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PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
July 2007

Emmanuel A. Albano
Deputy Secretary General, PRID

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Table of Contents
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Foreword Page 1 Director

Ferdinand Bolislis

Layout & Design

Cumulative Statistical Data on Bills Waldemar Alvarez
& Resolutions Page 3
Editorial & Administrative Support
Cynthia Bagaforo
National Bills Approved Page 4 Melissa Reyes
Virginia Rizardo
Jacqueline Rey Juliano
Local Bills Passed Page 9 Fedes Maria Cruz
Vanessa Valdez
Victoria Palomar
Major Sectoral Concerns Addressed Isagani Yambot Jr.
by Laws & Bills Passed Page 13 Estrellita Sales
Ryan Labog
Ronald Ytem
Acknowledgments Page 16 Crispin Mendiola
Maricar Magbitang
ON THE COVER

Top Speaker Jose de Venecia (Photo by Printed by the

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Bottom, from left Deputy Speakers

Emilio R. Espinosa Jr., Raul V. del Mar,
Abdulgani A. Salapudin, and Eric D.
Singson, Majority Leader Prospero C.
Nograles, and Minority Leader Francis
Joseph G. Escudero

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Foreword
O n the opening of the 13th
Congress in July 2004, I set
forth three basic objectives to guide
the actions and decisions of our
House: First, to strengthen
government’s economic muscle to be
able to deliver basic services and
invest in human capital; second, to
stop the corruption that paralyze
government, and third, to begin the
process of shifting from the
presidential to the unicameral
parliamentary form of government
best suited to our country.
Winding up this three-year
journey—which falls on the year the
House of Representatives celebrates its
centenary—I feel a profound sense of
accomplishment. Our colleagues and I
have not been timid in spirit in
pursuing the goals of national reforms
we have set out to accomplish. And we
reached out to all sectors of our
society to unify our people.
The record of the House in
th
this 13 Congress can withstand the
closest scrutiny: 157 laws enacted out
of 1,114 bills approved on third
reading from a record total of 6,116
bills, 1,554 resolutions, 37
concurrent resolutions and 21 joint
resolutions. Tragically, 966 House
measures were stranded in the
Senate—a spectacle that dramatizes
the wastage of our time, efforts, and
resources in our presidential
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bicameral legislature that we sought
to reform.
Against a backdrop of
poverty, insurgency, unrest in the
military and a burgeoning budget
deficit, this House courageously set
its legislative priorities. We approved
the much-misunderstood Expanded
Value-Added Tax—the core of wide-
ranging financial reforms we
conceived and approved in this
House—meant to put government
finances on a sound footing.
Together with several companion
financial reform measures, the EVAT
succeeded in creating an economic
breakthrough for the administration
to set the foundation for the current
economic performance that has put
the Philippine economy on course
toward tigerhood.
In approving the EVAT we
endured a firestorm of criticism to
save the country from a financial
collapse similar to Argentina’s. As a
result, the public sector has its first
budget surplus since the 1997 Asian
economic meltdown.
 We gave legal teeth to the poverty yet the whole enterprise of
campaign for good governance and creating prosperity for the great
provide solutions to graft and majority of our people awaits our full
inefficiency in public offices. We effort and attention. In the 13th
provided incentives for greater Congress, we planted the sturdy
effectiveness in revenue-collecting seeds of stability. In the coming
agencies as well as corresponding Congress, we must use all our power,
punishments. We approved laws to all our experience, and all our might
decisively cut red tape, end cheating to break the back of poverty across
in the civil service examinations, and the archipelago.
ensure transparency in the conduct Now we must generate a new
of elections. wave of reform that will restructure
To set the example, we in the our politics and raise the economy to
House remitted to the nation’s new heights.
coffers a total of P256 million in I am deeply grateful to my
savings (P66 million in 2004 and colleagues in the Majority and the
P190 million in 2005). Minority and to the Secretariat for
Our campaign to lay down your enormous contributions to the
the foundations of profound work of the House in the past three
constitutional reform, backed by the years of urgent decision-making.
majority of this House and 10
million signatures, meant to
modernize and transform the current
gridlock-prone presidential system to
a unicameral parliamentary form,
met a setback in the Supreme Court.
By one vote, that opportunity to
overhaul our political institutions— JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
and consequently our economic Speaker
policy-making and implementation— House of Representatives
was lost.
We decisively ended the bid
to impeach the President after weeks
of intense debate, at a time our
nation badly needed unity more than
division. We scrapped the death
penalty to make our justice system
more humane. We anticipated the
need for the development of
alternative fuels to usher in gradual
energy independence. We went
beyond partisanship to find ways to
combat terrorist activities.
Still there is much to be done.
We have made inroads in fighting

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 MAJOR SECTORAL CONCERNS ADDRESSED
BY LAWS AND BILLS* PASSED
ECONOMIC REFORM
RA09334 Increasing the Specific Tax Rates Imposed on Alcohol
and Tobacco Products (HB03174/SB01854) Increases the tax on
alcohol and tobacco products and subjects similar imports brought
directly into duly chartered and legislated freeports to all applicable taxes,
duties, charges and excise tax.
RA09337 Restructuring the Value-Added Tax(HB03555/HB03705/
SB01950) The Expanded Value-Added Tax Law (EVAT) is the central
revenue-generating measure of the administration’s fiscal reform
package, raising tax rates from 10% to 12%, with some exemptions.
RA09343 Amending RA No. 9182, Otherwise Known As the Special
Purpose Vehicle Act of 2002 (HB04066/SB02204) This measure seeks
to extend the period for setting up SPVs and availing of incentives for
setting up special purpose vehicles to liquidate non-performing assets
of financial institutions.
RA09399 Declaring a One-Time Amnesty on Certain Tax and Duty
Liabilities Incurred by Business Enterprises Operating Within the
Special Economic Zones and Freeports (HB04900/SB02259) Grants
tax amnesty on deficiency taxes and duties, as well as the interest,
surcharges, penalties and other additions thereto, incurred by certain
investor-locators in special economic and free port zones.
RA09474 Lending Company Regulation Act of 2007 (HB06073/
SB01949) This act defines the minimum requirement and standards for
the establishment and operation of lending companies.
RA09480 Granting a One-Time Tax Amnesty on all Unpaid
National Internal Revenue Taxes for Taxable Year 2003 and Prior
Years (HB02933)
HB02807 Deleting the Quarterly Minimum Gross Sales of Land
Transportation, Providing for a Periodic Review of Its Gross Sales
and Setting Its Effective Rate
HB03295 The Investments Incentives Code of the Philippines The
bill prescribes the powers, duties and composition of the Board of
Governors of the Board of Investments. It identifies the industries,
services and activities eligible for incentives; grants incentives to
registered companies and provides for the basic rights and guarantees
of registered companies.
HB03740 Amending RA No. 8178 by Extending the Utilization
Period of Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund
HB04069 Anti-Smuggling Act of 2005 Enforces accuracy in the
valuation of imported goods received in our ports of entry and the proper
application of duties.
HB04602 Philippine Cooperative Code of 2005 Seeks to implement
amendments to the Cooperative Code such as granting cooperatives
the right of first refusal on specific business undertakings and giving
cooperative banks the same incentive package enjoyed by thrift banks.
HB05070 Amending Sections 91 and 97 of RA 8550, Otherwise
Known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998
HB05284 Philippine VOIP Act of 2005 Liberalizes the
telecommunications industry to accommodate low-priced internet
telephony.
HB05296 Restructuring the Income Taxation for Individuals This
bill will exempt minimum wage earners from income tax and lower the
income tax of low middle income earners.
HB05371 Declaring Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain
Within Small Islands as Agricultural Land Open to Disposition for
Commercial Eco-Tourism
*Bills passed on 3rd Reading
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HB05515 Downstream Natural Gas Industry Development Act of
2006
HB05566 Defining the Liability of Ship Agents in the Tramp
Service
HB05567 Amending Sec. 220, Chapter II, Title VIII of R.A. 8424
The bill grants the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) exclusive jurisdiction
in the handling (investigation, prosecution and filing) of all tax cases.
HB05811 Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Proposes an increase in the existing eight percent mandatory allocation
of the banks’ loan portfolios to 10 percent for small and medium
enterprises, among other incentives.
HB05948 The Credit Information System Act
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
RA09335 Providing for Optimum Performance in Revenue
Collection Through Special Incentives and Rewards and Lateral
Attrition (HB02996/SB01871) Installs a system of rewards and penalties
for personnel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of
Customs (BOC) to encourage increased collections.
