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FOREWORD

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lection fever is upon us once again, a good year and half before the actual elections.

National candidate’s waste no time promoting themselves on media be it for direct advertising and appearing as guests on multiple talk shows. The more aggressive approach for some is to stay the news by weighing in on national issues and if necessary, to be controversial. These are all but strategies to keep the awareness of name recall in time for the elections.

But what is it that gets a candidate elected?

Most times your constituents demand more and above the mandate you are asking for, so much so many require to educate them on pending issues and positions. National legislation is not an executive position most think it is and demand you address their requirements rather than to study and take position for their good and for nation building. While we elect per district and party list, Congress is a national responsibility.

Legislation is never immediately rewarding, if anything it is always forward looking. Study and analysis with a crystal clear comprehension of issues at hand is a requirement. But how else can one promote one’s expertise and success when there is no understanding of the work at hand?

The Annual Outstanding Congressman Award is a testament uncontested that celebrates the competence and success of our Representatives. SMI celebrates the awardees to guide your constituents towards an educated vote.

Congratulations to the Congressman Awardees!

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CONTENTS

Hon. Elpidio F. Barzaga Jr.

4th District - Cavite.......................................................................................... 6

Hon. Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte, Jr.

4th District - Quezon City............................................................................. 10

Hon. Sherwin T. Gatchalian

1st District - Valenzuela City........................................................................14

Hon. Douglas S. Hagedorn

3rd District - Palawan....................................................................................18

Hon. Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman

Representative - Anak Mindanao (AMIN), Party-list..................................22

Hon. Ann K. Hofer

2nd District - Zamboanga Sibugay................................................................26

Hon. Lani Mercado- Revilla

2nd District - Cavite.......................................................................................30

Hon. Arturo Robes

Lone District - San Jose Del Monte Bulacan..................................................34

Hon. Angelina “Helen” D.L. Tan, M.D.

4th District - Quezon.....................................................................................38

Hon. Irwin Tieng

Representative - Buhay Party-list..................................................................42

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Hon. Elpidio F. Barzaga Jr. 4th District - Cavite

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Games And Amusements • Constitutional Amendments • Good Government And Public Accountability • Accounts • Ad Hoc Committee On The Bangsa Moro Basic Law

• Dangerous Drugs • Foreign Affairs • Justice • Ways And Means

With verdant rice fields and clear blue skies as stage, this young boy set out to fulfill a dream. He walked to school everyday and endured the hardships to earn an education. Determined to fulfill the dream that would set him apart, he welcomed every hardship, treated it like fire forging metal, preparing him for a greater destiny.

ELPIDIO F. BARZAGA, JR. was born on March 25, 1950 to Elpidio Mangubat Barzaga, Sr. and Magdalena Gelle Frani, both natives of Dasmariñas. He was not born rich but was gifted with a brilliant mind and an admirable fortitude.

Pidi graduated Valedictorian from the Dasmariñas Elementary School. For his secondary education, he was Valedictorian of the Class of 1966 of Immaculate Conception Academy. After earning his degree on BS Commerce Major in Accounting as Cum Laude from the San Beda College, he completed his Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Far Eastern University as Magna Cum Laude, a feat he accomplished while working.

After college, he did not leave the confines of the academe for he chose to teach law at FEU from 1976 to 1992 and was a Bar Reviewer in Civil Law from 1983 to 1992. He was a practicing CPA-Lawyer and a remarkable trial lawyer.

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His marriage to Jennifer Austria Barzaga, a registered nurse, blessed him with three sons – Francisco, Elpidio III, and Lorenzo.

When he won as Municipal Mayor of Dasmariñas in 1998, he gave public office a fresh meaning as manifested in the municipality’s massive transformation into a first class suburbia.

An overwhelming mandate from his people guaranteed him nine uninterrupted years of public service. These years showcased Pidi’s brilliance, unrelenting passion, and determination, which brought forth innumerable infrastructure, educational, cultural, civic, health and sports programs that were never realized before.

His accomplishments in Dasmariñas and the love of his people rippled far and wide and on July 1, 2007, he took his seat in the House of Representatives to serve as the voice of the people in the Second District of Cavite. Back home, his remarkable performance and good governance made his wife a popular choice to succeed him in his post and in the same elections, Jennifer won as Municipal Mayor by a large margin of votes.

