good governance and...

LEDAC Secretariat 2016

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Good Governance and Anti-Corruption The Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Cluster shall promote transparency, accountability, participatory governance, and strengthening of public institutions. It shall also work

to regain the trust and confidence of the public in government. In particular, the following goals shall be pursued:

a. Upholding transparency in government transactions and our commitment to combating graft and corruption.

b. Strengthening of the capacity of government institutions to link their respective budgets with performance outcomes and enabling citizens and civil society to monitor and evaluate

these;

c. A professional, motivated and energized bureaucracy with adequate means to perform their public service missions;

d. Improvement of public sector asset and resource management and revenue performance; and

e. Establishing an improved policy and regulatory environment that will reduce the cost of doing business in the country and improve competition.

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

(1)

ENACTMENT INTO LAW

(2)

COMMON LEGISLATIVE

AGENDA/CONGRESS

(3)

REMARKS

(4)

Vesting the Bureau of Food and Drugs

(BFAD) with quasi-judicial powers

Republic Act No. 9711

Signed into law on August 18, 2009

14th Congress

13th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010; Updated MTPDP

1996-1998 directs the vesting of quasi-

judicial powers to BFAD

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act

of 2009

Prescribing and enforcing a system of

hospital licensure

Updated Medium-Term Philippine

Development Plan (1996-1998)

Providing for a system of rabies control Updated Medium-Term Philippine


Prescribing a comprehensive population

policy and strengthening of the Population

Commission (Population Act of 1995)

Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (1996-1998)

Granting tax incentives to private

companies that fortify certain food

commodities



Directing the Civil Service Commission

(CSC) to review its hiring policies that

require baccalaureate degrees for jobs that

can be performed by nondegree holders




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Prescribing a mandatory five-year service

in the Philippines for all recipients of

state-funded higher education programs


Providing a system of incentives to

encourage the private sector to support

S&T education development



15th Congress

15th Congress Updated MTPDP 1996-1998 directs the

creation of the S&T Education

Development Fund; to provide a system

of incentives to encourage the private

sector to support S&T education

development; to establish a system of

identifying and addressing the special

needs of the gifted in S&T; and to direct

the CSC to provide measures that allow

flexibility in the hiring, promotion and

reward system of S&T teachers

Establishing a system of identifying and

addressing the special needs of the gifted

in science and technology (S&T)



15th Congress












Directing the CSC to provide measures

that allow flexibility in the hiring,

promotion and reward system of S&T

teachers



15th Congress










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Improving and strengthening the National

Historical Institute



Promoting the development of the

Philippine music industry


Providing for the Protection and

Preservation of Philippine Cultural

Heritage and for Other Purposes (HB 430)


Signed into law on March 26, 2010

14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010;

MTPDP 2001-2004 directs the enactment

of the Philippine Heritage Bill

National Archives Act Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (1996-1998)

Prescribing and enforcing standards and

sanctions to protect the public from

scientifically erroneous advertising


Amending the Abot-Kaya Pabahay Fund Updated Medium-Term Philippine


Mandating the imposition and collection

of idle land and social housing tax


1996-1998

Granting fiscal incentives to

manufacturers of low-cost housing

materials and technologies



Amending the Commission on Audit

(COA) regulations on the disposition of

government land for socialized housing



Amending the procedures on extra-

judicial foreclosure



Amending the National Home Mortgage

Finance Corporation (NHMFC) Charter

particularly on the change of agency

name, expansion of home mortgage

concept




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Amending the Home Insurance and

Guarantee Corporation (HIGC) Charter on

the extension of corporate terms up to

March 2000



Creating Local Housing Boards Updated Medium-Term Philippine


Amending the General Banking Act Republic Act No. 8791

Approved by the President on May 23,

2000

10th Congress; 11th Congress MTPDP 1999-2004; PNDP 1998;

Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Amending the Productivity Incentives Act

of 1990


Development Plan (1996-1998); MTPDP

1999-2004

Institutionalizing the Public Employment

Service Offices (PESOs)


Signed into law on February 14, 2000

10th Congress; 11th Congress MTPDP 1999-2004; Updated MTPDP

1996-1998

Rationalizing the Employees

Compensation Program



Restricting Fixed Period of Employment Updated Medium-Term Philippine


Phasing out of the gross receipts tax

(GRT)



Comprehensive Tax Reform Package Republic Act No. 8424

Signed into law on December 11, 1997

10th Congress Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

The Government Reorganization Act

which prescribes the principles of

governance and the structural framework

that will guide future creation and

reorganization of agencies, define the role

of the national government and its

relationship with the private sector and

LGUs, and establish provision for

efficient, quality and responsive public

services




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Amendment to the LGC to equitably

allocate the internal revenue allotments of

LGUs



Amendment to Section 11 (B) of PD 1146

which revises the Government Service

Insurance Act



Right-sizing the government bureaucracy

(reengineering bill)

13th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010; MTPDP 2001-2004;

MTPDP 1999-2004; PNDP 1998;


Amendments to the Administrative Code

of 1987



Upgrading of salaries and benefits of

government employees



Provision of necessary budgetary

resources to enhance the productivity of

government agencies/workers



Amendment of Sections 20 and 29 (d) and

(f) of the National Internal Revenue Code

as Amended, to provide for the Grant of

NOLCO and accelerated depreciation

(AD) deductions for income tax purposes



Increasing the Composition of the

Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

Adjudication Board’s (AB) full time

members from three to nine and

upgrading their salaries equivalent to that

of the NLRC and the augmentation of P20

million to the budget of DAR to cover the

costs of the reorganization and the

beefing-up of the Board’s manpower

requirements


Development Plan (1996-1998);


of a bill strengthening the DAR

Adjudication Board

Revised Government Auditing Code 10th Congress Updated MTPDP 1996-1998


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Amending the Local Government Code by

providing, among others, equitable

distribution of the internal revenue

allocation and granting of expanded

operating autonomy to LGUs in revenue

generation and utilization


Creation of the Cordillera Administrative

Consultative Commission


Approved by the President on December

22, 1997

10th Congress


Reforms in the Electoral System Republic Act No. 9006

Approved by the President on February

12, 2001

12th Congress PNDP 1998

Creation of Special Tax Courts Republic Act No. 9282

Approved by the President on March 30,

2004

12th Congress

Amendments to the Local Government

Code (RA 7160) (mandatory appointment

of a municipal social welfare development

officer and other health-related

amendments)

12th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010; MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to Republic Act No. 7160,

otherwise known as the Local

Government Code of 1991 (on

prioritization of educational expenditures)

13th Congress MTPDP 1999-2004; PDP 2011-2016

Bill on School Titling MTPDP 1999-2004

An Act Strengthening Coordination and

Relationship of all Cultural Agencies of

the Government

MTPDP 1999-2004


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Creation of the Local Housing Boards for

Urban and Urbanizable Areas all over the

Philippines

12th and 15th Congresses PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 1999-2004

directs the creation of the Local Housing

Boards for Urban and Urbanizable Areas

all over the Philippines

House: Approved on 3rd reading

Senate: Pending on Second Reading

Restructuring of the DAR Adjudication

Board (consolidation of HB Nos. 109 and

590)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Imposition of Land Conversion Tax