RA09336 National Budget 2005 (HB03154)
RA09340 Resetting the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
Elections, Extending the Term of Office of Barangay and
Sangguniang Kabataan Officials (HB03742/SB02000) Resets the
barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to May 2008., saving
the people from further political division and around P2.5 billion in election-
related expenses.
RA09358 Supplemental Appropriation For FY 2006 (HB05668) The
supplemental budget covers the funding gaps between the 2005
reenacted budget and the 2006 General Appropriations bill.
RA09369 Amending Certain Provisions of RA 8436 (Use of an
Automated Election System in National and Local Electoral
Exercises) (HB05352/SB02231) Provides security of election
procedures from unauthorized access;provides for accurate recording
and reading of votes, results tabulation, canvassing and transmission;
error recovery in case of device failure; paper audit trail; electronic display
immediately showing results; access for disabled and illiterate voters;
and data retention.
RA09400 Amending RA 7227, as Amended, Otherwise Known as
the Bases Conversion and Development Act of 1992 (HB05064/
SB02260) The bill seeks to provide a uniform set of fiscal incentives as
provided for under RA 7916 (Philippine Economic Zone Authority Law)
to Subic Special Economic Zone, Clark Special Economic Zone and to
other ecozones created or to be created under RA 7227.
RA09401 National Budget 2007 (HB05794) The first trillion-peso
budget of the country.
RA09406 Reorganizing and Strengthening the Public Attorney’s
Office (HB05921/SB02171) Transforms the Public Attorney’s Office to
a more independent and autonomous agency attached to the Department
of Justice.
RA09416 Declaring Any Form of Cheating in Civil Service
Examinations as Unlawful (HB04435/SB02512)
RA09417 Strengthening the Office of the Solicitor General by
Expanding and Streamlining its Bureaucracy (HB05956/SB02249)
The bill seeks to expand the Office of the Solicitor General from 15 to 30
legal divisions consisting of ten lawyers per division.
RA09470 National Archives of the Philippines Act of 2006
(HB05792) Establishes a Charter for the National Archives of the
Philippine to oversee a comprehensive program for the registration and
accreditation of various public archives nationwide.
RA09484 The Philippine Dental Act of 2005 (HB04848/SB02581)
Regulates the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene and dental technology
in the Philippines.
RA09487 Further Amending P.D. No. 1869, Otherwise known as
Pagcor Charter (HB03409) PAGCOR is granted another 25 years of
life upon the expiration of its original term on July 11, 2008, renewable
for another 25 years.
RA09485 Anti-Red Tape Act of 2005 (HB03776/SB02589) Improves
conduct of the bureaucracy and removes unnecessary procedures in
government transactions.
HB00788 Providing for Additional Members of the Board of
Trustees of the National Maritime Polytechnic
HB01187 Blood Type Identification Act of 2004
HB01773 Regulating the Use of Government Ambulances
HB01866 Instituting a Congressional Medal of Honor
HB03309 Frontline Service Information Act of 2004 This bill aims
to curb graft by streamlining government procedures thru informative
billboards, handbooks and primers.
HB03828 According Official Status and Legal Recognition To
Tribal Peace Pact Holders As Persons In Authority
HB04275 Ensuring Objectivity and the Protection of Witnesses
in the Prosecution of Cases by the Ombudsman, Allowing Private
Lawyers to Act as Prosecutors on His Behalf
HB04710 National Budget 2006
HB04905 Civil Registration Act of 2005 Modernizes and
standardizes the civil registration procedures necessary to establish the
identity and legal status of individuals.
HB05303 The Brand New Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act
of 2006 or Philippine Lemon Law
HB04846 The Land Administration Reform Act of 2005
HB04861 Physicians Act of 2005
HB04947 Granting Rewards to Informers of Violations of Internal
Revenue and Customs Laws
HB05468 Government Employees Entrepreneurship
Development Act of 2006
HB05503 Establishment of Integrated Reformatory Centers for
Metropolitan Centers for Metropolitan Manila and Other Highly
Urbanized Centers in the Country
HB05565 Decency in Public Service Act of 2006
HB05579 Decentralizing the Payroll Services of the Department
of Education Thereby Creating a Regional Payroll Services Unit
HB05609 Providing Stiffer Penalties for Infidelity in the Custody
of Prisoners Imposes the penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period
and perpetual absolute disqualification on any public officer who, during
his tour of duty, deliberately allows or connives in the escape of a detention
prisoner or prisoners, sentenced by the Lower Court or convicted by
final judgment, in his custody.