Though new in Congress, his presence proved invaluable in the house committees of which he is a vice chairman namely the Committees on Constitutional Amendments, Local Government, and Revision of Laws and those of which he is a member namely the Committees on Appropriations, Civil Service and Professional Regulation, Good Government, Human Rights, Justice, Population and Family Relations, Public Works and Highways, Science and Technology, Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, Transportation, Veteran Affairs and Welfare and the Special Committee on Southern Tagalog Development. He figured prominently on issues concerning Meralco, Sulpicio Lines, the Impeachment Complaint, and Alabang Boys. He has authored and sponsored

the following bills: HB 05087-An act converting the Municipality of Dasmariñas in the province of Cavite into a component city to be known as the city of Dasmarinas, HB05258-Urgent resolution requesting the Committee on Energy to conduct an investigation on why oil companies of crude oil prices are not providing the equitable rollback despite of the price of oil in the world market, HR00896-Urgent resolution requesting for an investigation on the report regarding the alleged anomaly in the grant of shortlist of bidders for the project of updating the Subic Bay Freeports’ master development plan, and HR00897-Urgent resolution requesting for an investigation on the report regarding the impeding destruction of more than three hundred trees to give way for the construction of a casino report in Subic Bay Freeport.

Representative Barzaga proved that he continues to serve the best interest of the people and not just a few. His passion to seek truth and justice remains evident in all his undertakings and how he views relevant issues confronting the public. His advocacy to see the common good prevail is proof that his heart is really for the people and that true public service knows no color. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the Far Eastern University on the celebration of its 80th Founding Anniversary and the Most Distinguished Bedan Award from the San Beda College. He was awarded as one of the Most Outstanding Congressman of 2008 by the Congress Magazine.

Representative Barzaga freed himself from the shackles of mundane life to dedicate his strength and knowledge to the pursuit of the best that could be had of this lifetime so that he could witness others live better lives and enable those without hope believe in a better future.

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HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB04353 - AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY VICTORIA REYES IN THE CITY OF DASMARIÑAS, PROVINCE OF CAVITE • HB04354 - AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY H-2 IN THE CITY OF DASMARIÑAS, PROVINCE OF CAVITE • HB04355 - AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY NEW ERA IN THE CITY OF DASMARIÑAS, PROVINCE OF CAVITE • HB04356 - AN ACT PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS FROM RESIGNING FROM THEIR OFFICE TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT TO ANY GOVERNMENT POSITION • HB04774 - AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY VICTORIA REYES IN THE CITY OF DASMARINAS, PROVINCE OF CAVITE • HB04775 - AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY H-2 IN THE CITY OF DASMARINAS, PROVINCE OF CAVITE • HB04776 - AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY NEW ERA IN THE CITY OF DASMARINAS, PROVINCE OF CAVITE • HR00169 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND PRIVILEGES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE CONDUCT OF REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN A. DE LA CRUZ OF ABAKADA PARTYLIST IN MAKING ALLEGATIONS IN A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT NINETY EIGHT LAWMAKERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE PORK BARREL SCAM BY CHANNELING THEIR PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND TO DUBIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND TO INVESTIGATE ALSO THE TRUTH AND VERACITY OF HIS STATEMENTS WITH THE MEDIA

DANGEROUS DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE DISMISSAL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE ALLEGED LEADER OF THE BINONDO DRUG SYNDICATE, MARK SY TAN, DESPITE A SUPPOSED STRONG CASE PRESENTED BY THE PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (PDEA) AGAINST TAN • HR00204 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY AND COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE OIL SPILL IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF ROSARIO, CAVITE CAUSED BY THE LEAK ON THE PIPELINE OF PETRON CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO THE MARINE RESOURCES IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE AND RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PREVENT SIMILAR INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE • HR00341 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED TWO HUNDRED MILLION PESOS SCAM IN THE BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, AN ATTACHED AGENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BY ALLOWING A CERTAIN LEAH CRUZ AND HER DUMMY COMPANIES TO MONOPOLIZE THE IMPORTATION OF GARLIC AND ONION IN THE COUNTRY • HR00579 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND COMMITTEE ON GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS TO JOINTLY CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE WARRANT OF GARNISHMENT ISSUED

BY THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE AS A RESULT OF ITS TAX COLLECTION CASE AGAINST REPRESENTATIVE EMMANUEL D. PACQUIAO OF THE LONE DISTRICT OF SARANGANI PROVINCE

• HR00183 - RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE PLAYERS AND COACHING STAFF OF THE PHILIPPINE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM, GILAS PILIPINAS AND THE SAMAHANG BASKETBOL NG PILIPINAS (SBP), HEADED BY MANUEL V. PANGILINAN, FOR FINISHING SECOND PLACE IN THE RECENTLYCONCLUDED FIBA-ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP AND THUS EARNING A SLOT OF PARTICIPATING IN THE 2014 FIBA WORLD CUP IN SPAIN

• HR01390 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED FIFTEEN MILLION PESOS EXTORTION IN THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA) IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DROPPING OF THE CHARGES AGAINST RICE TRADER JOMERITO SOLIMAN

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• PS00174 - OBEYANCE OF THE RULE OF LAW

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HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB00025 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR

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• HB00596 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000”

