A complete of twenty-two payments are actually up for the signature of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., after they had been handed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri mentioned Wednesday, as the primary common session of the nineteenth Congress adjourned sine die.
“Your Senate has approved a total of six measures enacted into law — four of national application, and two local laws,” Zubiri informed the plenary.
“Twenty-two bills are also now for the President’s signature — seven of them national, 15 local. Three national bills are pending, the bicameral conference committee report and six more national bills have been approved on 3rd reading,” he added.
Zubiri additionally reported that among the many measures that hurdled the Senate had been eight of the Marcos administration’s precedence measures.
Of these, three had been enacted into regulation — the SIM Card Registration Act, the postponement of the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officers’ mounted time period.
He additionally mentioned 4 extra precedence payments of the federal government are one step away from turning into legal guidelines — Maharlika Investment Fund, the measure condoning the unpaid amortization and pursuits of loans of agrarian reform beneficiaries, the proposed Regional Specialty Centers Act and the extension of the property tax amnesty invoice.
“I’m proud that every member of the Senate have done their part in honoring our pledge to the people. We show up, we step up, speak out every session day to the role is called,” Zubiri mentioned.
At the House of Representatives, Speaker Martin Romualdez lauded his colleagues for the passage of 33 out of the 42 precedence payments of the Marcos administration.
“When I assumed the post as your Speaker, I invited each one of you to support and join me in fulfilling the aspirations of the Filipino people. For readily heeding this call, I express my sincerest gratitude to everyone,” Romualdez mentioned.
“Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat sa sipag na ipinakita ninyo at sa malasakit sa ating mamamayan. Needless to say, our first regular session has been both eventful and productive,” he added.
Some of the precedence payments handed by the House had been:
1. Maharlika Investment Fund invoice
2. Bureau of Immigration (BI) Modernization
3. Philippine Salt Industry Development
4. Magna Carta of Seafarers
5. E-Governance Act / E Government Act
6. Creation of Negros Island Region
7. Establishing Virology Institute of the Philippines
8. Passive Income and Financial Intermediary Taxation invoice
9. Creation of National Disease Prevention Management Authority or Center for Disease Control and Prevention
10. Creation of Medical Reserve Corps
11. Philippine Passport invoice
12. Internet Transaction Act / E Commerce Law
13. Waste-to-Energy invoice
14. Free Legal Assistance for Police and Soldiers invoice
15. Apprenticeship Act
16. Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) invoice
17. Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers
18. Valuation Reform
19. Eastern Visayas Development Authority
20. Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone
21. Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery
22. National Citizens Service Training Program
23. National Government Rightsizing, amongst others.
The precedence payments nonetheless awaiting approval on third and last studying within the House embody: Natural Gas Industry Enabling invoice, National Employment Action Plan, Philippine Ecosystem invoice, Natural Capital Accounting System invoice, invoice creating Department of Water Services and Resources, amendments to the Electric Power Industry Act and Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, Budget Modernization invoice, National Defense invoice and Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension for Uniformed Personnel.
After the speech of Romualdez, Marcos additionally delivered a video message and known as the House members “partners in good governance.”
“I thank you for the hard work you put in. I look forward to seeing more of these outcomes from the Lower House,” Marcos added.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
