OCT.

1, 2012

NR # 2879

16 na national bills at 35 local bills inaprubahan ng Kamara

Inaprubahan ng Kamara sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa ang 16 na nationals bills at 35 local bills bago magbakasyon ang Kongreso ng dalawang linggo. Pangunahin dito ang House Bill 6545 o ang National Land Use and Management Act of the Philippines, na naglalayong patatagin ang land use at physical planning bilang isang mekanismo para kilalanin, tukuyin at tantiyahin ang angkop na land use at allocation patterns sa bansa. Kasama sa mga mahahalagang panukala ang HB 6546 o ang Modernization of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) na iniakda ni Rep Marcelino Teodoro (1st District, Marikina City). Ang panukala ang magbibigay ng tatlong taong modernization program para pataasin ang physical resources at operational techniques sa pamamagitan ng pagbili ng state-of-the art instruments, equipment at facilities para tiyakin ang timely and reliable forecasting and warning service. HB 6538, na tatawaging bilang Physicians Act of 2012 na iniakda ni Rep. Janette Garin (1st District, Iloilo), na mag-aayos sa education and licensure of physicians and the practice of medicine in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose Republic Act 2382; HB 6548 or the Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AF MECH) Law, authored by Rep. Mark Llandro Mendoza (4th District, Batangas), promoting agricultural and fisheries mechanization development in the Philippines; HB 6203 or Police, Fire and Jail Height Equality Act, authored by Rep. Pablo John Garcia (3rd District, Cebu); HB 6329, authored by Rep. Amado Bagatsing (5th District, Manila), creating the Philippine Thoroughbred Horseracing Authority; HB 6481 authored by Rep. Jose Ping-Ay (Party List, COOP NATCCO), amending Chapter XII on Cooperative Banks of RA9520, also known as the Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008; HB 6482, authored by Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara (Lone District, Aurora), prescribing stricter penalties on the crime of delivering prisoners from jail and infidelity in the custody of prisoners; HB 6544, authored by Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao (4th District, Isabela), rationalizing and strengthening the probation system by increasing inter alia the probationable penalty

to less than eight years; HB 6509, authored by Rep. Teddy Casino (Party-list, Bayan Muna), establishing city and municipal rehabilitation centers for children and youth with disabilities; HB 6547, known as the Special Education Act of 2012, authored by Rep. Susan Yap (2 District, Tarlac); and
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HB 6542 or The Overseas Voting Act of 2012 by Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2 District, Pampanga).
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Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City) has four bills approved. These are HB 4368 amending Executive Order 209, (The Family Code of the Philippines) by harmonizing said law with recent rulings of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on divorce obtained by the alien spouse in another country; HB 6307 establishing the liability of the absolute community or conjugal partnership for an obligation of a spouse who practices a profession and the capability of either spouse to dispose of an exclusive property without the consent of the other spouse; HB 6419 providing for a free and culture-sensitive system of registration concerning the civil status of indigenous peoples; and HB 6474 or the Food Safety Act of 2012. Of the 35 local bills approved on 3rd reading, 18 were separating National High Schools and converting them into independent National High Schools; while four seek to establish Sports Academies in the provinces of Misamis Occidental, Lanao Del Norte, Davao del Norte and Province of Cebu. Seven bills are public works-related measures, three bills call for the creation of barangays, one seeks the establishment of multi-purpose fish breeding stations, crab, prawn and shrimp hatcheries; one seek the creation of the Pangasinan 4 th District Engineering Office in the Province of Pangasinan and another, the establishment the Apo Reef Natural Park Act. (30) eag