(consolidation of HB Nos. 601 and 1374)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Decentralization of Agricultural

Development Programs

MTPDP 1999-2004

Restructuring the National Food Authority

(NFA)

15th Congress PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010;

MTPDP 1999-2004

Senate: Pending in Committee on

Government Corporations And Public

Enterprises; Agriculture And Food and

Finance

Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)

Charter

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to EO 259 MTPDP 1999-2004

Creation of the Philippine Science and

Technology Development Corporation

MTPDP 1999-2004

National Metrology Law MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendment to PD 223 and professional

regulatory laws



05, 2000

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the New Central Bank

Act (RA 7653)


MTPDP 2004-2010; PDP 2011-2016

House: HB 5875: Approved on Third Reading on October 09, 2015 and


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transmitted to the Senate on October 15, 2015 Senate: Pending in Committee

Amendment to RA 7160 or the Local

Government Code (on tourism devolved

functions)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendment to Public Service Act (CA

146)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Institution of linkages among government

agencies and private sector institutions for

coordinated planning, implementation and

evaluation of manpower development

plans and programs

MTPDP 1999-2004

Conversion of the Air Transport Office MTPDP 1999-2004

Registration of Heavy Equipment MTPDP 1999-2004

Revision of axle load limits MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendment to RA 3601 or an Act

Creating the National Irrigation

Administration

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the Local Government

Code


Tax Census/Tax Amnesty Program Republic Act No. 9480

Lapsed into law on May 24 2007

13th Congress

13th Congress MTPDP 1999-2004

Tax to discourage conversion of

agricultural lands

MTPDP 1999-2004

Barangay Power Association Act (BAPA) MTPDP 2001-2004

Procurement Reform Bills 12th and 15th Congresses MTPDP 2001-2004 directs the enactment

of Procurement Reform Bills

DICT Bill MTPDP 2004-2010

PDP 2011-2016 directs the Establishment

of the Department of Information and

Communications Technology (DICT) via


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Senate Bill (SB) No. 2546 – An Act

creating the Department of Information

and Communications Technology (DICT),

defining its powers and functions,

appropriating funds therefor and for other

purposes

HB 6198: Approved on Third Reading (Oct. 9, 2015)

Adopted HB 6198 as amendment to SB 2686

SB 2686: Approved on Third Reading (June 1, 2015)

Amendment to the SSS Law MTPDP 2004-2010

Local Sectoral Representation Act MTPDP 2004-2010

Political Party Development Act of 2008 13th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010

Review of the Party List Law MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendments to Anti-Corruption Laws MTPDP 2004-2010

Bills on Anti-Corruption MTPDP 2004-2010

Salary Standardization Law III Joint Resolution No. 4

Signed into Law on June 16, 2009

14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

Bill on the Rationalization of the

Government Position Classification and

Compensation System

MTPDP 2004-2010

Civil Service Code MTPDP 2004-2010

Bill on the Establishment of the Career

Executive System

MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendments to the Standardization Law PDP 2011-2016 HB 6268: Approved on Third

Reading (Dec. 9, 2015) SB 2621: Approved on Third

Reading (Jan. 18, 2016)


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Pending in the Bicameral Conference Committee

An Act Rationalizing the functions of DA,

DAR and DENR

PDP 2011-2016

Pursue Passage of Career Executive

System (CES) Bill

PDP 2011-2016

Pursue enactment of a law campaigning

finance reform regulating campaign

contributions

PDP 2011-2016

Amend the COA Charter PDP 2011-2016

Provide tax credits for lawyers PDP 2011-2016

Creation of the Department of Housing

and Urban Development (DHUD)

12th and 15th Congresses PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 1999-2004

directs the creation of the Local Housing

Boards for Urban and Urbanizable Areas

all over the Philippines

House: Approved on 3rd reading

Senate: Pending on Second Reading

HB 6194 Approved on 3rd Reading (Dec. 16, 2015)

SB3086 Pending on 2nd Reading (period of individual amendment)

Balanced Housing Requirement for

Condominium Projects

PDP 2011-2016

SB 2947 under CR 248 (Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate, 2/3/2016)

Establishment of Local Housing Boards PDP 2011-2016

HB 4963 Approved on 3rd Reading (Sept. 26, 2014)


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Transmitted to the Senate on 2014-09-30 and received by the Senate on 2014-09-30

SB 2626 under CR 98 ( Pending Period of individual amendments)

Human Development and Poverty Reduction The Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster shall focus on improving the overall quality of life of the Filipino and translating the gains of good governance into direct,

immediate, and substantial benefits that will empower the poor and marginalized segments of society. In particular, the cluster shall pursue the following goals:

a. Making education the central strategy for investing in our people, reducing poverty and building national competitiveness;

b. Recognizing the importance of advancing and protecting public health;

c. Building of the capacities and creation of opportunities among the poor and the marginalized;

d. Increasing social protection and engaging communities in their own development;

e. Promotion of equal gender opportunities in all spheres of public policies and programs; and

f. Ensuring effective coordination of national government programs for poverty reduction at the local level.

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

ENACTMENT INTO LAW

COMMON LEGISLATIVE

AGENDA/CONGRESS

REMARKS

Providing for a Public Health Code Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (1996-1998)

Institutionalizing the Philippine

Emergency Medical Services Systems



Institutionalizing and Strengthening AIDS

Prevention and Control



13, 1998



Recognizing and guaranteeing the rights

of patients



Providing for national health facilities

enhancement




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Providing for a comprehensive

strengthening of nutrition services

(Nutrition Act of 1995)


Mandating the labeling of the nutrition

information on processed food products



Prescribing and enforcing a system of

managing hospital waste


Reorganizing the DECS into a

Department of Basic Education (DBE)



Putting up a complete public elementary

school in most barangays and a complete

public high school in every municipality

where there is no public high school


Amending the enabling laws of tertiary

education (postsecondary schools and

higher education institutions) altogether to

re-establish their role and program

categories; strengthen and democratize

their governing boards and promote

academic freedom, institutional

responsiveness and relevance, fiscal

autonomy and greater accountability and

efficiency


Providing for a Magna Carta for students Updated Medium-Term Philippine


Prescribing and enforcing criteria for

establishment or conversion of higher

education institutions (HEIs)



Increasing scholarship/study grants/tuition

fee subsidy funds



Rationalizing location of HEIs through

program mapping



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Creating the S&T Education Development

Fund



15th Congress












Mandating government-controlled media

to air S&T programs



Exempting socialized housing from the

payment of documentary stamp taxes,

transfer taxes and other registration fees


Amending the Home Development

Mutual Fund (HDMF) Charter

particularly on the expansion of authority

to include condonation of penalties or

surcharges of loans


Signed into law on July 21, 2009

14th Congress

Providing for a Magna Carta for the urban

poor


provision for a Magna Carta for the Urban

Poor

House: Approved on 3rd Reading

Senate: Pending in Committee

Recognizing the right of the illegitimate

child to use the surname of the putative

father



24, 2004

12th Congress


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Ensuring equal rights between men and

women particularly in the areas of

property, citizenship, safety standards and

equal opportunities in all sectors


Omnibus amendments to social security

law (RA 1161)



