House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. NW-315
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7355
Direct: 8931-5106
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF EMPLOYERS IN POSTING NOTICES OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER EMPLOYEES IN NEWSPAPERS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION VENUES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-07
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-07, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-09 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-09
Date Filed: 2019-10-14
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MAGNA CARTA OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-05
Primary Referral: OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Substituted by HB08057
Mother Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2019-10-15
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO MIGRATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
Date Read: 2019-11-05
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Bill Status: Substituted by HB05832
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-11, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-16
Date Filed: 2019-12-17
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FILIPINOS OVERSEAS AND FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-12-17
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-11
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-11, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-16
Date Filed: 2020-01-28
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY TO VOLUNTEERS FOR ACTS OR OMISSIONS COMMITTED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
Date Read: 2020-01-29
Primary Referral: PEOPLE PARTICIPATION
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-11
Date Filed: 2020-01-30
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING BANKING INSTITUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE FINANCING SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL, FISHERIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2020-02-03
Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-11
Date Filed: 2020-02-06
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FULL AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME INSTRUMENTS OF WHICH THE PHILIPPINES IS A STATE PARTY
Date Read: 2020-02-12
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-02-12
Date Filed: 2020-02-06
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING ALL BARANGAYS TO CREATE A REGISTRY OF SKILLED WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-02-10
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-02-19
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-03
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-03, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-04 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-04
Date Filed: 2020-03-10
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING VOLUNTEERISM AS A STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DECLARING DECEMBER AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 12 AND 13 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9418, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "VOLUNTEER ACT OF 2007"
Date Read: 2020-03-11
Primary Referral: PEOPLE PARTICIPATION
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-24
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-24, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-01 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-03-11
Full Title: AN ACT INTEGRATING MANDATORY SWIMMING AND SURVIVAL LESSONS AND WATER SAFETY IN K-12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Date Read: 2020-05-04
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-05-04
Date Filed: 2020-03-12
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN LEGISLATIVE POLICYMAKING THROUGH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
Date Read: 2020-05-04
Primary Referral: PEOPLE PARTICIPATION
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-03
Date Filed: 2020-05-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DOMESTIC REPATRIATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995”, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-05-27
Primary Referral: OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2020-05-27
Date Filed: 2020-05-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY IMMUNIZATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS, PENALIZING CERTAIN PROHIBITED ACTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-05-27
Primary Referral: OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2020-05-27
Date Filed: 2020-05-22
Full Title: AN ACT RECOGNIZING SEAFARERS AS KEY WORKERS IN TIMES OF EPIDEMIC OR STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, PROVIDING EXEMPTION FROM MOVEMENT OR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO SEAFARERS, MANDATING THE ISSUANCE OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-05-27
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-27
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS STRATEGY FOR THE COUNTRY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT ENSURING PHILIPPINE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY RESILIENCY AGAINST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-02
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01849
Bill Status: House ratified the CC report on 2020-12-16, Senate on 2020-12-15
Date Filed: 2020-05-28
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING POLICIES, REGULATIONS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SAFEGUARDS FOR THE BETTER NORMAL IN THE WORKPLACE, PUBLIC PLACES AND COMMUNITIES TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date Read: 2020-05-28
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-08-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-08-19
Date Filed: 2020-05-28
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE CONDUCT OF BASELINE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION COVID-19 TESTING FOR THE VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY TO STOP THE TRANSMISSION OF THE DISEASE
Date Read: 2020-05-28
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-06-01
Full Title: AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE CAMOTES ISLANDS, PROVINCE OF CEBU, DECLARING CERTAIN LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AS AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN TO DISPOSITION FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PROCLAMATION NO. 2152 DATED DECEMBER 29, 1981, ENTITLED "DECLARING THE ENTIRE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN AND CERTAIN PARCELS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND/OR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS MANGROVE SWAMP FOREST RESERVES"
Date Read: 2020-06-02
Primary Referral: NATURAL RESOURCES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-25
