Jr., Juan Edgardo Angara, Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III and Rep. Salvador Escudero III)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Agenda/Resource Person :
Deliberation on the national patrimony and economic reforms and the Judiciary by study group no. 2 in relation to the proposals to amend the Constitution
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES & PRIVATIZATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 53 – Inquiry into the alleged missing Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) contributions made by teachers (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HR 69 – Inquiry into the pensions and other benefits under the GSIS Act of 1997 (Rep. Roman Romulo)
HR 119 – Investigation into the alleged failure of the GSIS to effectively perform its mandate to provide social security benefits to its members (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HR 124 – Inquiry into the condition of the $565 million global investment program of the GSIS (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 148 – Urging the GSIS to clarify issues on the survivorship benefits policy (Rep. Thelma Almario)
HR 413 – Inquiry into the policy of the GSIS of terminating the survivorship pension if the pensioner is employed, engaged in business or receiving any other form of pension whether from GSIS or other local or foreign institution or organization (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph. D.)
HR 599 – Urging the Social Security System (SSS) and the GSIS to upgrade the retirement benefits and pension of retirees pursuant to RA 9257, granting additional benefits and privileges to senior citizens (Rep. Alfredo Marañon III)
Privileges Speeches on issues regarding the GSIS (Reps. Eulogio ‘Amang’ Magsaysay, Antonio Tinio and Rene Relampagos)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PUBLIC INFORMATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 58 & 117 – Granting the right of reply and providing penalties for violation thereof (Reps. Karlo Alexei Nograles and Pedro Romualdo)
HBs 370 & 2275 – Amending RA 53, which exempts the publisher, editor or reporter of any publication from revealing the source of published news or information obtained in confidence (Reps. Rachel Marguerite Del Mar and Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 2737 – Prohibiting media reporting of police and military positions, movements and actions during crisis situations (Rep. Gabriel Quisumbing)
Committee Report on HB 3328 – Declaring July 25 of every year as “National Campus Freedom Day” (Rep. Teodoro Casiño)
HR 247 – Investigation into the non-compliance of some Philippine radio stations with EO 255, requiring all radio stations with musical format programs to broadcast a minimum of four original Pilipino musical compositions in every clockhour (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
REFORESTATION
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HBs 204 & 971 – Providing the revival of Arbor Day by vesting in provincial, city and municipal governments with their component barangays the responsibilities for celebrating the day for tree planting as an annual event (Reps. Luis Villafuerte and Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco Ph.D.)
HB 1398 – Reforesting 3,000 hectares of public land in Cagayan De Oro City and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HBs 2577 & 3225 – Requiring every student to plant trees every year (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and George Arnaiz)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT (CANCELLED)
Agenda/Resource Person :
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
SUFFRAGE & ELECTORAL REFORMS
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 49 & 403 – Strengthening the political party system and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Rufus Rodriguez and Juan Edgardo Angara)
HBs 3127 & 3190 – Amending RA 7941, otherwise known as the Party-List System Act (Reps. Christopher Co and Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez)
Privilege Speech on the Party-List System (Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr.)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
TRADE & INDUSTRY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HB 1224 – Institutionalizing corporate social responsibility, providing incentives therefor (Rep. Diosdado Arroyo)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Agenda/Resource Person :
Committee Report on HB 166 – Amending RA 7610, otherwise known as the Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, penalizing any act that prevents the child to learn and use the language of his family in his basic education (Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo I)
Substitute Bill to HBs 322, 489, 1079, 1793, 2278, 3012, 3274, & 2888 – Strengthening and propagating foster care for abandoned and neglected children and other children with special needs and providing appropriations therefor (Reps. Susan Yap, Juan Edgardo Angara, Bernadette Herrera-Dy, Rufus Rodriguez, Salvador Escudero III and Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HBs 1198 & 1712 – Providing for the special protection of children involved in, affected by or displaced by armed conflict, providing penalties for violations thereof (Reps. Marcelino Teodoro and Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle Climaco)
Privilege Speech entitled “Desperately seeking George Francis’ mother” (Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla)
MONDAY, 13-DECEMBER-2010
- Committee/SubCommittee:
WAYS & MEANS
Agenda/Resource Person :
Motu Proprio investigation into the implementation of affixing internal revenue stamps, whether bar codes or fuson design, on each pack of cigars and cigarettes subject to excise tax
HB 2484 – Providing for an additional excise tax of 10% on alcohol products, amending for the purpose the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended by RA 9334, to generate funds for the information communication technology (ICT) program of public elementary and secondary schools, construction of new school buildings and hiring of new teachers, preferably with ICT proficiency, English, Math and Science majors (Rep. Erico Aumentado)
HB 2485 – Providing for an additional tax of P3.00 per pack of cigar and cigarettes, amending for the purpose the NIRC of 1997, as amended, to generate funds for the PhilHealth universal coverage of indigent families, barangay officials and health and day care workers (Rep. Erico Aumentado)
HB 2687 – Restructuring the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products (Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong)
HBs 3059 & 3183 – Promoting equitable sharing of costs and benefits in the alcohol and tobacco industry, amending for the purpose Secs. 141, 142, 143 and 145 of the NIRC of 1997, as amended (Reps. Hermilando Mandanas and Danilo Suarez)
HB 3332 – Increasing the excise tax rates imposed on alcohol and tobacco products, amending Secs. 141, 142, 143, 144 and 145 of the NIRC of 1997 (Rep. Eric Singson)
HBs 3465, 3489 & 3666 – Restructuring the excise tax on tobacco products, amending for the purpose pertinent sections of the NIRC of 1997, as amended (Reps. Henedina Abad, Niel Tupas Jr. and Paolo Javier)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HRs 388, 393 & 408 – Inquiry into the alleged involvement of government officials of the Aquino administration in the jueteng pay-off as bared by retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz and the proliferation of jueteng in certain provinces of the country (Reps. Christopher Co, Rufus Rodriguez and Arnel Ty)
Privilege Speeches on the alleged anomalies on jueteng payola (Reps. Bernardo Vergara and Tobias Reynald Tiangco)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
PEACE, RECONCILIATION & UNITY
Agenda/Resource Person :
HR 470 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in the recently announced resumption of the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that the conduct of the talks be characterized with transparency and involve all the affected stakeholders in order to ensure the constitutional and public acceptability of any agreement entered into by and between parties (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
HR 471 – Inquiry into the current status of the implementation of the provisions of various agreements and organic laws which were entered into and enacted relative to the negotiations between the GRP and the MILF (Rep. Rodolfo Biazon)
Privilege Speech calling for continuing peace negotiations in Mindanao with concerns on the Tripoli agreement and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Rep. Bai Sandra Sema)