1997

10th Congress


Providing for an unemployment assistance

program



Regulating the practice of labor sub-

contracting


Mandating the payment of contractual and

daily wage workers on special

nonworking holidays


Amendment to the Abot-Kaya Pabahay

Fund to make it more accessible to

socialized housing beneficiaries by

increasing the loanable amount for

development financing and by raising the

maximum family income levels eligible

for amortization support


Approved by the President on October 13,

2008

14th Congress



Socialized and Low-Cost Housing Loan

Restructuring Act of 2008

14th Congress

Expanding Social Security Law (RA

1161) protection to workers in the

informal sector and providing

nonpermanent employees in the formal

sector



1997

10th Congress



Creation of the Department of Basic

Education



Protection of agrarian reform beneficiaries

whose lands were converted to

commercial, industrial or residential use

by making them shareholders or co-



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investors of the new

industrial/commercial venture

Legislations that supports and advances

Sustainable Human Development (SHD)

PNDP 1998

Bill on Food Security PNDP 1998

Bill on Employment

PNDP 1998

Requiring the Fortification of Selected

Foods with Micronutrients and for Other

Related Purposes


Approved by the President on November

7, 2000

MTPDP 1999-2004

National Health Facilities Development

Bill

MTPDP 1999-2004

Prescribing Nutrition Labeling for Foods MTPDP 1999-2004

New Population Act MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendment to the Hospital Licensure Act

(RA 4226)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Tobacco Regulation Bill MTPDP 1999-2004

Omnibus Education Finance Bill MTPDP 1999-2004

National Coordinating Council for

Education Bill

MTPDP 1999-2004

Department of Basic Education (DBE)

Bill

MTPDP 1999-2004

Review of RA 7880 – Fair and Equitable

Access to Education Act or Roxas Law


An Act Providing for the Modernization

of School Health and Nutrition Program

in the DECS, Authorizing the

Appropriation of Funds Therefore, and for

Other Purposes (Senate Bill No. 1732)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Early Childhood Care and Development

(ECCD) Act

Republic Act No. 8980 MTPDP 1999-2004


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5, 2000

Amendment of the Apprenticeship Law Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (1996-1998);

MTPDP 1999-2004

Omnibus Higher Education Reform Bill MTPDP 1999-2004

Magna Carta for Students MTPDP 1999-2004

An Act Promoting Self-Regulation

Among Service Providers of Electronic

Media to Make it an Instrument for

Inculcating Values

MTPDP 1999-2004

Omnibus Cultural Heritage Bill Republic Act No. 10066


14th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Magna Carta for Senior Citizens 14th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010; MTPDP 1999-2004

directs the enactment of the Magna Carta

for Senior Citizens

Amendment to RA 7277 or the Magna

Carta for Disabled Persons – Granting the

Disabled Persons the same Privileges

Enjoyed by Senior Citizens (as embodied

in HB 811, and HB 2133; SB 1224 and

SB 494)


Approved by the President on April 30,

2007

13th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Republic Act No. 10070 or an Act

Establishing an Institutional Mechanism

to Ensure the Implementation of Programs

and Services for Persons with Disabilities

in Every Province, City and Municipality,

Amending Republic Act No. 7277

Otherwise Known as the “Magna Carta

for Disabled Persons”

Signed into law on April 6, 2010

14th Congress


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Republic Act No. 10524 or An Act

Expanding the Positions Reserved for

Persons with Disability, Amending for the

Purpose Republic Act No. 7277, as

amended, Otherwise Known as the Magna

Carta for Persons with Disability

Amendments to Batas Pambansa Blg. 344,

otherwise known as the Accessibility Law

and Imposing Stricter Penalties for

Violators

MTPDP 1999-2004

Magna Carta for Social Workers Republic Act No. 9433


2007

13th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Ratification of ILO Convention 169,

otherwise known as the Indigenous and

Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989



1997

10th Congress

10th Congress Updated MTPDP 1996-1998; MTPDP

1999-2004

Establishment of Human Rights Action

Centers in all Legislative Districts and

Appropriating Funds Therefor

MTPDP 1999-2004

Philippine Development Authority for

Women Act. An act creating the

Philippine Commission on Women,

defining its powers, functions and

responsibilities, appropriating funds

therefor and for other purposes

MTPDP 1999-2004

Institutionalization of Biosafety

Regulations and the National Committee

on Biosafety as the Recognized Authority

on Biosafety; Empowering it to Regulate

MTPDP 1999-2004


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the Entry, Propagation, Use and

Movement of Introduced as well as

Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs)

to Protect Local Biological Resources,

Environment and Human Health; Conduct

Risk Assessments; and Monitor All

Ongoing and Proposed Initiatives

Involving the Use of GMOs

Magna Carta for Upland Farmers MTPDP 1999-2004

Early Retirement Law MTPDP 1999-2004

Preneed Plan Securities Code Republic Act No. 9829


14th Congress

11th and 13th Congresses MTPDP 1999-2004

MTPDP 2004-2010

Personal Equity and Retirement Account

(PERA) Act


Approved by the President on August 22,

2008

14th Congress


Hospital Corporatization Bill MTPDP 2001-2004

Accelerated Nutrition Improvement Act MTPDP 2001-2004

An Act to Strengthen and Propagate

Foster Care for Abandoned and Neglected

Children and Children with Special

Needs, Providing Funds Therefor and for

Other Purposes


Approved by the President on June 11

2012

15th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

15th Congress

An Act Requiring the Certification of

DSWD to Declare a Child Legally

Available for Adoption Proceedings

Amending the Domestic Adoption Act of

1998, the Inter-Country Adoption Act and

the Child and Youth Welfare Code, and

for Other Purposes



2009

14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

14th Congress


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An Act Providing a Long Term Care

Program to Address the Needs of Senior

Citizens, Providing Funds Therefor and

for Other Purposes


Signed into law of February 15, 2010

14th Congress

14th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010: Expanded Senior

Citizens Act of 2010


of the Magna Carta for Senior Citizens

Magna Carta of Women Republic Act No. 9710


2009

14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

14th Congress

Anti-Prostitution Act MTPDP 2004-2010

Kasambahay Act MTPDP 2004-2010

Marital Infidelity Act MTPDP 2004-2010

An Act Strengthening the Regulatory

Capacity of BFAD by Establishing

Adequate Testing Laboratories and Field

Offices, Upgrading its Equipment,

Augmenting its Human Resource

Complement, Giving Authority to Retain

its Income and for Other Purposes


1996-1998 directs the vesting of quasi-

judicial powers to BFAD

Bureau of Health Facilities and Services

(BHFS) Strengthening Bill

MTPDP 2004-2010

Bureau of Health Devices and Technology

(BHDT) Strengthening Bill

MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendment of Disease Notification Act

of 1929

MTPDP 2004-2010

Midwifery Act MTPDP 2004-2010

PDP 2011-2016

Graphic Health Warning Bill Republic Act No. 10643

Approved by the President on July 15,

2014

16th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

16th Congress


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Promotion of Breastfeeding in the

Workplace and Public Places



14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of

2009

Amendments of EO 51 (Milk Code) MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendment to RA 7875 or the National

