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Linkages Circular Vol. 8 No. 21 Senate of the Philippines Linkages Circular Volume 8 No. 21 May - June Series of 2012 The LINKAGES CIRCULAR is a regular publication of the Institutional Linkages Service. This publication is meant to guide and inform the external clients of the Senate, individuals and organizations, on the bills and resolutions filed/adopted by our Senators, as well as committee reports, which were taken up on the floor during or for a particular week/month. Contents Senate Bill Nos. 3161-3223 Senate Joint Resolution No. 16-17 Proposed Senate Resolution Nos. 755-801 Committee Report Nos. 138-267 Researched and Encoded/ Compiled by : Ms. Bernardita R. Ampa Administrative Supervision/Reviewed by : Dir. Julieta J. Cervo Reference : Journals of the Senate Covering the month of May - June 2012 The Institutional Linkages Service is under the External Affairs and Relations headed by Deputy Secretary Peter Paul L. Pineda and Executive Director Diana Lynn Le Cruz. 2nd REGULAR SESSION OF THE 15TH CONGRESS SENATE BILLS SBN 3162 “AN ACT AUTOMATICALLY DECREASING THE VALUE-ADDED TAX RATE ON PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DEPENDING ON INCREASING WORLD CRUDE OIL PRICES” Introduced by Senator Gregorio B. Honasan II Referred to the Committees on Ways and; and Energy SBN 3162 “AN ACT GOVERNING THE CREATION AND ACCREDITATION OF MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Franklin M. Drilon Referred to the Committees on Economic Affairs; Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies; and Ways and Means SBN 3163 “AN ACT EXEMPTING THE SALE AND IMPORTATION OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND RELATED RAW MATERIALS, AND PHARMACEUTICAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF FROM THE COVERAGE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337 AND THE IMPOSITION OF TARIFF AND DUTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Manny B. Villar Referred to the Committees on Ways and Means; and Health and Demography SBN 3164 “AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7898, ESTABLISHING THE REVISED AFP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.” Introduced by Senators Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV, Panfilo M. Lacson and Ralph G. Recto Referred to the Committees on Ways and Means; and Health and Demography SBN 3165 “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT (DOOE), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Manny B. Villar Referred to the Committees on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development; Foreign Relations; and Finance SBN 3166 “AN ACT REQUIRING ALL GRADUATING ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PLANT AT LEAST TEN (10) TREES EACH AS A PREREQUISITE FOR GRADUATION AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV Referred to the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; Environment and Natural Resources; and Finance SBN 3167 “AN ACT PRESCRIBING URGENT RELATED MEASURES NECESSARY AND PROPER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ELECTRIC POWER CRISIS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV Referred to the Committees on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws; and Energy SBN 3168 “AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CONDUCT OF THE PALARONG PAMBANSA AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” Introduced by Senator Francis G. Escudero Referred to the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; Amateur Sports Competitiveness; and Finance SBN 3169 “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICE IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY” Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago Referred to the Committees on trade and Commerce; Local Government; and Finance SBN 3170 “AN ACT AUTHORIZING A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CARRY OUT CHILD-PARENT VISITATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS” Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago Referred to the Committees on Justice and Human Rights; Youth, Women and Family Relations; and Finance SBN 3171 “AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF COIN HOARDING AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR ” Introduced by Senator Manuel “Lito” M. Lapid Referred to the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies SBN 3172 “AN ACT PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR FREE PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Manuel “Lito” M. Lapid Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization SBN 3173 “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY LABOR LAW SEMINAR FOR ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS OF THE TERTIARY LEVEL” Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid Referred to the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; and Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development SBN 3174 “AN ACT PRESCRIBING A SIX-HOUR WORKING SCHEDULE FOR EMPLOYED PREGNANT WOMEN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES ” Introduced by Senator Manny Villar Referred to the Committees on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development; and Civil Service and Government Reorganization SBN 3175 “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR EDUCATORS IN BASIC EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Manny Villar Referred to the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; and Finance SBN 3176 “AN ACT RECOGNIZING THE EARLY YEARS FROM ZERO (0) TO AGE FOUR (4) AS THE FIRST CRUCIAL STAGE OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHENING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND RENAMING THE DAYCARE CENTER AS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. Angara Referred to the Committees on Education, Arts and Culture; Youth, Women and Family Relations; and Finance SBN 3177 “AN ACT TO EXPAND THE COVERAGE OF MICRO ENTERPRISES AS BENEFICIARIES OF THE MAGNA CARTA FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENERPRISES OR REPUBLIC ACT 6977, AS AMENDED BY RA 8289 AND FURTHER AMENDED BY RA 9501” Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto Referred to the Committees on Economic Affairs; and Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies SBN 3178 “AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING COMMISSION (PAGCOM), AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto Referred to the Committees on Games and Amusement; Government Corporations and Public Enterprises; and Finance SBN 3179 “AN ACT INCREASING THE THRESHOLD FOR CERTAIN NON-VAT TAXPAYERS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 109 AND 236 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1977, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT 9337 ” Introduced By Senator Ralph G. Recto Referred to the Committees on Ways and Means SBN 3180 “AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED, WHICH CREATED THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, AMONG OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto Referred to the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies SBN 3181 “AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS TO FURTHER PROTECT AND DEVELOP MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 81, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “THE 1986 REVISED CHARTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES,” AS AMENDED” Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto Referred to the Committees on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises; and Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies SBN 3182 “AGUS-PULANGUI PRIVATIZATION EXEMPTION ACT OF 2012” Introduced by Senator Gregorio B. Honasan II Referred to the Committees on Energy; and Government Corporations and Public Enterprises SBN 3183 “AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE PEOPLE’S RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP OVER INFORMATION HELD BY THE PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT” Introduced by Senator Gregorio Honasan II Referred to the Committees on Public Information and Mass Media; Civil Service and Government Reorganization; and Finance SBN 3184 “AN ACT REPEALING THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FORAPPLICANTS TO THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP)” Introduced by Senator Gregorio B. Honasan II Referred to the Committees on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs SBN 3185 “AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9049, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT GRANTING MONTHLY GRATUITY AND PRIVILEGES TO AN AWARDEE OF THE MEDAL OF VALOR” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Gregorio B. Honasan II Referred to the Committees on National Defense and Security; Public Order and Dangerous Drugs; Ways and Means; and Finance SBN 3186 “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR RULES ON THE ESCHEAT OF UNCLAIMED FIDUCIARY FUNDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced by Senator Franklin M. Drilon Referred to the Committees on Finance; and Justice and Human Rights SBN 3187 “AN ACT REDEFINING THE COMPOSITION OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION FOR BARANGAY OFFICIALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 387 AND 393 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” Introduced By Senator Manny Villar Referred to the Committees on Local Government; and Health and Demography SBN 3188 “AN ACT INSTITUTING THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES CHARTER, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, POWER AND FUNCTIONS, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 111, AS AMENDED” Introduced By Senator Aquilino “Koko” L. Pimentel Referred to the Committees on Government Corporations and Enterprises; Youth, Women and Family Relations and Ways and Means SBN 3189 “AN ACT DIRECTING OR MANDATING THE IMMEDIATE CLEANING OR REMOVING OF FECES OF DOGS AND OTHER PETS IN A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY NOT OWNED BY THE OWNER OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE DOG
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