• HB04765 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ENHANCED SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR THE WORKING POOR AND THE NEAR POOR AND PROVIDING FOR THE FUND THEREFOR

• HB02284 - AN ACT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL BRANCH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR TO BE STATIONED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF DITSAAN-RAMAIN, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (M) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB04784 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) EXTENSION OFFICE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF TAGAYTAY, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, INTO A REGULAR DISTRICT OFFICE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• HB02866 - AN ACT REORGANIZING QUEDAN AND RURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE CORPORATION (QUEDANCOR), RENAMING IT AS AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION (AGRICOR), BROADENING ITS POWERS AND RESOURCES TO MAKE IT MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE CREDIT NEEDS OF FARMERS AND RURAL ENTERPRISES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02901 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE APO REEF IN SABLAYAN, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO AS PROTECTED AREA UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NATURAL PARK AND ITS PERIPHERAL WATERS AS BUFFER ZONES, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04006 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NEW PASSPORT LAW, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE (R.A. NO. 8239), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996 • HB04474 - AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE THOROUGHBRED HORSERACING AUTHORITY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• HB04994 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE BASIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AND ABOLISHING THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9054, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,’ AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HR00206 - A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION FOR BAIL OF REPRESENTATIVE ABDULLAH D. DIMAPORO OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF LANAO DEL NORTE • HR00469 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO REALIGN THE REMAINING 2013 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND TO THE CALAMITY FUND • HR00770 RESOLUTION CALLING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO REVIEW THE TREATIES/MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT AND MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING ENTERED INTO BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

• HB04629 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR

• HR01543 - RESOLUTION TO DISMISS THE IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINTS FILED BY RENATO M. REYES, ET.AL., VICTOR LORENZO VILLANUEVA, ET. AL., AND SATURNINO S. OCAMPO, ET. AL. AGAINST PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

• HB04714 - AN ACT PROHIBITING HAZING AND REGULATING OTHER FORMS OF INITIATION RITES OF FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC

• RBH0001 - RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN ECONOMIC PROVISIONS OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PARTICULARLY ON ARTICLES XII, XIV & XVI

• HB04528 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR

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Hon. Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte, Jr. House Speaker (2010 - Present) 4th District - Quezon City COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Metro Manila Development

A Three-term Congressman 1992 marked Belmonte’s first stint as congressman. Before he became mayor, Belmonte was elected representative of the 4th Congressional District of Quezon City, and held the position for three (3) consecutive terms. Belmonte was Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2001, and also served as House Minority Leader. In his first two terms, he was the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.

During his term as Congressman, he authored and co-authored several major bills, among them: • The General Appropriations Act, • The Act Providing for a Dual System of Education, • The Act Creating the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority • The Salary Standardization Law. Although largely concerned with budget and financial matters, Belmonte never forgot the low-salaried employees, and was instrumental in the passage of the Second Salary Standardization Law, which corrected the gross inequities of SSL 1. He also pushed for the continued implementation of the Personal Economic Relief Alliance (PERA) for lowsalaried government personnel.

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A CEO Successful at Financial Turnarounds His reputation for successfully turning around financial struggling government corporations into viable and highly profitable enterprises was highlighted in the period from 1986 to 2001, when Philippine President Corazon Aquino appointed him President and General Manager of the Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS)and the Manila Hotel, and he Chairman of the National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines.

He also represented the government as Member of the Board of Directors of the San Miguel Corporation (SMC), and the Philippine Long Distance and Telecommunications Company (PLDT). More importantly, he assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Philippine Airlines, which was then wholly owned by the Philippine government. All these were among the Top 10 corporations in the country.

Belmonte has guided Quezon City to pioneer in many areas: • First to computerize revenue collection and assessment function.

• First to grant to barangays (community-level local government unit), full-fiscal control over their share of real property tax collections.

• First LGU to develop an extensive and continuous training curriculum for barangay leaders.

• First to institutionalize Citywide citizen participation in governance thru the City Development Council.

• First Urban Center to implement the Solid Waste Management Act. • First to use Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as biogasreduction strategy, and revenue generation mechanism from waste.

• First to operate the Biogas Emission Reduction Project as the first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in solid waster management in the Philippines, and in Southeast Asia.

• First LGU to manage an advanced computer training center.

• First to enact a Gender and Development Code for the protection of women and children.

A Three-term Mayor of Quezon City As Mayor of Quezon City, his nine years of prudent fiscal management, aggressive tax management strategies, as well as increasing efficiency and growing discipline in the management, and use of City resources has made Quezon City the most competitive city of Metro Manila, and second in the Philippines today. These are rankings made by businessmen in the Philippines in studies of the Asian Institute of Management, in cooperation with international agencies.