Health Insurance Act of 1995 as amended

by RA 9241


Approved by the President on June 19,

2013

15th Congress

15th Congress PDP 2011-2016 directs the amendment to

RA 7875 otherwise known as the National

Health Insurance Act of 1995; MTPDP

2004-2010 directs the amendment to RA

7875 or the National Health Insurance Act

of 1995 as amended by RA 9241

Bill on the Establishment of Philippine

National Health Research System and the

Philippine National Health Research Fund


Approved by the President on May 7 2013

15th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

15th Congress

An Act Establishing a Multilingual

Education and Literacy Policy

MTPDP 2004-2010

An Act Amending the Licensure

Examination for Teacher Law

MTPDP 2004-2010

An Act Strengthening the Education

Service Contracting Scheme for Basic

Education


Signed into Law on May 15, 2013

15th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

An Act Enhancing the Philippine Basic

Education System by Strengthening its

Curriculum and Increasing the Number of

Years for Basic Education, Appropriating

Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes

Amendment of RA 4670 (Magna Carta of

Public School Teachers)


Amendment of RA 7880 (Fair and

Equitable Allocation of DECS Budget for

Capital Outlay)

MTPDP 2004-2010

Enterprise-based Education and Training

Bill

MTPDP 2004-2010


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Tertiary Education and Scholarships and

Student Financial Assistance Reforms

MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendment of RA 7722 (Higher

Education Act of 1994) and RA 8292

(Higher Education Modernization Act of

1997)

MTPDP 2004-2010

Legislation on the Typology of HEIs MTPDP 2004-2010

Enactment of Region XI Regional State

University System

MTPDP 2004-2010

An Act Institutionalizing the

Coordination, Development Planning and

Monitoring of the Educational System

MTPDP 2004-2010

Food Safety and Food Labeling Law Republic Act No. 10611

Approved by the President on August 23

2013

15th Congress

PDP 2011-2016

Income Retention of National

Government Hospitals

PDP 2011-2016

A National Policy on Reproductive

Health, Responsible Parenthood and

Population Development



21, 2012

15th Congress

15th Congress PDP 2011-2016 directs the enactment of a

national policy on reproductive health,

responsible parenthood and population

development

Strengthening of the Philippine

Comprehensive Policy on the Prevention

and Control of AIDS

PDP 2011-2016

HB 5178- Approved on 3rd reading (12/01/14)

(Transmitted to the Senate December 3, 2014)

SB 3223,1217 under CR 499 (Pending on Second Reading)


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Regulation on the Donation and

Transplantation of Human Organs and

Tissues from Living and Deceased Donors

PDP 2011-2016

SB 3221 under CR 477(Pending on Second Reading)

Establishment of a Philippine Center for

Specialized Health Care (PCHSC)

PDP 2011-2016

Improved management system in human

resources for health (HRH)

PDP 2011-2016

Amendment of the Medical Act of 1959 PDP 2011-2016

Bureau of Health Facilities and Services

Strengthening

PDP 2011-2016

Notifiable Disease Act PDP 2011-2016

Amendments to Magna Carta for Teachers PDP 2011-2016

An Act Establishing a Multilingual

Education and Literacy Policy

PDP 2011-2016

An Act Strengthening and Expanding the

Education Service Contracting Scheme

for Basic Education


Signed into Law on May 15, 2013

15th Congress

PDP 2011-2016

An Act Enhancing the Philippine Basic

Education System by Strengthening its

Curriculum and Increasing the Number of

Years for Basic Education, Appropriating

Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes

An act providing for an integrated system

of licensure, assessment, qualification and

professional development of teachers, and

revising for the purpose Republic Act No.

7836 (as amended by RA 9293)

PDP 2011-2016

Amendment to RA 8980 Republic Act No. 10157

Approved by the President on January 20,

2012

15th Congress

15th Congress PDP 2011-2016

Kindergarten Education Act approved by

the President on January 20, 2012


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Enterprise-based Education and Training

Bill

PDP 2011-2016

Institutionalizing the Ladderized

Education Program


Approved by the President on November

21 2014

16th Congress

PDP 2011-2016

16th Congress

Amendment to CHED Charter (RA 7722)

towards Comprehensive Higher Education

Reform Law

PDP 2011-2016

Public Higher Education Institutions

Restructuring Bill

PDP 2011-2016

Regional University System in Region XI

Bill

PDP 2011-2016

Comprehensive Scholarship and Student

Financial Assistance Reform Act


Approved by the President on October 15

2015

16th Congress

PDP 2011-2016

Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter

Finance Act (CISFA) II

PDP 2011-2016

An Act Establishing a Comprehensive

System for Registration and Licensing of

SWD Agencies and Accreditation of

SWD Programs and Service

PDP 2011-2016

Philippine Adoption Act PDP 2011-2016 SB 2857 (Pending with the Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes)

Magna Carta for Workers in the Informal

Economy

PDP 2011-2016

An Act to Strengthen and Propagate

Foster Care for Abandoned and Neglected

Children and For Other Children with

Republic Act 10165

Approved by the President on June 11

2015

PDP 2011-2016


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Special Needs, Providing Funds Therefore

and for Other Purposes

15th Congress

Anti-Prostitution Bill PDP 2011-2016 SB 2621,2198,445 (Pending with the Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Magna Carta for Domestic Workers Republic Act No. 10361

Approved by the President on January 18

2013

15th Congress

15th Congress PDP 2011-2016 directs the enactment of a

Magna Carta for Domestic Workers

Magna Carta for Youth PDP 2011-2016

Economic Development The Economic Development Cluster shall focus on the promotion of rapid, inclusive, and sustained economic growth. In particular, the following goals shall be pursued:

a. Promoting an environment conducive to the growth and competitiveness of private enterprises and the creation of jobs that will empower people and provide them with opportunities

to rise above poverty;

b. Ensuring the reliability of vital infrastructure and technologies that facilitate the movement of peoples, goods, services, and information; and energy that will fuel the economy;

c. Improving farms and rural enterprises vital to achieving food security and more equitable economic growth;

d. Undertaking research and development that are relevant to and supportive of the requirements of micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises and of national industries;

e. Improving of national productivity and the competitiveness of domestic products and services; and

f. Ensuring deep and wide distribution of economic opportunities and benefits to the Filipino people.