HB05693 Chemistry Law of 2006
HB05877 Political Party Act of 2006
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HB05897 The Alien Social Integration Act of 2006
HB06063 Amending RA09280, Otherwise Known as the Customs
Brokers Act of 2004
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
RA09367 Bioethanol Fuel Act of 2005 (HB04629/SB02226) Grants
incentives to explore, use and develop alternative fuels from plants.
Reduces our dependence on imported fuels and lessens air pollution.
HB05563 Renewable Energy Act of 2006 Accelerates the
development of renewable energy (RE) resources, increase the utilization
of RE by institutionalizing its use and establishing a framework for the
grant of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to all RE activities.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT
HB00054 Authorizing Local Government Units to Apply the Share
of the Proceeds Derived from Hydrothermal, Geothermal and other
Sources of Energy Amends the Local Government Code to authorize
LGUs to apply at least 80 percent of the share proceeds derived from
local natural resources used for generating electricity in areas within the
same province.
HB02744 Requiring All Independent Power Producers,
Generation Companies and/or Energy Resource Developers to
Remit the Amount They Are Required to Set Aside as Financial
Benefit to Hose Communities Directly to the Latter
HB04721 Requiring All Local Government Units to Adopt a Boy
Scouting and Girl Scouting Recognition Day
HB05003 Amending Section 290 of RA 7160, Otherwise Known
as the Local Government Code of 1991
ARMED FORCES REFORM
RA09365 Creating the Rank of First Chief Master Sergeant/First
Master Chief Petty Officer in the Enlisted Ranks of the AFP
(HB00224/SB01286)
HB01561 Amending PD 1638, Known as the AFP Military
Personnel Retirement and Separation Decree of 1979
HB01562 Amending RA 340, as Amended, Which Established a
Uniform Retirement System for the AFP
HB00219 Prescribing a Fixed Term for the Chief of Staff and Major
Service Commanders of the AFP Seeks a fixed tenure for the AFP
Chief of Staff of three years, with no extension unless with the approval
of Congress due to war or national emergency, while major Service
Commanders, on the other hand, shall have a fixed term of two years.
HB03370 Creating the Office of the Comptroller of the AFP
HB04870 Enhancing the Inspector General Service Office, AFP
HB05568 Adjusting the Requirements on Education and For
Promotion in the PNP
HB05895 Declaring the Philippine National Police as a Closed
Career Service
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
HB03769 Local Housing Board Act Mandates the creation of the
Local Housing Board (LHB) in every city and first to third class
municipality to formulate, implement and monitor policies on the provision
of housing and ensure a just and humane procedure in cases of eviction
and demolition.
HB03835 Socialized and Low-Cost Housing Loan Restructuring
Act of 2005 Condones all penalties and surcharges of delinquent
housing loans and provides easier terms of payment.
HB04073 The Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’ Protective
Decree Amendments of 2005
HB04264 Omnibus Housing and Urban Development Act
Orchestrates national government action with the various factors involved
in addressing the shelter shortage (finance, land, local governments,
non-government organizations, and private sector cooperation) under a
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
HB04428 Magna Carta for Homeowners’ Associations
HB04847 Real Estate Service Act of the Philippines
SOCIAL REFORM
RA09396 Redefining the Term ‘Veteran’ (HB04451/SB01967)
Making the term “veteran” cover those who rendered military service
during the revolution against Spain, the Philippine-American War, World
War II, the Korean Campaign, the Vietnam Campaign, and the AFP
retirees as well as those sooner separated due to death or disability
arising from injuries or sickness incurred in the line of duty while in
active service.
RA09397 No-Bidding Sale of Government-Owned Properties To
Its Occupants For Socialized Housing (HB03834/SB02518) Amends
the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 by allowing direct
negotiated purchase of government-owned property by the occupants
for socialized housing.
RA09341 Amending RA 9161, Otherwise Known as the Rental
Reform Act of 2002 (HB03356/SB01956) A rent control law to protect
housing tenants in the lower income brackets from unreasonable rent
increases.
RA09344 Child Protection Through A Comprehensive Juvenile
Justice System Act of 2005 (HB05065/SB01402) Provides special
protection to children in conflict with the law and establishes a
comprehensive juvenile justice system.
