The Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council has recognized 20 measures which shall be pushed for approval by Congress earlier than the top of the 12 months, Malacañang stated on Wednesday.
According to the Presidential Communications Office, the LEDAC in a gathering presided by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. accredited the next as legislative priorities:
- Amendments of the BOT Law/PPP invoice
- National Disease Prevention Management Authority
- Internet Transactions Act/E-Commerce Law
- Health Emergency Auxillary Reinforcement Team (Heart) Act previously Medical Reserve Corps
- Virology Institute of the Philippines
- Mandatory ROTC and NSTP
- Revitalizing the Salt Industry
- Valuation Reform
- E-Government/E-Governance
- Ease of Paying Taxes
- National Government Rightsizing Program
- Unified System of Separation/Retirement and Pension of MUPs
- LGU Income Classification
- Waste-to-Energy invoice
- New Philippine Passport Act
- Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers
- National Employment Action Plan
- Amendments to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act
- the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas-endorsed Bank Deposit Secrecy
- Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA)
Eighteen of the 20 payments are among the many precedence legislative measures on the first LEDAC assembly in October 2022.
Of the 42, three (RA 11934 or An Act Requiring the Registration of Subscriber Identity Module; RA 11935 or the Postponement of Brgy./SK elections and RA 11939 or Amendment to AFP Fixed Term) have been signed into legislation.
Another three (RA HB 6608 or the Maharlika Investment Fund Act, HB 7751 or the Department of Health Specialty Centers Act and HB 6336 or New Agrarian Emancipation Act) are up for Marcos’ signature.
The different precedence measures from the 2022 LEDAC assembly embrace:
- the Passive Income and Financial Intermediary Taxation Act (PIFITA)
- National Land Use Act (NALUA)
- Enabling Law for the Natural Gas Industry
- Apprenticeship Law
- Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS)
- Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE)
- Free Legal Assistance for Police and Soldiers
- Negros Island Region
- Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone
- Eastern Visayas Development Authority
- Philippine Immigration Bill
- Comprehensive Infrastructure Development Master Plan
- Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers
Five payments are in varied levels of the legislative course of: Budget Modernization Bill, Amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, Department of Water Resources, National Defense Act, and, Amendments to the Universal Healthcare Act.
Speaker Ferdinand Romualdez stated of the remaining 36 precedence measures from the primary LEDAC, they’ve handed 32 measures on third and remaining studying within the House of Representatives.
On high of the SONA precedence payments, a number of legislative measures are additionally being proposed for inclusion within the frequent legislative agenda (CLA).
Under Republic Act No. 7640, LEDAC serves as a consultative and advisory physique to the President on sure applications and insurance policies important to the belief of the targets of the nationwide economic system.
The CLA is a listing of precedence legislative measures of the Executive and Legislative branches of presidency, which the Council has agreed to actively pursue to be handed in Congress. —NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