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

ENACTMENT INTO LAW

COMMON LEGISLATIVE

AGENDA/CONGRESS

REMARKS

Regulating cigarette labeling, sale and

advertisement


Amendments to the Agri-Agra Law by

lowering banks’ intermediation costs

through the phasing out of the mandatory

credit requirements



14th Congress


Development Plan (1996-1998); MTPDP

1999-2004


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Amendments to the Magna Carta for

Small Enterprises of 1991, particularly the

mandatory credit allocation to small

enterprises

Republic Act 8289

Approved by the President on September

30, 1997

10th Congress


amendment to RA 8289

Amendments to the Revised Securities

Act to institute reforms for the

development of the capital market, as well

as to institutionalize the collegial

character of the Commission and the

tenure mechanism for the Commissioners


Amendments to the Investment Company

Act to liberalize the mutual fund industry

from restrictive policies and practices that

militate against its growth

10th and 12th Congresses MTPDP 2001-2004; MTPDP 1999-2004;

PNDP 1998; Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Amendments to the Seed Industry Act

(RA 7308)


Irrigation and Agricultural Productivity

Enhancement Act to address the impact of

WTO on agricultural development

through the acceleration and rapid

evolvement of integrated irrigation

programs


Increased capitalization of the Light Rail

Transit Authority (LRTA) to enable the

implementation of future LRT lines and

prevent high economic cost of traffic

congestion


Increased capitalization of the National

Electrification Administration (NEA) to

support its electrification program for the

rural barangays within the next 15 years


Approved by the President on May 7 2013

15th Congress


enactment of a law that will increase

capitalization of the NEA to support its

electrification program for the rural

barangays within the next 15 years and an

Act Increasing the Authorized Capital


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Stock of NEA Amending for the Purpose

PD 269, as amended

Increased capitalization of the Local

Water Utilities Administration (LWUA)

to enable it to respond to the increasing

demand for financial assistance from

existing and proposed water districts


Condonation of electric cooperatives’ loan

obligations to strengthen NEA


Imposition of the Progressive Agricultural

Land Tax to help finance the projected

deficit in CARP funding, encourage land

distribution and promote optimum land

utilization


Amendment to the BOT Law to

rationalize the issuance of guarantees to

BOT projects

15th and 16th Congresses PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010;


House: For Second Reading

Senate: Approved on 2nd Reading HB 6331 Approved on Third reading

Feb. 1, 2016

Approval on Third Reading reconsidered on Feb, 2, 2016

SB 3035, under CR 339: Pending on Second Reading (Interpellation)

Magna Carta for small farmers Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Creation of the Export Development

Corporation (merging of Philguarantee

and the Guarantee Fund for Small and

Medium Enterprises)



27

Amendment to Section 11 (B) of PD 1146

which revises the Government Service

Insurance Act


Skills Training and Retraining Act Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Amendments to the Labor Code Republic Act No. 8553

Approved by the President on February 25

1998

10th Congress

An Act Amending Section 41 (B) of

Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known

as the Local Government Code of 1991

Rice Reserve Act Updated Medium-Term Philippine



Enhancement Act


Amendment of the Agri-Agra Law Republic Act No. 10000


14th Congress

Plant Variety Registration and Protection Republic Act No. 9168

Approved by the President on June 7 2002

12th Congress



Imposition of Presumptive Input Tax on

Agricultural Products


Amendment to the Laws on Intellectual

Property Rights (IPR) protection (RA 165

or the Philippine Trademarks Law; RA

166 or the Philippines Patent Law; PD 49

or the Copyright Law)



15th Congress




Amending Certain Provisions of Republic

Act No. 8293, Otherwise Known as the

“Intellectual Property Code of the

Philippines”, and for Other Purposes

Amendments to PD 1203 or the

Reprinting Law



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Amendment of EO 1073 prescribing

safeguards for domestic industries upon

lifting of import licensing for certain

products to align the same with the GATT

provisions on safeguards


Amendments to Eos 537, 823 and 953 –

Charter of the Garments and Textile

Exports Board (GTEB)


Amendment of EO 226 (Omnibus

Investment Code) as amended by RA

7369 or An Act Granting Tax and Duty

Exemption and Tax Credit on Capital

Equipment


Amendment of Books II and IV of EO

226


Amendment of Section 18 of EO 172 as

amended by RA 7638 or the DOE Act


Amendment of Article 123 of the 1991

Consumer Act of the Philippines (RA

7394)


Amendment of Section 302 of the Tariff

and Customs Code


Amendments to the Condominium Law

(RA 4276)

10th Congress Updated MTPDP 1996-1998; MTPDP

1999-2004

Amendment of RA 7721 to allow more

foreign banks to operate in the country



Amendment of RA 2629 or the

Investment Company Act

10th and 12th Congress MTPDP 2001-2004; MTPDP 1999-2004;


Amendment of PD 129 or the Investments

House Law


Approved by the President on October 21

1997



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10th Congress

Repeal of RA 1180 to liberalize the retail

trade



2000

Repeal of RA 5980 or the Financing

Company Act



1998


Geographical indications to prevent the

use of any means that would mislead the

public as to the true place of origin of a

good


Topography of integrated circuits to

provide protection to the layout designs of

integrated circuits


Protection of undisclosed information

against unfair competition


Provision of incentives for the jewelry

industry



1998

10th Congress


Amendment of Section 63 or RA 6657

(CARP Law)



10th Congress


Amendment of the National Internal

Revenue Code for purposes of imposing

taxes to augment the Agrarian Reform

Fund


Power Sector Restructuring Bill Republic Act No. 9136

Approved by the President on June 8 2001

11th Congress

10th and12th Congresses MTPDP 2004-2010; PNDP 1998;


Geothermal Resources Act Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Indigenous Oil and Gas Act Updated MTPDP 1996-1998


30

An Act Increasing the Authorized Capital

Stock of the National Electrification

Administration Amending for the Purpose

PD 269, As Amended


An Act to Institutionalize Energy

Conservation and Enhance Efficient Use

of Energy


Coal Resources Act Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

National Non-Conventional Energy

Program Act


Amending the Public Service Law (Public

Transport Services Act)


Establishing the Davao International

Airport Authority


Converting the Air Transport Office

(ATO) into a corporate entity


Increasing the Capitalization of the Light

Rail Transport Authority (LRTA)


Increasing the Capitalization of the PNR


Adjusting Truck Load Limits and Design

Standards to Achieve a Balance Between

Trucking and Infrastructure Cost


Proposed Bill Reorganizing the National

Telecommunications Commission


An Act to Prohibit and Penalize

Telecommunication Network Access

Fraud and other Similar Fraudulent Deeds



1998

10th Congress

Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998

Proposed Bill on Cable TV Updated MTPDP 1996-1998


Enhancement Act



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Irrigated Land Use Bill Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Irrigation Watershed Management Act Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Amendment to PD 198 otherwise known

as the Provincial Water Utilities Act of

1973 as amended by PDs 768 and 1479

and EO 68



2004

12th Congress

MTPDP 2001-2004; MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendment to RA 6234 or an Act

Creating the MWSS and Dissolving the

NAWASA and for Other Purposes as

Amended by PDs 425, 1269 and 1940,

Eos 796, 1036, 1063 and 197, and BP 799


Oil Deregulation Bill Republic Act No. 8180

Approved by the President on March 28

1996

10th Congress

10th Congress PNDP 1998

An Act to curb illegal network access PNDP 1998

Enactment of laws and/or amend pertinent

provisions of the Philippine Constitution

to address telecommunication fraud,

convergence issues and compliance with

agreements to international fora

PNDP 1998; PDP 2011-2016

Bills on Tax and Financial Reforms PNDP 1998

Bills on Trade and Investment

Liberalization

PNDP 1998

Securities Regulation and Enforcement

Act


Signed into law on July 19 2000

10th and 11th Congresses PNDP 1998

Universalization of tax incentives PNDP 1998

Amendment to the Home Financing Act

or RA 580



2000

MTPDP 1999-2004

Safeguard Measures (on the application of

temporary additional special duties on

Republic Act No. 8800 MTPDP 1999-2004


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agricultural imports consistent with the

WTO agreement)


2000

Countervailing Measures (to protect

domestic producers against subsidized

exports)