Quezon City was cited for the dynamism of its local economy, the quality of life of its residents, and the responsiveness of the local government in addressing business needs, among others.

In 2007, Quezon City was ranked No. 7 Asian City of the Future, based on a survey commissioned by the London Financial Times through a consultancy based in Singapore.

In a 2008 Tholons special report on global services, Quezon City ranked as the number 21 emerging global outsourcing city, the highest among all nine new entrants.

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Outstanding Congressman Award 2014 Recent Awards and Citations Belmonte’s governance of Quezon City has been recognized through the following prominent awards: • 2008 Galing Pook Award for the Payatas Dumpsite Transformation Project (Galing Pook Foundation) • 2005 CEO Excel Award in Communications Leadership for Government • 2005 Galing Pook Award for Outstanding Government Program, Molave Youth Home (Galing Pook Foundation) • 2003 Galing Pook Award for Effective Fiscal Management (Galing Pook Foundation) • “Most business-friendly city” awardee for 2003, 2004, and Hall of Famer in 2005 (Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry • 2003 Livable Community Award (Metrobank Foundation) • 2003 Kabalikat sa Pabahay Award for the Local Government Unit with the Most Number of Community Mortgage Programs (Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council)

He has also received the following personal recognition: • 2003 Most Outstanding City Mayor (Local Government Leadership Awards) • Huwarang Pilipino Awardee for Local Governance (Huwarang Pilipino Foundation) • CEO Excel Awards for Communications Excellence in the Government Sector, 2006 • Outstanding Filipino in Government Service of the Philippine Jaycees, and Insular Life Philippines, 2002 • Outstanding Congressman of the 9th, 10th, and 11th Congress • Gintong Ama Awardee 1993 • Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club of Manila • Model Filipino Awardee of the World Family Institute, 1994 • Outstanding Alumni, Lyceum of the Philippines • Benedictine Centennial Awardee, San Beda College Before joining government, he practiced law and engaged in civic activities.

At the age of 16, he started working as a reporter for a national newspaper.

In 1976, he was World President of Jaycess (JCI) International.

He was also a three-time delegate of the Philippines to the International Labor Organization.

HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB00025 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR

• HB04528 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR

• HB02582 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TWENTY-FIVE (25)-BED CAPACITY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZARAGOZA IN THE 1ST DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA TO BE KNOWN AS THE ‘ZARAGOZA DISTRICT HOSPITAL’ AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB04537 - AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO PETER LESLIE WALLACE

• HB02630 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02742 - AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM (NDFP), ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL DAM SAFETY AUTHORITY (NDSA), PENALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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• HB04629 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04968 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HR01224 - RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO EXPRESS SUPPORTS THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO FIND A DEMOCRATIC AND NEGOTIATED RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY AND TO APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF SPAIN AND FRANCE TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS LEADING TO THE PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE BASQUE CONFLICT

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HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB01133 - AN ACT PENALIZING ANTI-COMPETITIVE CONDUCT, ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION, AND ANTI-COMPETITIVE MERGERS, ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE FAIR COMPETITION COMMISSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01134 - PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 2013 • HB01841 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF BATASAN HILLS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY BATASAN HILLS, CITY OF QUEZON, METRO MANILA TO CORAZON C. AQUINO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL • HB03112 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTYTHREE ENTITLED ‘THE NEW CENTRAL BANK ACT’, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03423 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOURTEEN BILLION SIX HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (P14,600,000,000) AS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2013 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03951 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6957, AS AMENDED

BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7718, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE SAID PURPOSE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04110 - AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO PETER LESLIE WALLACE • HB04994 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE BASIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AND ABOLISHING THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9054, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,’ AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HJR0007 - JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE CALAMITY FUND AND QUICK RESPONSE FUND, INCLUDING THOSE SOURCED FROM SAVINGS REALIGNED IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AS WELL AS ALL UNRELEASED/ UNOBLIGATED ALLOTMENTS COVERING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AND CAPITAL OUTLAYS UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10352 OR THE FY 2013 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2014, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 63 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS THEREIN • HJR0012 - RESOLUTION DECLARING 27 JULY 2014 AS A SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY TO COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO • HR00231 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF THE HONORABLE ROMEO C. CANDAZO, MEMBER OF THE NINTH, TENTH AND ELEVENTH CONGRESSES, REPRESENTING THE LONE DISTRICT OF MARIKINA • HR00232 - RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING THE OUTSTANDING TEACHERS OF 2013 AWARDED BY THE METROBANK FOUNDATION, INC. • HR00252 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF MISS CATHLYN PAYUYO, DAUGHTER OF FORMER APEC PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVE PONCIANO D. PAYUYO • HR00284 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE ANDRES A. COSALAN, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF MOUNTAIN PROVINCE DURING THE SIXTH CONGRESS, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONE DISTRICT OF BENGUET DURING THE SEVENTH CONGRESS AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE INTERIM BATASANG PAMBANSA REPRESENTING REGION I • HR00303 - RESOLUTION PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE ZAMBOANGA CRISIS • HR00368 - RESOLUTION CONFERRING THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF DISTINCTION TO MS. MEGAN LYNNE YOUNG AS THE FIRST FILIPINA TO BE CROWNED MISS WORLD • HR00372 - RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE 2013 ZAMBOANGA CRISIS • HR00373 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE ERWIN L. CHIONGBIAN, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONE DISTRICT OF SARANGANI DURING THE TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CONGRESSES • HR00374 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF FORMER SECRETARY LEANDRO R. MENDOZA, FATHER OF THE HONORABLE MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF BATANGAS • HR00411 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF RETIRED REGIONAL TRIAL COURT JUDGE ANTONIO N. GERONA, JR. THE FATHER OF HONORABLE MARIA LEONOR GERONA-ROBREDO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THIRD DISTRICT OF CAMARINES SUR • HR00413 - RESOLUTION PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE 15 OCTOBER 2013 EARTHQUAKE • HR00426 - RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE UNUSED APPROPRIATIONS OF THE 2013 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AS SAVINGS TO BE USED TO AUGMENT THE CALAMITY FUND TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO THE RECENT CALAMITIES THAT HAVE BESET THE COUNTRY AND IMMEDIATELY NORMALIZE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED • HR00446 - RESOLUTION PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOON YOLANDA • HR00469 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO REALIGN THE REMAINING 2013 PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND TO THE CALAMITY FUND • HR00505 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MRS. MA. TERESA BASILA-CUEVA, SPOUSE OF THE HONORABLE LEO RAFAEL CUEVA, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL • HR00506 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MR. CONRADO C. CRUZ, FATHER OF THE HONORABLE CINCHONA CRUZ-GONZALES, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CIBAC PARTY-LIST • HR00516 - A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING AND EXTENDING SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR GIVING AID TO THE PHILIPPINES IN THE AFTERMATH OF SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA) • HR00521 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF DATU RENNIER SINSUAT AMPATUAN, BROTHER OF THE HONORABLE BAI SANDRA A. SEMA, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF MAGUINDANAO • HR00536 - RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING, COMMENDING AND EXPRESSING OUR HIGHEST ESTEEM AND CONGRATULATIONS TO HON. EMMANUEL ‘MANNY’ D. PACQUIAO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONE DISTRICT OF SARANGANI, FOR WINNING THE WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL WELTERWEIGHT TITLE ON 23 NOVEMBER 2013 HELD AT THE COTAI ARENA, MACAU

