COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Unless otherwise indicated, all committee meeting venues are located at the House of Representatives Complex.
DAILY SCHEDULE
HEALTH
Conf. Rm. 6 RVM Bldg.
09:00 AM
Technical Working Group (Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
BANKS & FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Conf. Rms. 1&2 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 779 – Inquiry into the practices of the International Netherlands Group (ING) Bank N.V. Manila Branch that defrauded Filipino investors of billions of pesos (Rep. Andres Salvacion Jr.)
BASIC EDUCATION & CULTURE jt. w/ HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 12 – Inquiry into the propriety of adopting a 12-year education cycle in elementary and high school (basic education) (Rep. Marcelino Teodoro)
HB 2182 – Prescribing a 12-year basic education curriculum for all public and private school children nationwide, providing guidelines and mechanism for its implementation, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eulogio ‘Amang’ Magsaysay)
HBs 4199 & 4219 – Enhancing the curriculum and increasing the number of years for basic education, appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Salvador Escudero III and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.)
HB 2789 – Providing for the establishment of a division of city schools in the City of Tagbilaran, Province of Bohol and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Rene Relampagos)
HB 4978 – Establishing a separate city schools division office in the City of Victorias, Province of Negros Occidental, amending for the purpose RA 8488, converting the Municipality of Victorias, Negros Occidental into a component city to be known as the City of Victorias (Rep. Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez)
HBs 5007, 5008, 5383, 5696 & 5747 – Establishing national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Eduardo Gullas, Peter ‘Sr. Pedro’ Unabia and Arthur Defensor Jr.)
HB 5266 – Establishing a primary school in Barangay Inoburan in the City of Naga, Province of Cebu to be known as the Inoburan Primary School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Eduardo Gullas)
HBs 2501, 5748, 5749, 5760, 5785, 5804, 5805 & 5806 – Separating and converting national high schools into independent national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Antonio Alvarez, Manuel Agyao, Pedro Acharon Jr. and Eleanor Bulut-Begtang)
HBs 2497, 2500, 5738, 5800, 5842, 5843, 5844 & 5845 – Converting high schools into national high schools in certain parts of the country and appropriating funds therefor (Reps. Antonio Alvarez, Ma. Carmen Zamora-Apsay, Florencio Flores Jr. and Maria Valentina Plaza)
HB 3621 – Converting the Balitucan National High School in Barangay San Pablo, Municipality of Magalang, Province of Pampanga into a technical vocational and skills training high school, including its annex in Barangay Balitucan, to be known as Balitucan National Technical Vocational and Skills Training High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Carmelo Lazatin)
HB 2712 – Changing the name of the Sta. Maria Agro-Industrial High School in the Municipality of Sta. Maria, Province of Bulacan, into the Sta. Maria Agro-Industrial National High School, amending for the purpose RA 8397, otherwise known as the Sta. Maria Agro-Industrial High School and appropriating funds therefor (Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica)
HB 4663 – Changing the name of Canumay National High School in Barangay Canumay, City of Valenzuela to Canumay West National High School (Rep. Rex Gatchalian)
GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
HR 1026 – Investigation into the reported massive and reprehensible withdrawal of some P400 million Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) funds as well as the anomalous disbursement of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) trust fund by officials of the CAAP vis-à-vis the performance of the agency of its mandates (Rep. Ben Evardone)
HR 1162 – Inquiry into the alleged illegal withdrawals from the funds of the CAAP (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
TRANSPORTATION
Conf. Rm. 11 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Technical Working Group meeting on:
HBs 296, 1204, 4652 & 4743 – Creating a Harbor Pilotage Commission, regulating harbor pilotage services and the conduct of harbor pilots in all ports in the Philippines (Reps. Roilo Golez, Pedro Romualdo, Roger Mercado and Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III)
WAYS & MEANS
Conf. Rms. 9&10 RVM Bldg.
09:30 AM
Substitute Bill to HBs 4440, 346 & 2188 – Promoting the development of sports in the country, revising for the purpose RA 6847, otherwise known as the Philippine Sports Commission Act (Rep. Renato Unico Jr., Minority Leader Danilo Suarez and Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar)
Substitute Bill to HB 3854 – Exempting from the payment of estate tax, pending the payment of just compensation, all agricultural lands acquired by the government pursuant to any Agrarian Reform Law (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
Substitute Bill to HBs 683, 684, 2575, 3363 & 4625 – Strengthening the animal industry and veterinary services in the Philippines (Reps. Nicanor Briones, Rufus Rodriguez, Salvador Escudero III and Mark Llandro Mendoza)
NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Conf. Rm. 5 RVM Bldg.
01:00 PM
HR 1975 – Inquiry into the reports that government funds for the educational assistance program of the indigenous cultural communities in the country have been misused (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez)
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS jt. w/ TRADE & INDUSTRY
Conf. Rms. 14&15 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
HR 2002 – Calling for the advancement and expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding establishing the economic corridor linking Subic and Clark special economic zones with the economic processing zones in Taiwan (Rep. Al Francis Bichara)
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Conf. Rms. 3&4 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
(Agenda for confirmation by the Committee Secretariat)
REFORESTATION
Conf. Rms. 7&8 RVM Bldg.
01:30 PM
Privilege Speech – On the Co-Production Agreement of an alleged foreign corporation, Shannalyne, Inc. with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the management of a forest plantation corridor in Caraga (Rep. Pedro Romualdo)