1999

11th Congress


Replacing the Sugar Sharing Arrangement

and Institutionalizing Sugarcane Markets

to Encourage Investments in Developing

and Applying Modern Production

Techniques in the Sugar Industry

MTPDP 1999-2004

Nonconventional Energy Bill

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to Anti-Dumping Act (RA

7843)



1999

11th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to Agricultural Tariffication

Act (RA 8178)



14th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004 directs the


An Act to Extend the Utilization Period of

the Agricultural Competitiveness

Enhancement Fund, Amending Republic

Act No. 8178

Repeal of LOIs 58 and 70 (laws limiting

the number of hectares planted to banana)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the PEZA Law (RA

7916)


Approved by the President on June 1,

1999

11th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the CEZA Law (RA

7922)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to RA 4109 or an Act

Creating the Bureau of Product Standards

MTPDP 1999-2004


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Amendments to Book III of EO 226 MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendment to Section 302 of the Tariff

and Customs Code

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendment to Section 301 of the Tariff

and Customs Code

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to EO 514 (creating the

Philippine Shippers’ Bureau)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Antitrust or antimonopoly measures Republic Act No. 10667

Signed into law on July 21, 2015

16th Congress

10th, 14th, 15th and 16th Congresses PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 1999-2004

Rationalization of Fiscal Incentives 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Congresses

PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010;

MTPDP 1999-2004

Deadlock between DTI and DOF, no

consensus yet

Measures on E-Commerce MTPDP 1999-2004

Implementation of the WTO Agreement

on Non-Preferential Rules of Origin

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the Philippine Overseas

Shipping Development Act (RA 7471)



2004

12th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the Public

Telecommunications Act (RA 7925)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to EO 546 MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the Retail Trade Law (RA

1180)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the CARP Law (RA

6657)



14th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

MTPDP 2004-2010 directs the review of

the CARL of 1998 and enactment of a bill

for the augmentation of the appropriation

cover and necessary reforms for

sustaining the CARP implementation


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Institution of convergence in providing

residential and business consumers with a

broad array of new information services

and to provide services in innovative and

more efficient ways


Signed into law on September 06 2013

15th Congress

15th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010 directs the

amendments to the Consumers Act;


of a law that will institute convergence in

providing residential and business

consumers with a broad array of new

information services and to provide

services in innovative and efficient ways;

protect consumers from licensed and

unlicensed travel agents, tour operators

and other service providers in the travel

and tourism industry

Cable Television Rationalization Bill MTPDP 1999-2004

Promotion of the delivery and use of

unsubscribed communication services

through converging communications and

information-related technologies

MTPDP 1999-2004

Protection of consumers from licensed

and unlicensed travel agents, tour

operators and other service providers in

the travel and tourism industry


Signed into law on May 12, 2009

14th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Tourism Act of 2009

Imposition of industry standards of quality

for tourism-related services

MTPDP 1999-2004

Ship mortgage to ensure a law that is in

keeping with internationally recognized

shipping practices

MTPDP 1999-2004

Promotion of Electronic Data Interchange

(EDI) and Electronic Commerce (EC)


June 14, 2000

MTPDP 1999-2004

Electronic Commerce Act

Privatization of the Philippine National

Railways (PNR)


Signed into law on June16 2014

16th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

An Act Extending the Corporate Life of

the Philippine National Railways for

Another Fifty (50) Years, Further

Amending for the Purpose Republic Act


35

No. 4156, as amended, entitled “An Act

Creating the Philippine National

Railways, Prescribing its Powers,

Functions and Duties, and Providing for

the Necessary Funds for Its Operation”

16th Congress

Promotion of the growth and efficiency of

the shipbuilding, shipbreaking and ship

repair industry to further support the

development and maintenance of a

modern merchant fleet

MTPDP 1999-2004

Omnibus Electric Power Bill/Omnibus

Power Industry Bill

MTPDP 1999-2004

An Act to Sustain Indigenous Energy

Resources Development

MTPDP 1999-2004

An Act to Institutionalize Energy

Conservation and Enhance Efficient Use

of Energy (Energy Conservation Act)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Simplification and streamlining the

acquisition of ROW for infrastructure

projects


Signed into law on November 7, 2000

MTPDP 1999-2004

Restriction on lower courts from issuing

restraining orders and injunctions on

infrastructure projects



MTPDP 1999-2004

Corporatization of ATO MTPDP 1999-2004

Creation of Independent Corporate

Airport Authorities

MTPDP 1999-2004

Restructuring the PNR MTPDP 1999-2004

Omnibus Amendments of the PPA

Charter

MTPDP 1999-2004

Establishment of a Highway Management

Authority and Road Users Fund




directs the increase in the Road Users’

Tax


36

Convergence Telecommunications

Services Bill


Amendments to the CARP Law (RA

6657)



14th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to RA 6978 or an Act to

promote rural development by providing

for an accelerated program within a ten-

year period for the construction of

irrigation projects

MTPDP 1999-2004

An Act reclassifying the system of

irrigation facilities of NIA as

infrastructure project

MTPDP 1999-2004

Extension of the Life of the Committee on

Privatization



11th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004

Reforms in the power industry MTPDP 1999-2004

Retail Trade Liberalization Republic Act No. 8762



Amendments to the Philippine Deposit

Insurance Corporation Act


Signed into law on July 27 2004

12th Congress


Comprehensive Rationalization of Tax

Incentives

MTPDP 1999-2004

Rationalization of taxation on the

financial sector

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to the Corporation Code of

the Philippines

13th Congress PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010;

MTPDP 2001-2004; MTPDP 1999-2004 HB ____ Pending in the

Committee


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SB 2945, under CR 247 Pending on Second Reading (Period of Sponsorship)

Securitization Program Republic Act No. 9267


12th Congress


Customs Modernization Act MTPDP 1999-2004

Electricity Industry Reform Act MTPDP 2001-2004

Amendment of the 1909 Insolvency Law MTPDP 2001-2004

Corporate Recovery Act 12th and 13th Congresses MTPDP 2004-2010; MTPDP 2001-2004

Amendment to the Consumer Act MTPDP 2001-2004

Comprehensive Convergence Law MTPDP 2004-2010; MTPDP 2001-2004

Bills on Stronger Protection against

Computer Fraud, Software Piracy, other

forms of violations against privacy and

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and

other cyber-related fraudulent activities,

including acquisition of a domain name

over the Internet

12th and 15th Congresses MTPDP 2001-2004; MTPDP 2004-2010;

PDP 2011-2016 directs the enactment of a

Data Privacy and Anti-Cybercrime Bills

Republic Act No. 10173 (Data Privacy

Act)

Republic Act No. 10175 (Cybercrime

Prevention Act of 2012)