HONORABLE GEORGE P. ARNAIZ, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF NEGROS ORIENTAL • HR00608 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES AND DEEPEST SYMPATHIES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT AND ANTI-APARTHEID REVOLUTIONARY ICON NELSON R. MANDELA • HR00674 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE ANTONINO P. ROMAN, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF BATAAN DURING THE ELEVENTH, TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CONGRESSES AND HUSBAND OF HONORABLE HERMINIA B. ROMAN, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF BATAAN • HR00684 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE ISIDRO C. ZARRAGA, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THIRD DISTRICT OF BOHOL, DURING THE EIGHTH, NINTH, AND TENTH CONGRESSES • HR00694 - A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF CHINGHAY TAN MANGUDADATU, MOTHER-IN-LAW OF REPRESENTATIVE RADEN C. SAKALURAN OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF SULTAN KUDARAT PROVINCE • HR00804 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MRS. ISABEL B. GERON, MOTHER OF THE HONORABLE RICO B. GERON, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AGAP PARTY-LIST • HR00838 - RESOLUTION COMMENDING MICHAEL CHRISTIAN MARTINEZ FOR HIS HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT AT THE XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES HELD IN SOCHI, RUSSIA • HR00890 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE JOSEPHINE DE CASTRO DOMINGUEZ, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONE DISTRICT OF MOUNTAIN PROVINCE DURING THE ELEVENTH CONGRESS • HR01007 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE ROBERTO P. NAZARENO, FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • HR01056 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF DR. EMILIO T. YAP • HR01068 - RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING HON. EMMANUEL ‘MANNY’ D. PACQUIAO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONE DISTRICT OF SARANGANI, FOR WINNING THE WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION WELTERWEIGHT TITLE ON 13 APRIL 2014 IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, U.S.A. • HR01078 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF ATTY. SUSANA T. DUMLAO-VARGAS, MOTHER OF THE HONORABLE ALFREDO D. VARGAS III, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF QUEZON CITY • HR01093 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE CONSTANTINO H. NAVARRO, JR., FORMER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE DURING THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CONGRESSES • HR01132 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MRS. AZUCENA VERA-PEREZ, MOTHER OR THE HONORABLE MARIA GEORGINA P. DE VENECIA, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF PANGASINAN • HR01209 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MRS. VIRGINIA L. QUINTO, MOTHER OF THE HONORABLE LORNA Q. VELASCO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMA PARTY-LIST • HR01329 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MRS. LOLITA AQUINO-DOMINGO, MOTHER OF HONORABLE CZARINA D. UMALI, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THIRD DISTRICT OF NUEVA ECIJA • HR01337 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF THE HONORABLE MANUEL M. GARCIA, FORMER MEMBER OF THE BATASANG PAMBANSA AND THE NINTH, TENTH AND ELEVENTH CONGRESSES, REPRESENTING THE SECOND DISTRICT OF DAVAO CITY • HR01440 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MR. ERICO C. AUMENTADO, JR., ELDER BROTHER OF THE HONORABLE ARISTOTLE C. AUMENTADO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF BOHOL • HR01441 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY OF THE LATE HONORABLE VICENTE A. SANDOVAL, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT OF PALAWAN • HR01456 - RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE TEAM MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS OF GILAS PILIPINAS, THE PHILIPPINE MEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM, FOR THEIR GALLANT EFFORTS AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT DURING THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL FEDERATION (FIBA) WORLD CUP OF BASKETBALL IN SEVILLA, SPAIN • HR01457 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE DEEP APPRECIATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRRESENTATIVES TO MR. MANUEL V. PANGILINAN FOR HIS UNTIRING SUPPORT AND INIMITABLE DEDICATION TO GILAS PILIPINAS, THE PHILIPPINE MEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM, AND PHILIPPINE BASKETBALL IN GENERAL, RESULTING TO AN IMPRESSIVE AND COMMENDABLE PERFORMANCE BY GILAS PILIPINAS DURING THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL FEDERATION (FIBA) WORLD CUP OF BASKETBALL • HR01462 - RESOLUTION CREATING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, EVALUATE AND PROPOSE LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON THE BANGSAMORO • HR01477 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF THE HONORABLE RAUL M. GONZALEZ, FORMER SECRETARY OF JUSTICE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONE DISTRICT OF ILOILO CITY DURING THE TENTH, ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CONGRESSES • HR01533 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL GENERATING CAPACITY TO ENSURE THE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTRY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 71 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001 • HR01583 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE PENTECOSTAL MISSIONARY CHURCH OF CHRIST (4TH WATCH) ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION • HR01588 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING HONORABLE MERCEDES K. ALVAREZ, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL FOR HAVING BEEN ELECTED AS MEMBER OF THE FIRST BOARD OF THE FORUM OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC DURING THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED CONFERENCE AT GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

• HR00545 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF MARIA JOANNA S. RODRIGUEZ, SISTER OF THE HONORABLE ISIDRO S. RODRIGUEZ, JR. OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF RIZAL

• PS00225 - CLOSING REMARKS OF SPEAKER BELMONTE, FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS

• HR00546 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF HONORABLE MARCIANO M. PINEDA, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF PAMPANGA DURING THE EIGHTH CONGRESS

• PS00230 - OPENING REMARKS OF SPEAKER FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR. RE : LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS

• HR00584 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF GEORGE AUGUSTO ‘GOOGIE’ ARNAIZ, ELDEST SON OF

• PS00229 - ACCEPTANCE SPEECH OF REP. FELICIANO R. BELMONTE AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

• RBH0001 - RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN ECONOMIC PROVISIONS OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PARTICULARLY ON ARTICLES XII, XIV & XVI

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Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

Hon. Sherwin T. Gatchalian 1st District - Valenzuela City

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Housing And Urban Development • Metro Manila Development • Tourism • Basic Education And Culture

• Higher And Technical Education • Local Government • Trade And Industry

Sherwin T. Gatchalian (born April 6, 1974) is a notable figure in business and politics. He was the mayor of Valenzuela, Philippines where he served three terms and is currently the Representativeelect of the First Legislative District of the same city for the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Prior to his taking office as the city mayor, he also served in the House from 2001 to 2004. In 2011, he was The Outstanding Young Men Honoree for Public Service and was cited as one of Development Executive Group (DevEx) Manila 40 Under 40 International Development Leaders in 2013.

Gatchalian was considered as a potential candidate for the 2013 Senatorial elections, instead he decided to run for Congress for his possible second term.

Under his administration Valenzuela became a recipient of the Galing Pook Award for 2012 for its 3S in Public Service program as well as given recognition as the Most Business Friendly Local Government Unit in 2012 by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Most recently it was given the Seal of Good Housekeeping by DILG and hailed as one of the 2013 Champions for Health Governance Awardee distinguished by the Kaya Natin! Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership, and the DOH. Valenzuela also received Top 1 Best Governed Highly Urbanized City in 2010 from the DILG.