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-25, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-01 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-06-02
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION ECONOMIC STIMULUS (CURES) FUND AND INSTITUTING MECHANISMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-02
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-05
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-05, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-06-02
Full Title: AN ACT ENABLING BANKS TO EXPAND SERVICE DELIVERY CHANNELS THROUGH CASH AGENTS AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-03
Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-03
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-11
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-11, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-08-13 and received by the Senate on 2020-08-19
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ANNUAL NATIONAL BUDGET PROCESS AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Business for the day on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-09-24
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS UNIFIED INITIATIVES TO DISTRESSED ENTERPRISES FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY (GUIDE)
Date Read: 2020-09-28
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Unfinished Business (Period of Interpellation)
Date Filed: 2020-09-30
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW) SOVEREIGN FUND
Date Read: 2020-10-02
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Business for the day on 2020-10-14
Date Filed: 2020-10-01
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING ANTI-DRUG ABUSE COUNCILS (ADACS) IN ALL PROVINCES, CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND BARANGAYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Date Read: 2020-10-05
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-18
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
Date Filed: 2020-10-01
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002"
Date Read: 2020-10-05
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Unfinished Business (Period of Sponsorship)
Date Filed: 2020-10-05
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING FOR THE FULL DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1827, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO REGULATE LOBBYING IN THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND IN THE COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS” AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-10-05
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-07
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-07, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-09 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-09
Date Filed: 2020-10-14
Date Urgent: 2020-10-16
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERMITS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS IN TIMES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-10-16
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01844
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-23
Republic Act No.: RA11517
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11517 enacted on 2020-12-23
Date Filed: 2020-10-24
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HERITAGE ZONE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN VICENTE, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-25
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
Date Filed: 2020-10-29
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FREE EXPRESSION, TO PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 880 OR THE “PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ACT OF 1985”
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2020-11-16)
Date Filed: 2020-11-03
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING A SYSTEM OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PEOPLE'S COUNCIL IN EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL SANGGUNIAN AND LOCAL BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMITTEES, TASK FORCES OR SIMILAR WORK GROUPS
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-07
Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2020-11-03
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION OF THE REMITTANCES OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-07
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-11-09
Full Title: AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF PARACELIS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF PARACELIS, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE TO SERAPIO GAWAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-25
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
Date Filed: 2020-11-23
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MAGNA CARTA OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS
Date Read: 2020-11-24
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2020-11-25
Full Title: AN ACT INCLUDING A NATIONAL ARTIST AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7356, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “LAW CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS”
Date Read: 2020-12-01
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2020-11-26
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000”
Date Read: 2020-12-01
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-16
Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2020-12-04
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING ENHANCED PROTECTION, SECURITY, AND BENEFITS FOR MEDIA WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-14
Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2021-01-18
Full Title: AN ACT PROMOTING INTEGRATED URBAN AGRICULTURE IN URBAN AREAS NATIONWIDE TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 0000-00-00
Date Filed: 2019-11-25
Full Title: A RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY URGING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATIONS (COPs) TO THE RESPECTIVE FIRST NOMINEES OF THE PARTY LISTS SENIOR CITIZEN AND DUTERTE YOUTH REPRESENTING THE LAST TWO REMAINING SEATS ALLOCATED TO PARTY LIST REPRESENTATIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1987 CONSTITUTION
Date Read: 2019-11-25
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2019-11-25
Date Filed: 2019-12-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE COORDINATING AGENCY (PNVSCA) ON ITS 55TH ANNIVERSARY AND COMMENDING ITS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
Date Read: 2019-12-04
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-11
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00026 on 2019-12-11
Date Filed: 2019-12-19
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) BASED ON PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES INCLUDING THE HAGUE JOINT DECLARATION OF 1992 AND THE STAND-DOWN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 2018
Date Read: 2020-01-20