New and Renewable Energy Bill Republic Act No. 9513


13th and 14th Congresses MTPDP 2004-2010; MTPDP 2001-2004

Energy Conservation Act MTPDP 2001-2004

Bill on Rationalization of Tax on Regular

and Premium Unleaded Gasoline

MTPDP 2001-2004

Land Title Insurance Bill MTPDP 2001-2004

Credit Information System Republic Act No. 9509

Signed into law October 21, 2008

14th Congress


Amendment of RA 9178 or the Barangay

Microbusiness Enterprise Law

MTPDP 2004-2010

Incentives Rationalization Bill MTPDP 2004-2010

In the ICT, proposed measures to prevent

illegal activities such as computer fraud,

MTPDP 2004-2010


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forgery and sabotage, unauthorized access

to and or interception of computer data

and unsolicited commercial

communications

Amendments to the EPIRA (RA 9136) Republic Act No. 10150

Signed into law on June 21, 2011

15th Congress

10th, 12th, 14th and15th Congresses Updated MTPDP 1996-1998; MTPDP

2004-2010 directs the enactment of RA

9136

Amendments to the Customs Brokers Act

(RA 9280)



14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

Technology Transfer Act Republic Act No. 10055


2010

MTPDP 2004-2010

NTC Institutional Strengthening Bill MTPDP 2004-2010

Indexation of the excise tax on “sin”

products



13th Congress

12th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010 directs the enactment

of Indexation of the Excise Tax on “sin”

products

Institutionalization of an attrition system Republic Act No. 9335

Signed into law on January 25, 2005

13th Congress


Review of the VAT system Republic Act No. 9337



General Amnesty 14th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010

Simplified Net Income Taxation (SNITS) Republic Act No. 9504


14th Congress


Amendments to the Anti-Smuggling

Provision of PD 1464 (Tariff and Customs

Code)


Approved by the President April 27, 2001

11th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

Excise tax on petroleum products Republic Act No. 8184 10th Congress

13th Congress (amendment)

MTPDP 2004-2010 and PDP 2011-2016

direct the amendments to RA 8184

Tax on telecommunications MTPDP 2004-2010


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Fiscal Responsibility Bill 15th Congress PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010

SB 626 (Pending with the Senate Committee on Finance, Econ Affairs and Ways and Means)

Amendments to BSP Charter 16th Congress PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010


Senate: Pending in Committee

Amendment of the Insurance Code MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendment of the Securities Regulation

Code


Collective Investment Schemes Law MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendments to the Cooperative Code and

CDA Charter

Republic Act No. 9520 14th Congress

Real Estate Investment Trusts Republic Act No. 9856

Lapsed into law on December 17, 2009

14th Congress

Amendments to the Bank Deposits

Secrecy Law

MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendment to the Savings and Credit

Cooperative Bill

MTPDP 2004-2010

Renewable Energy Act of 2008 Republic Act No. 9513


16, 2008

MTPDP 2004-2010

Biofuels Act of 2006 Republic Act No. 9367

Approved by the President on January 12,

2007

MTPDP 2004-2010

Natural Gas Bill 13th Congress MTPDP 2004-2010; PDP 2011-2016 SB 2668 (Pending with the Senate

committee on Energy) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Industry

Act of 2007


Industrial Energy Efficiency Research and

Development Bill

MTPDP 2004-2010


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Energy Conservation Bill MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendments to the Cooperative Code and

CDA Charter (Chapter 8)



MTPDP 2004-2010

14th Congress

Review of RA 8424 (Tax Reform Act of

1997)

MTPDP 2004-2010

Adjustments in the excise tax on alcohol

and tobacco products (Also in item 56)


Signed into law on December 19 2012

15th Congress

15th Congress PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010

directs the enactment of Indexation of the

Excise Tax on “sin” products

Enacted into law on December 19, 2012

Rationalization of GOCCs/GFIs Republic Act No. 10149

Signed into law on June 6 2011

15th Congress


Amendments to the Export Development

Act

PDP 2011-2016

Amendments to the Tariff and Customs

code of the Philippines (Also in item 22)

PDP 2011-2016

HB5525

SB2968

House ratified the CC report on 2016-

02-02, Senate on 2016-02-02 Amendments to the Labor Code Republic Act No. 10151


15th Congress

15th Congress PDP 2011-2016 directs the amendment of

the Labor Code to address labor-related

issues, and harmonize and strengthen

labor force and management and ensure

that country’s labor policies will be

aligned with international treaties and

ratified International Labor Organization

Convention

Amendments to the Intellectual Property

Code (Also in item 23)


Signed into law on February 28 2013

15th Congress

PDP 2011-2016


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Amendments to the Barangay Micro

Business Enterprises (BMBEs) Act

PDP 2011-2016

Magna Carta for Call Center Workers PDP 2011-2016

Accelerated Irrigation Act PDP 2011-2016

Reassessment of Republic Act No. 7925

or the Public Telecommunications Policy

Act of the Philippines, 1995

PDP 2011-2016

National Transport Policy (NTP) Act via

HB 2222 – An Act Setting the Direction

of Parameters for the Development and

Regulation of the Transportation System

in the Philippines and for Other Purposes

PDP 2011-2016

Regulation in the Transport Sector PDP 2011-2016

Energy Efficiency and Conservation

(EEC) Bill via Senate Bill (SB) No. 2027

– An Act Promoting the Enhancement of

Energy Efficiency and Conservation

Through the Development of Energy

Efficient Technologies, Strengthening

Organizational Relationships, and

Reinforcement of Related Laws and

Statutory Provisions on Energy

PDP 2011-2016

Strengthening of the National

Telecommunications Commission (NTC)

via HB 6968 (NTC Reorganization Bill) –

Reorganizing the National

Telecommunications Commission,

defining its powers and functions and

appropriating funds therefor

PDP 2011-2016

Amendments to RA 7925 (Public

Telecommunications Act of the

Philippines)

PDP 2011-2016 SB 42 (Pending with the Senate Committee on Public Services)

Amendment of PD 1460 (Insurance Code) Republic Act No. 10607 PDP 2011-2016


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Signed into law on August 15 2013

15th Congress

Amendment of RA 6939 (Cooperative

Development Authority Charter or CDA

Charter)

(Pending in Second Reading)

Passage of Capital Market Development

Bill – Financial Sector Tax Neutrality Act

(FinTax)

PDP 2011-2016


Bill – Payment System Act (PSA)

PDP 2011-2016


Bill – Collective Investment Schemes

Law (CISL)

PDP 2011-2016

SB 2684 (Pending with the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies)

Amendment of Act No. 1508 (Chattel

Mortgage Law). Provide legal framework

for the acceptance of movable assets as

collaterals – QUEDANS

PDP 2011-2016

Restructuring the Excise Tax on Alcohol

and Tobacco Products and Earmarking

Portions of Incremental Revenue for

Health Programs (Also in item 3)



15th Congress

PDP 2011-2016


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Security, Justice and Peace The Security Cluster shall ensure the preservation of national sovereignty and the rule of law; and focus on the protection and promotion of human rights and the pursuit of a just,

comprehensive, and lasting peace. In particular, the Security Cluster shall pursue the following goals:

a. Protecting our national territory arid boundaries;

b. Attaining a just and lasting peace;

c. Ensuring the welfare of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs);

d. Strengthening the rule of law;

e. Institutionalizing an efficient and impartial justice system that delivers equal justice to the rich and poor; and

f. Advancing and protecting human rights.