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Born on April 6, 1974, Sherwin T. Gatchalian is the eldest son of businessman and philanthropist William Gatchalian. He studied elementary and high school at Grace Christian High School. He earned his business administration degree at Boston University in Massachusetts. He later finished advanced studies in corporate finance at the Euromoney Institute of Finance in New York and language courses at the Beijing Language and Culture University in China.

Prior to government service, he worked for several blue chip companies, including Air Philippines International Corporation, the Wellex Group of Companies, Omico Mining Corporation, and Plastic City Corporation. Soon after finishing his Master’s degree, he became the vice chairman of the Waterfront Philippines Inc. While still a corporate executive, Gatchalian founded the WIN Action Center, Inc. which aims to serve the people of Valenzuela.

The center, which remains in operation, regularly carries out medical missions, feeding programs, calamity response and assistance, scholarship grants, and youth outreach programs across Valenzuela.

When Valenzuela was divided to two congressional districts in 2001, he ran for the 12th Congress representing the first district of the city.

In 2001, Congressman WIN ran for his first elective post and easily won the Congressional seat at the 1st District of Valenzuela.

Among the bills and resolutions he authored were on the protection of migrant workers, the establishment of anti-illegal recruitment centers, the establishment of district drug rehabilitation centers, along with other developmental laws for the improvement of his home city.

Governance When he assumed his post as mayor of Valenzuela, Philippines in 2004, Congressman WIN steered Valenzuela toward major reforms.

Just six months into his first term as mayor, he ended the city’s garbage woes and turned Valenzuela into an urban model of cleanliness. In the aftermath of the devastation of typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) in 2009, Valenzuela, with him at the helm, harnessed both public and private resources to become the first city in Metro Manila to clear its area of flood debris and rubbish. In a bid to rein in corruption and to improve public service, Congressman WIN streamlined and simplified government transactions and integrated relevant technologies in government procedures.

Improved tax collection, alongside a marked increase in taxpayers’ confidence in the local administration, has also led to a surge in city revenues. Income more than doubled from P900 million in 2004 to P2.1 billion in 2009.

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Infrastructure Projects Congressman WIN made infrastructure development in Valenzuela a priority during his term, constantly improving city operations for both citizens and enterprises. In 2008, the cityfunded P90-million Lingunan-Lawang Bato overpass was opened to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, finally linking the eastern and western portions of the city that had earlier been separated by the Northern Luzon Expressway (NLEX). The 80-meter-long and 10-meter-wide bridge significantly eased traffic congestion along the narrow Canumay East Service Road and the NLEX’s busy Malinta Exit, and facilitated trade flow across the city.

Education Program Congressman WIN considers quality education as his centerpiece advocacy even when he was the local chief executive and under his guidance Valenzuela gained important strides toward this direction. Under the comprehensive WIN ang Edukasyon program, more than 2,000 classrooms have been built since 2004. Almost one million notebooks, lesson planners, and other teaching and learning materials are distributed every year.

At the same time, public school teachers are given regular city government-sponsored trainings and seminars on the latest in teaching methods and strategies.

He also oversaw the construction work of a new government complex, which strategically placed city offices and public service agencies in a single district. This included a new executive building, a finance center and the police headquarters. A social hall, and a people’s center and legislative building, which houses the offices of the City Council and the Vice Mayor’s office, and the frontline service offices, were also established to facilitate public access to the local government. The old city hall building was also renovated and now serves as the Valenzuela City Hall of Justice.

Mathematics and English workbooks have been developed with the Department of Education-Valenzuela, and are being supplied for free to all public elementary schools. In public high schools, state-of-the-art computer laboratories have been set up in support of the national government’s ICT program.

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One of the fruitions of such programs is the city placing first in the SY 2010-2011 DepEd administered National Achievement Test for Elementary.

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HOUSE BILLS • HOUSE BILL NO. 4714 - An act prohibiting hazing and regulating other forms of initiation rites of fraternities, and other organizations, and providing penalties for violation thereof, repealing for the purpose Republic Act No. 8049

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3428 - An act amending certain provisions of Article II, sections 470, Paragraph C and 471, Paragraph B, of the “Local Government Code”, providing funds therefore, and for other purposes

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4662 - An act providing local chief executives joint authority with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the appointment of fire marshals and discipline of personnel in their respective jurisdictions, amending for the purpose pertinent provisions of Republic Act No. 6975, as amended, otherwise known as the “Department of Interior and Local Government Act of 1990”

• HOUSE BILL NO. 2625 - An act amending certain provisions of Republic Act 7160 entitled “The Local Government Code of the Philippines” and for other purposes

