Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Quezon City EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST REGULAR SESSION Session No. 20 Wednesday, October 2, 2019 ADDITIONAL REFERENCE OF BUSINESS BILLS ON FIRST READING House Bill No. 4859, entitled: “AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE COLLEGE LIVING EXPENSES FINANCING (CLEF) PROGRAM TO SUPPORT HIGHER STUDIES FOR HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS MORE FILIPINO STUDENTS OF GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, MANDATING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO SET UP LOAN GUARANTEE FUNDS ON STUDENT LOANS TO BE PROVIDED BY BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER CREDIT PROVIDERS FOR THE CLEF PROGRAM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THE COMMITTEE ON BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES House Bill No. 4860, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A REVISED WILDLIFE RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION ACT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 2 House Bill No. 4861, entitled: “AN ACT MANDATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AT LEAST ONE (1) HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS IN EVERY REGION NATIONWIDE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE House Bill No. 4862, entitled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING POLICY IN SPORTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST DOPING IN SPORTS, ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND MANAGEMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT House Bill No. 4863, entitled: “AN ACT TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT PHILIPPINE PUBLIC FORESTS, MANGROVES AND WILDLIFE THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM OF RENEWAL, REPLANTING AND REFORESTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES House Bill No. 4864, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED OUTSIDE OF THEIR TOWNS AND PROVINCES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE 3 House Bill No. 4865, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF AIRLINE PASSENGERS AND PENALIZING ACTS IN VIOLATION THEREOF” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION House Bill No. 4866, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING ALL BARANGAY OFFICIALS, INCLUDING BARANGAY TANODS, MEMBERS OF THE LUPON NG TAGAPAMAYAPA, BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS AND BARANGAY DAY CARE WORKERS, A LUMP SUM RETIREMENT PAY EQUIVALENT TO ONE (1) YEAR HONORARIUM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 393 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ꞌLOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991ꞌ ” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT House Bill No. 4867, entitled: “AN ACT IMPOSING STIFFER PENALTIES FOR CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, AS AMENDED” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF CHILDREN House Bill No. 4868, entitled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE BENHAM RISE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 4 House Bill No. 4869, entitled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM THAT IMPLEMENTS AN ON-SITE, IN-CITY OR NEAR-CITY STRATEGY FOR INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PEOPLE'S PLAN AND MANDATING RELOCATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PROVIDE OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND LIVELIHOOD COMPONENTS IN FAVOR OF THE RECIPIENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ꞌURBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992ꞌ ” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT House Bill No. 4870, entitled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING VETERANS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTERS IN LUZON, VISAYAS AND MINDANAO” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH House Bill No. 4871, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MAGNA CARTA OF THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT House Bill No. 4872, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS ALONG NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS House Bill No. 4873, entitled: “AN ACT STRENGTHENING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS 5 House Bill No. 4874, entitled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FISCAL REGIME FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS House Bill No. 4875, entitled: “AN ACT CREATING AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS ACT (OHSA) FOR THE FILM, TELEVISION AND THEATER INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT House Bill No. 4876, entitled: “AN ACT UPGRADING THE RANK STRUCTURE OF THE UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION AND THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY House Bill No. 4877, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARCHIPELAGIC SEA LANES IN THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS, PRESCRIBING THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF FOREIGN SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT EXERCISING THE RIGHT OF ARCHIPELAGIC SEA LANES PASSAGE” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS House Bill No. 4878, entitled: “AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE AND MICROFINANCE PROGRAMS FOR LIVELIHOODS, ESTABLISHING AND PROMOTING ANTI-POVERTY AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH POLICIES WHICH ARE SUPPORTIVE OF MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMEs), ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT 6 House Bill No. 4879, entitled: “AN ACT PLACING THE PROVINCIAL, SUB-PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT JAILS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING SECTIONS 61, 62 AND 63 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ꞌDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990ꞌ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE House Bill No. 4880, entitled: “AN ACT DECLARING THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS AS A TRUST FUND, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION, AUTHORIZING THE PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO DISPOSE THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD House Bill No. 4881, entitled: “AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN, MODERNIZE AND PROFESSIONALIZE THE AGRICULTURAL SERVICES OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991” By Representative Rodriguez TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT House Bill No. 4882, entitled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTISPECIES MARINE HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LILOY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Amatong TO THE COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES 7 House Bill No. 4883, entitled: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTISPECIES MARINE HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIOCON, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Amatong TO THE COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES House Bill No. 4884, entitled: “AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS (DOFIL), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” By Representative Flores TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS House Bill No. 4885, entitled: “AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 6683, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ꞌAN ACT PROVIDING BENEFITS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT AND VOLUNTARY SEPARATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE, AS WELL AS INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEESꞌ, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Romero TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION House Bill No. 4886, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY PROGRAM, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Romero TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY House Bill No. 4887, entitled: “AN ACT STRENGTHENING AND MODERNIZING THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Tan (Alyssa) TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY 8 House Bill No. 4888, entitled: “AN ACT AMENDING R.A. NO. 9262 OR ꞌAN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSESꞌ, EXPANDING ITS COVERAGE AND COVERED ACTS PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” By Representative Nograles (Juan) TO THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY House Bill No. 4889, entitled: “AN ACT PROVIDING MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TO