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LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

ENACTMENT INTO LAW

COMMON LEGISLATIVE

AGENDA/CONGRESS

REMARKS

PNP Modernization Bill Republic Act No. 8551

Approved by the President on February 25, 1998

10th Congress


Amending the Dangerous Drugs Act Republic Act No. 9165

Signed by the President on January 23,

2002

12th Congress


1996-1998

Establishing juvenile and family courts

within a comprehensive juvenile justice

system



1997

10th Congress


Reclassification of the crime of rape Republic Act No. 8353

Approved by the President on September

30, 1997

10th Congress


Amendment to Article 184 of the Family

Code (Adoption)



25, 1998


Declaring pedophilia as a heinous crime Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

Strengthening and expanding the welfare

support and rescue services for


Signed by the President on March 8, 2010

14th Congress



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documented and undocumented overseas

workers

Imposing penal sanctions and

administrative fines for violation of

implementing regulations and standard

issues


Strengthening voluntary arbitration Updated Medium-Term Philippine


Anti-smuggling law 13th Congress Updated MTPDP 1996-1998

*Integrated in the Customs Modernization

Act

Whistleblower laws 13th, 15th and 16th Congresses

PDP 2011-2016; PNDP 1998

House: Draft Committee Report pending

with the Appropriations Committee

Senate: Pending with the

Committee Justice And Human Rights

Defining Domestic Violence, Providing

Protection Orders and Penalties

MTPDP 1999-2004

Anti-Trafficking of Filipino Women Republic Act No. 9208


15th Congress



Expanding Republic Act No. 9208,

Entitled “An Act to Institute Policies to

Eliminate Trafficking in Persons

Especially Women and Children,

Establishing the Necessary Institutional

Mechanisms for the Protection and

Support of Trafficked Persons, Providing

Penalties For Its Violations and for Other

Purposes”

Amendment to RA 7610 or the Children

Protection Act



12th Congress

MTPDP 1999-2004


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Bill on Comprehensive Juvenile Justice

Administration


Signed into law on April 28, 2006

13th Congress


Anti-Telecommunication Fraud Bill MTPDP 1999-2004

Arbitrary Resistance to Interconnection

Bill

MTPDP 1999-2004

Admissibility of electronically generated

documents and data in Philippine Courts

MTPDP 1999-2004

Anti-Cloning Act (An Act to Prohibit and

Penalize Telecommunication Network

Access Fraud and Other Similar

Fraudulent Deeds)

MTPDP 1999-2004

Amendments to RA 6975 (PNP Law) and

RA 8551 (PNP Reform Act)


Consolidation and Reform of the Penal

System

MTPDP 1999-2004

Anti-racketeering Bill 10th and 11th Congresses MTPDP 1999-2004

Anti-money Laundering Bill Republic Act No. 9160

Signed into law on September 29, 2001

12th Congress

12th Congress

15th Congress


of Anti-money Laundering Bill

Republic Act Nos. 9194, 10167, 10168,

and 10365

Amendment to the Labor Code (legal

framework for labor)

MTPDP 2001-2004

Enactment of a law on the Right of

Overseas Filipinos to vote



13, 2003

*amended by RA 10590 “The Overseas

Voting Act of 2013” approved by the

President on May 27, 2013

MTPDP 2001-2004


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Defining the Archipelagic Baseline of the

Philippines to conform to the provisions

of UNCLOS



14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

14th Congress

AMLA Amendments MTPDP 2004-2010

Bill Providing Special Protection to

Internally Displaced Persons

16th Congress PDP 2011-2016 directs the enactment of

an Act Protecting/Fulfilling Human

Rights and Human Security of Persons in

Conflict-Affected Areas;

MTPDP 2004-2010

House: Approved on Third Reading

Senate: Pending on 2nd Reading

Human Rights Victim Compensation Act 12th and 13th Congresses MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendments to the Foreign Service Act MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendments to the Migrant Workers Act Republic Act No. 10022

Lapsed into law on March 8, 2010

14th Congress

MTPDP 2004-2010

Amendments to the Passport Law MTPDP 2004-2010

Pursue Passage of Freedom of

Information (FOI) Bill


House: Pending on 2nd Reading

Senate: Approved on 3rd Reading

Pursue the passage of a charter for the

Commission on Human Rights (CHR)

PDP 2011-2016

Enactment of PNP Reorganization Law PDP 2011-2016

SB 2795,1871 (Pending with Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs)

Enactment of Comprehensive Law on

Firearms, Light Weapons and

Ammunitions



15th Congress

PDP 2011-2016

Amendment of Organic Act of ARMM to

ensure full implementation of the GRP-

MNLF Final Peace Agreement

16th Congress PDP 2011-2016 directs the amendment of

the organic law of ARMM to ensure full

implementation of the GRP-MNLF Final

Peace Agreement


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House: Pending on 2nd Reading


(Turno en contra) An Act Strengthening Women and

Children Protection in Armed Conflict

Situation

PDP 2011-2016

HB 4557) Committee Report filed on June 3, 2014 Status: Business for the day on June 4, 2014

SB2609,422,25 (Pending with Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality)

An Act Protecting/Fulfilling Human

Rights and Human Security of Persons in

Conflict-Affected Areas

16th Congress

PDP 2011-2016

HB 4744 Approved on Third Reading, August 26, 2014 (Rights of Internally Displaced Persons)

SB 2785 Pending on 2nd Reading-Interpellations (June 1, 2015)

Amendment of the AFP

Modernization/Development Program

(RA 7898) to extend its implementation



15th Congress


Enactment of the National Defense and

Security Act to make it relevant to the

contemporary global and regional

environment

PDP 2011-2016

Enactment of a Law declaring our

Maritime Zones (Territorial Sea,

Contiguous Zone and Exclusive Zone) to

ensure Philippine Maritime interests

15th and 16th Congresses PDP 2011-2016




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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation The Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Cluster shall focus on the conservation, and protection of the environment and natural resources. It shall take the lead in pursuing

measures to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change on the Philippine archipelago; and undertake all the necessary preparation for both natural and man-made disasters.

The cluster shall pursue the following objectives in particular:

a. Adopting climate change adaptation and mitigation measures by local government units and their respective communities, national government agencies, and the general public;

and ensure that these are incorporated in their annual work plans and budgets, where applicable;

b. Ensuring the utilization of natural resources for the equal benefit of the present and future generations;

c. Formulating alternative and inclusive urban development plans, which ensure that people of varying income levels are integrated in productive, healthy and safe communities; and

d. Undertaking all other measures necessary to prepare for and manage the risks and/or threats associated with natural and man-made phenomena such as, but not limited to, typhoons,

earthquakes, tsunami, floods, landslides, civil disturbance and terrorism.


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LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

ENACTMENT INTO LAW

COMMON LEGISLATIVE

AGENDA/CONGRESS

REMARKS

National Land Use Act

13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Congresses

PDP 2011-2016; MTPDP 2004-2010;

MTPDP 2001-2004; MTPDP 1999-2004;


House: Committee Report for Filling Senate: Committee Report for filing

Environment Code Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (1996-1998)

Forestry Code Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (1996-1998)

Ancestral Domains Act Updated Medium-Term Philippine


Providing the protection of all objects of

underwater cultural heritage development

programs



Amendment to the LGC to provide LGUs

the flexibility to pursue a comprehensive

approach to disaster management

Updated Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (1996

good governance and...

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