COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.
DAILY SCHEDULE
CIVIL SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
ENERGY
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 40 – Inquiry into the 100% increase of electricity rates all over Mindanao (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
HR 191 – Inquiry into the Energy Regulatory Commission's (ERC) performance-based regulation (PBR) methodology that favors the continued upward adjustment of electricity rates by both public and private power corporations to the detriment of the public (Rep. Teddy Casiño)
HR 415 – Inquiry into the alleged high power rates charged in Iloilo City (Rep. Jerry Treñas)
HR 422 – Investigation into the continuing increase of electricity rates (Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza)
HR 1021 – Inquiry into the reports that the Philippines has the highest electricity rates in Asia (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 1589 – Urging the ERC to approve and grant the true-up adjustment applied by the National Power Corporation-Small Power Utilities Group (NPC-SPUG) for the test period 2003-2009 (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
Privilege Speech – On the electric power shortage and high electricity rates in Leyte (Rep. Sergio Apostol)
Privilege Speech – On the increase of electricity rates in Mindanao (Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr.)
NATIONAL DEFENSE & SECURITY
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
01:00 PM
HR 563 – Inquiry into the implementation of RA 9729, otherwise known as the Climate Change Act of 2009, to strengthen disaster risk reduction and management initiatives relative to climate change (Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing)
HR 684 – Urging the Aquino administration to improve the country's disaster preparedness and management measures in light of reports of the country still being ill-equipped to deal with disasters (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
HR 821 – Inquiry into the effective measure/plan/scheme that will combat the damaging effects of natural calamities and avoid recurrent loss of lives and properties (Rep. Roger Mercado)
HR 1053 – Inquiry into the risk reduction measures that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and concerned local government units (LGUs) in Mindanao have established in hazard prone areas in their respective jurisdictions (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HR 1072 – Inquiry into the country's preparedness against earthquakes and other related calamities (Rep. Mark Villar)
HR 1078 – Urging the Executive Department to immediately implement a nationwide earthquake drill to simulate a magnitude 9 earthquake scenario (Minority Leader Danilo Suarez)
HR 1080 – Inquiry into the level and status of preparedness of the country to the occurrence of extensive natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and others (Rep. Angelo Palmones)
HR 1083 – Urging the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) to launch a massive nationwide information drive on the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework (NDRRMF) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) in accordance with RA 10121, also known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 (Rep. Jim Hataman-Salliman)
HR 1099 – Inquiry into the nation's preparedness for natural calamities before and after their occurrences with the end in view of formulating an efficient and systematic national scheme of reducing risks to lives and properties (Rep. Winston ‘Winnie’ Castelo)
HR 1100 – Inquiry into the preparedness of the National Government and the NDRRMC in addressing all kinds of disasters and emergencies, with the end in view of ensuring the effective implementation of RA 10121 (Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez)
HR 1308 – Urging His Excellency, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, to direct the NDRRMC, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOLCS) and other concerned agencies to implement the recommendations and findings of the Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS) undertaken by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2002-2004 as pre-emptive measure of mitigating the possible catastrophic impact of an earthquake in Metro Manila (Rep. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David)
HR 1750 – Urging the chairperson of the NDRRMC and the secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to cause the inclusion in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 10121 the utilization of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRM Fund) to finance the formulation/revision of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of the local government units (LGUs) as a required disaster prevention and preparedness activity to ensure the adoption and integration of disaster risk reduction and management plans and climate change adaptation strategies to the CLUP (Rep. Rodolfo Valencia)
HR 2057 – Demanding the National Government to create and install a clear and rational disaster plan that puts premium on disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction in the wake of the recent 'Sendong' tragedy that killed more than 1,000 Filipinos and left some P1 billion worth of damages to infrastructure and livelihood (Rep. Raymond Palatino)
NATURAL RESOURCES
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS (CANCELLED)
Conf. Rms. 14 & 15 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Substitute Bill to HBs 2422 & 3562 – Creating the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Charter (Reps. Rex Gatchalian and Joseph Gilbert Violago)
Update on the situation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria
PUBLIC ORDER & SAFETY
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 573 & 4092– Instituting the Magna Carta for the Philippine National Police (PNP) (Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara and Erico Aumentado)
HB 634 – Providing for benefits to dependents of members of the PNP, creating the PNP Dependents Welfare Office, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara)
HB 786 – Providing for educational benefits for the minor children of law enforcement officers who are killed by insurgents or slain in the line of duty (Rep. Aurelio ‘Dong’ Gonzales Jr.)
HB 979 – Fixing the retirement age of the uniformed personnel of the PNP, amending for the purpose RA 6975, otherwise known as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 (Rep. Augusto ‘Boboy’ Syjuco, Ph.D.)
HB 2246 – Institutionalizing scholarship grants to members of the PNP and their children (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 2794 – Providing for benefits to PNP personnel and their dependents and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas)