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No. 60 - July 3, 2001
The 11th Congress Closes
In spite of holding additional six special sessions, the 11th
Congress adjourned on 7 June 2001 with quite a number of key
bills pending. When the next Congress opens on 23 July, we
expect a number of those bills to be refiled. We also expect
to see several anti-money laundering and anti-corruption measures
filed when the new congress opens.
The following are selected Senate and House
bills which remain pending at the close of session. All these
bills have now been sent to the archives and would have to
be refiled on First Reading again if the government opts to
pursue these bills for enactment into law.
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Approved on Third Reading
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| Bill No. |
Title |
| SB 654 |
Prescribing institutional responsibility
on members of law enforcement agencies and other government
officials and employees in giving testimony in Dangerous
Drugs cases |
| SB 1261 |
Restructuring the Philippine
National Police and empowering local government units
|
| SB 586 |
Amending RA 7653 (The New Central
Bank Act) |
| HB 10596 |
Restructuring the fiscal incentives
under EO 226 (Omnibus Investment Code) |
| HB 11855 |
Curtailing entertainment media
piracy |
| HB 12094 |
Investment Company Act of 2000 |
| HB 12353 |
Pre-Need Plan Code |
| HB 12522 |
Exempting from documentary
stamp tax the borrowing and lending of securities under
the auspices of the local stock exchange |
| HB 12564 |
Eliminating the imposition
of documentary stamp tax on secondary trading of financial
instruments |
| HB 12710 |
Sustainable Management of Forest
Resources Act |
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Pending Second Reading
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| Bill No. |
Title |
| SB 1589 |
Strengthening the Department
of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board |
| SB 1695 |
Sustainable Management of Forest
Act of 1998 |
| SB 1862 |
Granting tax amnesty on untaxed
income and unpaid liabilities |
| SB 1954 |
National Measurement Infrastructure
System Act |
| SB 1957 |
Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act |
| SB 2112 |
Cable Television Act |
| SB 2089 |
Reducing the income tax rates
of individual taxpayers |
| SB 2068 |
Increasing the allowable personal
and additional exemptions of taxpayers |
| SB 2132 |
Allowing the deduction from
gross income of interest paid for housing loan |
| SB 2211 |
National Tourism Policy Act |
| SB 2239 |
Anti-Trafficking Act of 2000 |
| SB 2251 |
National Land Use Act |
| SB 2267 |
Amending Tariff Heading Nos.
27.10, 27.12, and 27.13 of the Tariff and Customs Code |
| SB 1466 |
Health Maintenance Organizations
Act |
| SB 1879 |
Prohibiting the construction
or operation of sanitary landfills or any type of garbage
dump on waterways |
| SB 1880 |
National Total Electrification
Policy Act |
| SB 1992 |
Re-engineering the government
bureaucracy for better governance |
| SB 2190 |
Amending certain provisions
of RA 6970 (Productivity Incentives Act) |
| SB 2233 |
Strengthening the mandate of
interconnection between and among public telecommunications
entities |
| SB 2264 |
National Defense Security Act |
| SB 2269 |
National Peace Policy Act of
2001 |
| HB 5216 |
Curtailing the illegal activities
of racketeers |
| HB 12592 |
Reducing the excise tax on
certain petroleum products |
For The Record
The attached attendance and vote record of the lawmakers show
how they performed during the last regular session. It includes
their attendance during the recent session as well as third
reading votes on certain laws of national application. Twelve
laws were selected in particular which are expected to affect
the economy to some degree.
Based on the table, topping the Senate in terms of attendance
were Senators Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Franklin Drilon, Teofisto
Guingona Jr., and Renato Cayetano. Those with most absences
were Senators Robert Barbers (due to a medical condition),
Anna Dominique Coseteng, and John Osmeña. Senator Blas
Ople had spent the most time on foreign missions.
Of the 65 regular sessions in the House, only
23 sessions have been documented with attendance records.
Primarily, this was due to a lot of suspensions in the calling
of the roll.
