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COMMITTEE MEETINGS

SOURCE: Committee Management Support Service I


WEEKLY SCHEDULE

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11-DECEMBER-2023 • MONDAY
Committee/Sub-CommitteeTime and Venue
BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Agenda
10:00 AM
Face-face meeting at the Spkr. Belmonte Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook pages of the HRep and Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo)
Substitute Bill to HBs 548, 715, 1201, 2481, 2681 & 4026 – Regulating the learner class size in all public basic education schools and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. France Castro, Emigdio Tanjuatco III, Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, Virgilio Lacson, Christopher De Venecia, and Luis Raymund ‘LRay’ Villafuerte Jr.)

HB 487 – Developing globally competitive science and mathematics teachers (Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo)

HB 7994 – Creating the National Museum of Filipino Women and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Midy Cua)
*For consolidation with the earlier approved Substitute Bill on the National Museum of Filipino Women Act

HB 8242 – Granting free assessment fee for Senior High School (SHS) students under the SHS training-vocational- livelihood track and other SHS tracks requiring certifications and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Doris Maniquiz)

HB 8393 - Ensuring the alignment of basic education and early childhood education, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Francisco ‘Kiko’ Benitez)

HBs 8921 & 9118 – Institutionalizing the grant of a teaching allowance and teaching supplies allowance for public school teachers and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Virgilio Lacson and Ralph Wendel Tulfo)
*For consolidation with the earlier approved Substitute Bill on the Teaching Supplies Allowance Act

HB 3260 – Separating the Bokong National High School - Tabak Annex in Barangay Upper Pulacan, Municipality of Labangan, Province of Zamboanga del Sur from Bokong National High School, converting it into an independent national high school to be known as the Tabak National High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Divina Grace Yu)
ENERGY
Agenda
10:00 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the Spkr. Villar Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg.
HB 295 – Incentivizing the construction, operation, and development of renewable energy storage facilities, amending for the purpose RA 9513, otherwise known as the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 (Rep. Greg Gasataya)

HR 475 – Inquiry into the high power rates and frequent power interruptions in all serviceable areas of the Central Negros Cooperative, Inc. (Rep. Greg Gasataya)

Report of the Technical Working Group on the Substitute Bill to HB 7001 – Providing for the condonation of unpaid obligations on the power consumption of the Public Utilities Department - Olongapo City to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (Rep. Jefferson Khonghun)
• Approval of the Committee Report on and Substitute Bill to HB 7001
HEALTH
Agenda
10:00 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the Spkr. Nograles Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
HB 7029 – Converting the Palanan Station Hospital in the Municipality of Palanan, Province of Isabela, into a Level I hospital under the direct control and supervision of the Department of Health (DOH), increasing its bed capacity from 10 beds to 50 beds and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ed Christopher Go)

HB 7337 – Converting the Tigaon Primary Hospital into a specialty hospital to be known as the Tigaon Maternity Hospital (Rep. Arnie Fuentebella)

HB 7989 – Providing for the restoration and rehabilitation of the Major Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Emergency Hospital and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Solomon Chungalao)

HB 9378 – Establishing a 50-bed district hospital under the DOH in the Municipality of Cordova, Province of Cebu and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Daphne Lagon)

HB 9595 – Upgrading the Eastern Bicol Medical Center in Virac, Catanduanes to a tertiary level hospital attached to the DOH and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eulogio Rodriguez)
LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Agenda
10:00 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the R. R. Andaya Hall, 2/F Main Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
Committee Report on and Substitute Resolution to HR 1499 - Urging the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to suspend the operations of Swara Sug Media Corporation operating under the business name Sonshine Media Network International, for violating the terms and conditions of its franchise under RA 11422 (Rep. Margarita 'Atty. Migs' Nograles)

HR 230 – Condemning the fake news peddling and baseless red-tagging of individuals, groups, and organizations by the Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), thereby endangering their lives and democratic rights, and urging the NTC to apprise the House of Representatives of the status of the complaints against SMNI pending before it (Rep. France Castro)

