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COMMITTEE MEETINGS

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16-AUGUST-2023 • WEDNESDAY
Committee/Sub-CommitteeTime and Venue
APPROPRIATIONS
Agenda		09:00 AM onwards
Face-to-face meeting at the Spkr. Nograles Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
Briefings/hearings on the proposed FY 2024 budget of the following departments/agencies:

• 9:00 AM
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

• 1:30 PM
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Agenda		09:30 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the Commission on Appointments Conf. Rm. 4/F SWA Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
Briefing by the Department of Agriculture on the rice production and supply situation in the country
CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Agenda		09:30 AM
Face-to-face meeting at Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
HB 663 – Providing for a two-day special emergency leave for all workers in the public and private sector directly affected by natural calamities or disasters (Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda)

HB 3874 – Providing for a five-day special emergency leave for all workers in the public and private sector directly affected by natural calamities or disasters (Rep.Gus Tambunting)

HBs 2389 & 6733 – Providing automatic promotion of government officials and employees upon retirement from government service (Reps. Marie Bernadette Escudero and Edwin Olivarez)
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT - CANCELLED
Agenda		09:30 AM
Face-to-face meeting at Spkr. De Venecia Hall, 1/F SWA Bldg.
HR 699 – Inquiry into the Department of the Interior and Local Government Memorandum Circular No. 2020-160 which is being used as basis by receiving local government units (LGUs) for demanding standardized assistance from sending LGUs as a pre-condition to relocation of informal settler families to the housing projects of the National Housing Authority which are dedicated for compliance to the Supreme Court continuing mandamus (Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla)
JUSTICE (Technical Working Group)
Agenda		09:30 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the Spkrs. Aquino/Makalintal Hall, 2/F SWA Bldg.
Technical Working Group meeting on:

HBs 5029, 7054, 7307 & 7801 – Amending certain sections of RA 7309 or the law creating a Board of Claims under the Department of Justice (by increasing the compensation for victims of unjust imprisonment or detention and victims of violent crimes) (Reps. Marvin Rillo, Jaime Fresnedi, Michael Romero, Ph.D., and Eduardo ‘Bro. Eddie’ Villanueva)

HB 6756 - Providing compensation for persons wrongfully convicted of a crime (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Agenda		09:30 AM
Face-to-face meeting at Conf. Rms. 7&8, RVM Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
Deliberation on the following bills:

• HB 370 – Establishing a welfare and social assistance program to families left behind by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) (Rep. Marissa ‘Del Mar’ Magsino)

• HB 8560 – Institutionalizing mechanisms for the protection of minor children whose parent or both parents are OFWs employed abroad (Rep. Marissa ‘Del Mar’ Magsino)

Briefing/update on the following issues/concerns affecting the rights and welfare of OFWs:

• Country-specific standard employment contract for migrant workers to Guam
• Legal Assistance Fund
• Settlement/payment by the Saudi Arabia government of unpaid salaries and other benefits of former OFWs who worked for Saudi companies that declared bankruptcy in 2015-2016
• Proposed 2024 budgets and programs for OFWs of the Department of Foreign Affairs - Office of the Undersectetary for Migrant Workers Affairs, Department of Migrant Workers, and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Agenda		09:30 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the Bids and Awards Committee Conf. Rm, SWA Bldg.
Committee Report on and Substitute Bill to HB 7410 – Mandating the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to create the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Regional Program Management Office, Provincial Operations Office, and City/Municipal Operations Office, in relation to the implementation of RA 11310, otherwise known as the 4Ps Act, to create plantilla positions therein with entitlement to security of tenure and other benefits, and approriating funds therefor (Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan)

Committee Report on and Consolidated Bill to HBs 4372, 6813, 8040 & HR 184 – Strengthening beneficiary identification and targeting mechanisms, inclusion of a food and nutrition grant, amending for this purpose RA 11310 (Reps. Alfred Delos Santos, Paul Ruiz Daza, Franz Pumaren, and Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan)

HR 89 – Urging the DSWD to prioritize farmers and fisherfolk as eligible beneficiaries in the Department’s move to accommodate new recipients of the 4Ps, in line with the graduation of 1.3 million households from the program (Rep. Wilbert Lee)

HR 194 – Urging the DSWD to update the list of household-beneficiaries of the 4Ps (Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr.)

HR 200 – Inquiry into the delisting of around 1.3 million beneficiaries of 4Ps by the DSWD (Rep. Arlene Brosas)

HR 1092 – Inquiry into the unwarranted graduation of non-poor beneficiaries of the 4Ps and urging the DSWD to institute a systematic appeal mechanism for beneficiaries who wish to appeal their graduation from the program (Rep. Wilbert Lee)

Privilege Speech delivered on the floor on August 8, 2022 – On the delisting of 4Ps families (Rep. Paul Ruiz Daza)
EAST ASEAN GROWTH AREA
Agenda		11:00 AM
Face-to-face meeting at the R. R. Andaya Hall, 2/F Main Bldg.
Committee Report on HR 343 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to hold the first Brunei - Indonesia - Malaysia - Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Parliamentary Forum in the Philippines in 2024 (Rep. Princess Rihan Sakaluran)
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (Technical Working Group)
Agenda		01:00 PM
Face-to-face meeting at Conf. Rms. 7&8, RVM Bldg. (To be livestreamed on the official Facebook page of the HRep)
Technical Working Group meeting on:

HBs 708, 1652, 1930, 5807, 6165 & 7860 – Providing for the development and construction of potable water supply systems in ever barangay throughout the country (Reps. Emigdio Tanjuatco III, Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, Alfred Delos Santos, Patrick Michael Vargas, Joseph Gilbert Violago, and Rufus Rodriguez)
SENIOR CITIZENS
Agenda		01:00 PM
Face-to-face meeting at the Bids and Awards Committee Conf. Rm, SWA Bldg.
HB 2095 – Mandating all national government agencies, executive departments, bureaus, office agencies, local government units, and barangays to set aside at least one percent of their total budget for programs, projects, and activities exclusive for senior citizens (Rep. Rodolfo ‘Ompong’ Ordanes)

HB 7298 – Expanding the coverage of the senior citizen discounts to include vitamins, mineral, and food supplements (Rep. Rodolfo ‘Ompong’ Ordanes)

HB 8628 – Mandating the special discount granted to senior citizens in the purchase of basic necessities and prime commodities, further amending RA 7432, as amended, or the law maximizing the contribution of senior citizens to nation building, granting benefits, and special privileges (Rep. Dale Corvera)

Last Updated: 05-December-2023, 03:21:52 PM

 
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