Second, October and November 2000 were the grueling
months of the "juetengate" scandal that caught a
number of congressmen busy drafting the Articles of Impeachment
against former President Joseph Estrada. As a consequence,
the House was divided into factions and time for legislation
was put aside. Lawmaking resumed only after the change of
administration.
Among the more significant laws which were passed
after the leadership turnover are the Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act (RA 9003), the amendments to the Tariff and
Customs Code Re: Transaction Value (RA 9135), the Electric
Power Industry Reform Act (RA 9136), and the Administrative
Naturalization Law (RA 9139).
There were 68 laws enacted in the Third Regular
Session, out of about 1,273 bills filed both in the Senate
(180) and the House (1,093).
Guide to Republic Acts
Selected Bills of National Application Passed by the 11th
CongressThird Regular Session (24 July 2000 to 7 June
2001) |
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RA No.
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Title
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House/Senate Bill
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Date Approved
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| 8970 |
Prohibiting the manufacture,
importation, distribution and sale of laundry and industrialdetergents
containing hard surfactants |
HB 9158/SB 1168 |
10/31/2000 |
| 8974 |
To facilitate the acquisition
of right-of-way, site or location for national government
infrastructure projects |
SB 2117/HB 1422 |
11/7/2000 |
| 8975 |
To ensure the expeditious completion
of government infrastructure projects by prohibiting lower
courts from issuing temporary restraining orders |
SB 2038/HB 898 |
11/7/2000 |
| 8976 |
Philippine Food Fortification
Act of 2000 |
SB 1545/HB 5915 |
11/7/2000 |
| 8980 |
Early Childhood Care and Development
Act |
SB 1438/HB 11692 |
12/5/2000 |
| 8981 |
Professional Regulation Commission
Modernization Act |
HB 7572/SB 1271 |
12/5/2000 |
| 9003 |
Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000 |
HB 10651/SB 1595 |
1/26/2001 |
| 9006 |
Fair Election Act |
HB 9000/SB 1742 |
2/12/2001 |
| 9072 |
National Caves and Cave Resources
Management and Protection Act |
HB 7275/SB 1956 |
4/8/2001 |
| 9135 |
Amending certain provisions
of PD 1464 (Tariff and Customs Code) Re: Transaction Value |
HB 8623/SB 2196 |
4/27/2001 |
| 9136 |
Electric Power Industry Reform
Act of 2001 |
HB 8457/SBs 1712,1621, 1943
and 2000 |
6/8/2001 |
| 9139 |
The Administrative Naturalization
Law of 2000 |
HB 12228 |
6/8/2001 |
Legend (Refer to the Attendance and Vote
Record Table)
LAMP - Lapian ng Masang Pilipino
LAKAS - Lakas NUCD UMDP
LP - Liberal Party
PRP - People's Reform Party
PDP - Laban Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan
LDP - Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
NPC - Nationalist People's Coalition
AKSYON - Aksyon Demokratiko
COCOFED - Philippine Coconut Producers Federation, Inc.
BUTIL - Luzon Farmers Party
APEC - Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives
ABA - Alyansang Bayanihan ng Magsasaka, Manggagawang-Bukid
at Mangingisda
ALAGAD - Partido ng Maralitang Lungsod
COOP-NATCCO - Cooperative NATCCO Network Party
VFP - Veterans Federation of the Philippines
AKBAYAN AKBAYAN - Citizens' Action Party
NFSCFO - National Federation of Small Coconut Farmers Organization
PROMDI - Probinsya Muna Development Initiatives
AKO - Adhikain at Kilusan ng Ordinaryong-Tao Para sa Lupa,
Pabahay, Hanapbuhay at Kaunlaran
Y - In favor
N - Against
- No vote
M - Mission
X - Abstain
A - Absent
e - Term of office ends in 2001
+ - Deceased
r - Eligible for re-election
a - Appointed Cabinet Secretary
v - Appointed Vice-President
s - Quintos replaced Villarosa after the Electoral Tribunal
reversed its decision
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