Primary Referral: PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY since 2020-01-20
Date Filed: 2020-02-24
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO FORM A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP UNDER THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION TO FORMULATE A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION TO THE QUESTION OF IMPROVING THE STATE OF PHILIPPINE MARITIME SCHOOLS AND THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH STCW AND OTHER CONVENTIONS
Date Read: 2020-03-02
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-08-11
Date Filed: 2020-03-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES CHAIRED BY MAJORITY LEADER REP. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ TO CONSIDER CONVERTING THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZENS INTO A REGULAR STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Date Read: 2020-03-10
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-03-10
Date Filed: 2020-05-07
Full Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND/OR THE DEFEAT COVID-19 ADHOC COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPACT OF THE "NEW NORMAL" TO THE TRANSPORT SECTOR (LAND, SEA, AND AIR) AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DEVELOPING A NEW ROAD MAP FOR THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY THAT WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE STIMULUS PACKAGES TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THEIR MANDATE TO SERVE THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCIES
Date Read: 2020-05-11
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-27
Date Filed: 2020-05-07
Full Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND/OR THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS AND/OR THE DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPACT OF THE “NEW NORMAL” TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING THEM ALTERNATIVE JOBS AND LIVELIHOOD, FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER INCOME OPPORTUNITIES
Date Read: 2020-05-11
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-27
Date Filed: 2020-11-11
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY, PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION, OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION, AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS, TO CREATE A TASK FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS DURING SEA MISHAPS OCCURING IN TERRITORIAL WATERS, FOREIGN WATERS AND THE OPEN SEA AND ENSURING THAT THE FAMILIES OF SURVIVING, MISSING OR DEAD FILIPINO CREW MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AND LEGAL CLAIMS FROM PRIVATE ENTITIES
Date Read: 2020-11-23
Primary Referral: OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2020-11-23
Date Filed: 2021-01-17
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, TO PRIORITIZE SEAFARERS AND MARITIME WORKERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINE AGAINST THE CORONA VIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19), IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR DESIGNATION AS KEY WORKERS AND THEIR CRITICAL ROLE IN MAINTAINING THE SUPPLY OF VITAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOOD AND OTHER BASIC GOODS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
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| Committee | Position |
|---|---|
| 1. Aquaculture And Fisheries Resources | Journal #24Vice Chairperson |
| 2. Higher And Technical Education | Journal #31Vice Chairperson |
| 3. Agriculture And Food | Journal #31Member for the Majority |
| 4. Banks And Financial Intermediaries | Journal #24Member for the Majority |
| 5. Basic Education And Culture | Journal #31Member for the Majority |
| 6. Dangerous Drugs | Journal #34Member for the Majority |
| 7. Labor And Employment | Journal #24Member for the Majority |
| 8. Natural Resources | Journal #24Member for the Majority |
| 9. Overseas Workers Affairs | Journal #34Member for the Majority |
| 10. People Participation | Journal #24Member for the Majority |
| 11. Science And Technology | Journal #24Member for the Majority |
| 12. Senior Citizens | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
| 13. Social Services | Journal #24Member for the Majority |
| 14. Transportation | Journal #24Member for the Majority |
| 15. West Philippine Sea | Journal #31Member for the Majority |
Born Ace S. Barbers on May 31, 1969 in Manila, Philippines. He is the second of the four siblings by ROBERT ZABALA BARBERS and VIRGINIA FLORES SMITH.
Ace as he is fondly called, successfully ventured into several business endeavors with his friends after college. He was engaged in importation business, cargo movement/logistics, and in agri/aquaculture in the countryside. After years of gaining experience in the private sector, He decided to enter politics to follow the footsteps of his father. He ran as congressman and won in the district his father once served in the province of Surigao del Norte in the north eastern part of the island of Mindanao. He served as member for three (3) consecutive terms of the Philippine House of Representatives during the 11th, 12th and 13th congresses. As member of the Philippine congress, he was elected as chairman of several committees’, such as committee on economic affairs, committee on accounts and committee on dangerous drugs. He was one of the young elected representatives of the 11th congress who played a crucial role in the ESTRADA impeachment for alleged corruption and violation of the constitution. His advocacies and principled stand on several national issues together with his equally young colleagues did not go unnoticed, the media coined a name for their group and called them THE SPICE BOYS’.
He is currently a member the 17th and 18th congresses of the House of Representatives and chairs the COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS DRUGS.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11
Introduced by Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and Rep. Bienvenido M. Abante, Jr.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR FOR THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF OTHE PHILIPPINES
RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Calendar for the Second Regular Session of the Eighteenth Congress of the Philippines shall be as follows:
CALENDAR OF SESSION
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
| 1. | Commencement of Session | July 27, 2020 - October 16, 2020 |
| 2. | Suspension of Session | October 17, 2020 - November 15, 2020 |
| 3. | Resumption of Session | November 16, 2020 - December 18, 2020 |
| 4. | Adjournment of Session | December 19, 2020 - January 17, 2021 |
| 5. | Resumption of Session | January 18, 2021 - March 26, 2021 |
| 6. | Suspension of Session | March 27, 2021 - May 16, 2021 |
| 7. | Resumption of Session | May 17, 2021 - June 4, 2021 |
| (Sine Die Adjournment) | ||
| 8. | Adjournment of Session | June 5, 2021 - July 25, 2021 |
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