RA09346 Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the
Philippines (HB04826/SB02254)
RA09359 Standby Fund for the Repatriation, Evacuation, and
Relief of Overseas Filipino Workers and Other Filipino Nationals
in Lebanon and Other Affected Countries in the Middle East
(HB05679) Provides in part for a P50 million standby fund for the
repatriation of overseas Filipino workers in Lebanon and other affected
areas to be augmented by the P350 million appropriated by the OWWA
Board of Trustees; also provides for P400 million livelihood and other
assistance for the clean up of the Guimaras oil and P50 million for relief
operations for the Mayon Volcano victims.
RA09379 Handline Fishing Law (HB04067/SB02522) Further
stimulates the tuna export industry, which provides livelihood to more
than 150,000 Filipino fishermen.
RA09418 Volunteerism Act 2005 (HB04065) Promotes the
participation of volunteer organizations in civic and public affairs.
RA09442 Granting Other Privileges and Incentives to Persons
with Disability (HB01214/SB02580) Grants privileges to Filipino citizens
with disabilities, such as a 20 percent discount in hotels, restaurants
and other similar establishments.
HB00981 Declaring the Culmination of Muslim Haji a National
Holiday for the Observance of Eidul Adha
HB01254 Extending Preference of Employment to Any One Child
of Veterans in the Government
HB04244 Legitimation of Children Born to Parents Below
Marrying Age Spares children of underage and unmarried parents from
the stigma of illegitimate status by amending the Family Code.
HB04713 National Children’s Day Act of 2005
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HB04893 Defining as a Crime the Act of Driving Any Motor Vehicle
While Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Prohibited Drugs
HB04999 Declaring June 30 of Every Year As a Day of Celebration
to Commemorate Philippine Feminism
HB05012 Providing Private Workers and Employees Women and
Gender Education in the Workplace
HB05380 Mandating the Use of the Proceeds From the
Development, Lease or Use of Government Properties for Veterans’
Pensions and Benefits
HB05524 Requiring Certification of the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) to Declare a Child Legally
Available for Adoption
HB05525 Foster Care Act of 2006
HB05797 Hotline ‘117’ Act of 2006
HB05807 Prohibiting the Use of the Words Muslim and Christian
in Mass Media to Describe Any Person Suspected Of or Convicted
For Having Committed Criminal or Unlawful Acts
HB05837 Anti-Religious or Racial Profiling Act of 2006
ENVIRONMENT
RA09483 Oil Pollution Compensation Act (HB0463/SB2600) Gives
adequate compensation for losses to victims of oil pollution damage and
establishes the institutional mechanism to process such claims.
HB00436 System of Disposition of Seized/Confiscated Illegally
Cut, Gathered, Removed and Possessed Logs and Other Forest
Products
HB03821 Revival of Arbor Day/Tree Planting Day
HB04074 Subdivision Green Parks Act of 2005 Mandates the
developer of a subdivision project to plant trees along roads and in the
open spaces reserved for the common use and enjoyment of lot owners.
HB04081 Billion Trees Act of 2005 Spurs the creation of a national
greenbelt by planting of a billion trees through the complementary tree-
planting programs of various government agencies, with one million
hectares of denuded forest lands as target areas on its five years of
implementation.
HB04491 Tree for Legacy Act of 2005 Sets up the “Tree for Legacy
Program,” a nationwide self-sustaining reforestation program to be
administered by LGUs, in cooperation with the DENR and other
concerned agencies.
HB05132 Calayan Rail Protected Bird Act of the Philippines
HB05357 Environmental Planning Act of 2006
NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
RA09372 Anti-Terrorism Act of 2005 (HB04839/SB02137) Spells
out acts of terror and prescribes the conditions by which a warrantless
arrest and detention can be done in the course of ferreting out terrorists.
HUMAN AND LABOR RIGHTS
RA09422 Strengthening the Regulatory Functions of the
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
(HB05498/SB02501) Repeals Secs. 29 and 30 of RA 8042 (the Migrant
Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act), which deregulate recruitment
activities and gradually phases out the POEA’s regulatory functions. This
puts a stop to the exploitation of overseas performing artists under the
current system.
RA09433 Magna Carta for Social Workers and Social Welfare and
Development Workers (HB04536/SB02587) Provides due incentives
not only for social workers but also for social development workers
and its allied professions and ensures protection in terms of
employment.
