COMMITTEE INFORMATION
15th Congress of the Philippines

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JURISDICTION: All matters directly and principally relating to the administration of justice, the Judiciary, the practice of law and integration of the Bar, legal aid, penitentiaries and reform schools, adult probation, impeachment proceedings, registration of land titles, immigration, deportation, naturalization, and the definition of crimes and other offenses punishable by law and their penalties.
MEMBERSHIP: 55 Members
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGSPage: 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
TUESDAY, 04-SEPTEMBER-2012
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
HBs 2958, 3372, 4265, 4670, 4708, 4719, 5531 & 6418 – Creating additional regional trial court branches (RTC) and municipal trial court (MTC) branches in various cities and municipalities all over the country, amending for the purpose Batas Pambansa (BP) Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980, appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Napoleon Dy, Mel Senen Sarmiento, Oscar Malapitan, Jocelyn Limkaichong, Edwin Olivarez, Irvin Alcala, Maria Milagros ‘Mitos’ Magsaysay and Reynaldo Umali)
HBs 2306 & 5558 – Creating additional metropolitan trial courts (MeTC) in the Cities of Makati and Pasig, amending for the purpose BP Blg. 129, as amended and appropriating funds therefor (Reps Godofredo Arquiza and Roman Romulo)
HBs 5566 & 5839 – Creating additional branches of the MeTC and RTC in the National Capital Judicial Region to be stationed at the Cities of Malabon and Pasay, amending for the purpose BP Blg. 129, as amended and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Josephine Veronique Lacson-Noel and Imelda Calixto-Rubiano)
HBs 197 & 4619 – Providing for the modernization of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and providing funds therefor (Reps. Roilo Golez and Rodolfo Biazon)
HB 712 – Creating a BuCor Technical Institute (BCTI) within the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) Reservation and the Correctional Institution for Women and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HB 2880 – Streamlining the BuCor bureaucracy and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito)
HB 4766 – Mandating the Department of Justice to sell the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) and from the proceeds thereof to acquire four new prison facilities to be located in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and the National Capital Region (Minority Leader Danilo Suarez)
HB 5546 – Establishing three additional penal institutions in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ranulfo Canonigo)
HB 5741 – Providing for the establishment of a high-profile crime detention center under the BuCor, providing funds therefor (Rep. Christopher Co)
HB 5926 – Strengthening the BuCor and providing funds therefor (Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy)
HR 1327 – Investigation into the anomalies and irregularities committed within the NBP compound under the management of the Bucor (Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil)
- Committee/SubCommittee:
JUSTICE jt. w/ GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Time and Venue : 09:30 AM / Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
Agenda/Resource Person :
Substitute Bill to HBs 494, 5251 & 1214 – Strengthening the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel by redefining, expanding, strengthening, rationalizing and further professionalizing its organization, upgrading employee benefits and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara, Reynaldo Umali and Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo)
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