HR 1428 – Condemning the fake news peddling, baseless red-tagging, and grave threats against Act Teachers Party-List Rep. France L. Castro by Rodrigo Roa Duterte and SMNI, and urging the NTC to investigate the incident in light of media and journalism standards and existing laws (Rep. Arlene Brosas)

Privilege Speech delivered on the floor on November 28, 2023 –On the alleged fake news peddling, baseless red-tagging, and misinformation on the alleged P1.8 billion travel expense of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (Rep. David ‘Jay-Jay’ Suarez)

HR 1425 - Inquiry into the contractual relationship with Sarraga Integrated and Management Corporation and Baskog Network Global Consulting Services Corporation in relation to the prohibition under Section 12 of RA 10974, or the law renewing for another 25 years the franchise granted to Sarraga Integrated and Management Corporation (Rep. Ivan Howard Guintu)
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE RELOCATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMPLEX
Agenda
01:00 PM
Face-to-face meeting at Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
Organizational meeting – Approval of the Committee Rules of Procedure

Discussion on the proposal to conduct and study the relocation of the House of Representatives complex
NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Agenda
01:00 PM
Face-to-face meeting at the Spkr. De Venecia Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
HBs 1616, 3393, 3881, 6622, 6667 & 8373 - Institutionalizing a Philippine Self-Reliant Defense Posture Program and promoting the development of a national defense industry pursuant thereto (Reps. Albert Garcia, Raul ‘Boboy’ Tupas, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto, Reps. Mercedes Alvarez, Arnan Panaligan, and Rufus Rodriguez)
12-DECEMBER-2023 • TUESDAY
Committee/Sub-CommitteeTime and Venue
TRANSPORTATION
Agenda
09:00 AM
Face-face meeting at the Spkr. Belmonte Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
HB 9416 – Establishing a regular district office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in the Municipality of Maayon in the 1st District of the Province of Capiz and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Emmanuel ‘Tawi’ Billones)

HB 9433 – Establishing an extension office of the LTO in the Municipality of Maayon, Province of Capiz and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Ivan Howard Guintu)

HB 9546 – Converting the LTO satellite office in Ticao Island, Masbate into a regular LTO district office to be stationed in San Jacinto, Masbate and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Richard Kho)

Update by the Department of Transportation on the status of implementation of the MC Taxi Pilot Study Program
WAYS AND MEANS
Agenda
09:00 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the R. R. Andaya Hall, 2/F Main Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
HR 1437 - Inquiry into the reported inspection of a warehouse in Valenzuela City which led to the discovery of P1.428 billion worth of allegedly illegal electronic cigarettes bearing the mark "Flava" with the end in view of abating the proliferation of illicit trade by introducing remedial legislation as may be necessary (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
13-DECEMBER-2023 • WEDNESDAY
Committee/Sub-CommitteeTime and Venue
MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Agenda
09:30 AM
Face-to-face meeting at Spkr. De Venecia Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg.
Report of the Technical Working Group on the Substitute Bill to HBs 2112, 4566, 4911, 5554, 6091, 6952 & 8192 – Promoting the growth and development of social enterprises as a means to alleviate poverty, establishing for the purpose the Poverty Reduction through Social Entrepreneurship Program, and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Luis Raymund ‘LRay’ Villafuerte Jr., Bernadette ‘BH’ Herrera, Gus Tambunting, Jose Manuel Alba, Maximo Dalog Jr., Eduardo 'Bro. Eddie' Villanueva, and Mario Vittorio ‘Marvey’ Mariño)
• Approval of the Committee Report on and Substitute Bill to HBs 2112, 4566, 4911, 5554, 6091, 6952 & 8192
INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Agenda
01:30 PM
Face-to-face meeting at Spkr. De Venecia Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg.
HB 6713 – Mandating the payment of death and burial benefits to indigenous peoples (IPs) mandatory representatives in the barangays (Rep. Edwin Olivarez)

HB 9608 – Rationalizing the ancestral lands administration and adjudication process, amending for the purpose RA 8371, otherwise known as the IPs Rights Act of 1997 (Rep. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo)

Last Updated: 08-December-2023, 06:52:04 PM