RA09439 Prohibiting the Detention of Live or Dead Patients in
Hospitals and Medical Clinics for Nonpayment of Hospital Bills or
Medical Expenses (HB00068) Makes it illegal for any hospital or medical
clinic in the country to detain, directly or indirectly, a patient who have
fully or partially recovered or died, for reasons of non-payment or hospital
bills and medical expenses.
RA09481 Strengthening the Workers’ Constitutional Right to Self-
Organization (HB01351/SB02466)
HB00077 Providing for the Venue of the Criminal and Civil Action
in Libel Cases Against Community Journalists, Publications or
Broadcast Stations
HB00146 Strengthening Further and Broadening the Coverage
of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES)
HB00345 The P125.00 Daily Across-the-Board Wage Increase Act
HB00350 Productivity and Performance Incentives and
Gainsharing Act of 2004
HB00351 Mandates Barangay Micro Business Enterprises
(BMBEs) to Implement the Minimum Wage Law
HB00372 Providing for Reliefs from and Execution of Final
Decisions and Awards of the National Labor Relations Commission
and Labor Arbiters
HB00376 Requiring Employers to Inform Their Employees of
Their Rights, Benefits and Privileges Under Existing Laws and
Company Policies or Employment Contracts
HB01418 Expanding the Coverage of the Employees
Compensation and State Insurance Fund to Include Retired
Employees Aged Seventy (70) and Below
HB02810 Creating the Persons With Disabilities Affairs Office in
Every Province, City and Municipality
HB02854 Human Rights Resource Center Act of 2004
HB03315 Human Rights Compensation Act of 2004 Gives
compensation to victims of human rights violations committed during
the Martial Law, under deposed President Marcos, from an estimated
P8 billion fund to be sourced from the P35-billion Marcos deposits granted
by Swiss courts.
HB03413 Expanding the Prohibited Acts of Discrimination Against
Women on Account of Sex
HB03783 Declaring Nov. 25 of Every Year as National
Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
HB04148 Mandating the Representation of Cooperatives in the
Board of Directors of the Land Bank of the Philippines
HB04835 Amending RA No. 53, As Amended, by Including Within
Its Coverage Journalists From Broadcast, News Agencies and
Internet Publications
HB04959 Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2005
HB05011 Expanding the Exceptions From Nightwork Prohibition
of Women Employees
HB05506 Increasing the Penalties for Non-Compliance With the
Prescribed Increases and Adjustments in the Wage Rates of
Workers
HB05846 Anti-Torture Act of 2006
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HEALTH CARE
HB00041 Health Care Delivery Modernization Act of 2004 Seeks
to phase out the old system of health care delivery to provide state-of-
the-art equipment and technology for the promotion and protection of
the general health of the Filipino people.
HB00048 Medical Practitioners Protection Act of 2004 Protects
medical practitioners by instituting a mechanism that will ensure fair
and equitable terms for the payment and release of the doctors’
professional fee withheld by hospitals or clinics because of the failure of
a patient to pay his hospital bills.
HB01097 Health Facilities and Services Licensure Act
HB04375 Authorizing Government Hospitals to Retain and Utilize
All Their Income and Interest Derived From Deposits for
Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses
HB05119 Health Maintenance Organization Act of 2006
EDUCATION
HB01531 National Book Development Trust Fund Act Creates a
P100 million National Book Development Fund to ensure that talented
local writers and authors in the different regions of the country be
extended financial assistance in the publication of their works.
HB04553 Changing the Nomenclature of the National Library Into
the National Library of the Philippines
HB04701 English as the Medium of Instruction Act Aims to
establish the Philippines again as a major English-speaking country in
the world because of the importance of English communication skills.
HB05008 The University of the Philippines Charter of 2005
HB05269 Special Education Act of 2006 Institutionalizes an adequate
and relevant educational program for every child with special needs
through the establishment of Special Education (SPED) centers.
HB05337 Amending RA 8292, Otherwise Known as the ‘Higher
Education Modernization Act of 1997’
HB05580 Open High School System Act of 2006
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The following House offices have provided source data for
this report:
··Office of the Secretary General
Committee Affairs Department
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Congressional Planning and Budget Department
Legislative Operations Department
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Plenary Affairs Bureau
Bills and Index Service
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Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Special Affairs
Department