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4661 - An act increasing the penalties for other illegal gambling activities, amending for the purpose Republic Act no. 9287, entitled ‘an act increasing the penalties for illegal numbers games, amending certain provisions of Presidential Decree no. 1602, and for other purposes’ • HOUSE BILL NO. 4434 - An act regulating the sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices, providing penalties for violations thereof

• HOUSE BILL NO. 2624 - An act mandating the registration of all prepaid subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and requiring the telecommunication companies to keep a registry of these subscribers information and providing for the penalties for violation thereof • HOUSE BILL NO. 2338 - An act to re-institutionalize the mandatory military and civic Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) for students in all colleges, universities, technical and or vocational schools • HOUSE BILL NO. 2053 - An act to govern the operations and administration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Association

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4433 - An act providing for an additional circumstance in determining whether a sales act or practice is unfair and unconscionable, amending for the purpose Article 52 of Republic Act no. 7394, otherwise known as the ‘Consumer Act of the Philippines’

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4242 - Act amending Sections 29 and 30 of Republic Act No. 8042, otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, and for other purposes

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4361 - An act providing for a scholarship program for students enrolling in teacher education and providing incentives for teaching in public schools

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3979 - An act establishing an information technology center in the City of Valenzuela and appropriating funds therefore

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4360 - An act providing for the alternative learning system of education for adults, out-of-school youth, members of cultural minorities, indigenous people and persons with disabilities

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3376 - An act amending Republic Act No. 8042, otherwise known as the “Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995,” redefining illegal recruitment under Title II of said Act

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4359 - An act expanding the purpose and application of the Special Education Fund (SEF), amending for the purpose section 272 of Republic Act no.

7160, otherwise known as the ‘Local Government Code of 1991’

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3375 - An act amending the declared policies of Republic Act No. 8042, otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995, entitled “an Act to institute the policies of overseas employment and establish a higher standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and overseas Filipinos in distress, and for other purposes”

• HOUSE BILL NO. 4284 - An act requiring business establishments, government offices, public buildings, parks, schools, streets, alleys and other places of public congregation to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras as a means to deter crime • HOUSE BILL NO. 3927 - An act dividing Barangay Canumay into Canumay West and Canumay East, City of Valenzuela

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3318 - An act amending Republic Act No. 8526, otherwise known as the “Charter of the City of Valenzuela,” incorporating therein the provision on the Prosecutor’s Office • HOUSE BILL NO. 3000 - An act establishing an anti-illegal recruitment center in every district nationwide, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3855 - An act banning the catching, sale, purchase, possession, transportation, importation and exportation of all sharks and rays or any part thereof in the country

• HOUSE BILL NO. 2832 - An act establishing the Valenzuela District Hospital in the newly-created first district of Valenzuela City and appropriating funds therefor

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3838 - An act to provide guidelines for the installation of the closed circuit television video (CCTV) and the procedure for access to the images

• HOUSE BILL NO. 2517 - An act providing for the cleaning, repair, and expansion of canals, sewerage and waterways within the first district of the City of Valenzuela and appropriating funds therefor

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3681 - An act to establish the Bill of Rights of Taxi Passengers • HOUSE BILL NO. 3680 - An act establishing the Information Technology office in every municipality, city and province and for other purposes

• HOUSE BILL NO. 2516 - An act providing for the dredging and diking of the Tullahan, Polo, and adjoining rivers in the first district of Valenzuela City and appropriating funds therefor

• HOUSE BILL NO. 3434 - An act abolishing the Road Board and transferring its powers and functions to the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Department of Transportation and Communciations, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 8794 otherwise known as the Motor Vehicle User’s Charge

• HOUSE BILL NO. 2159 - An act opening loan windows for Filipino migrant workers and prescribing ceiling to the interest rate thereon, amending for the purpose sections 6(a) and 21 of Republic Act 8042 otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1336 - A resolution directing the House committee on Transportation to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the legality of the issuance of Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Memorandum Circular numbers 2014-009 and 2014-010, which allegedly would cause more traffic congestion within Metro Manila and spur out-of-line or colorum • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1013 - A resolution directing the House committee on Transportation, and the House committee on Metro Manila Development to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, into the alleged unsafe, unreliable, overcrowded rail services offered by the MRT-3 and the LRTA to the commuting public and the propriety of the imposition of the fare hike when the public is burdened by successive increases in power rates, oil prices, and possibly a jeepney fare increase with the end in view of proposing legislative measure/s to protect the commuting public in general and avoid further damage and losses to the national government in the future • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 909 - A resolution inquiring into the mismanagement in the administration and operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) vis-a-vis label as the worst airport in the world and urging the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Department of Tourism (DoT) to perform measures which will delist NAIA from being characterized as such • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 885 - A resolution urging the House committee on overseas workers affairs to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the so-called ‘monopo-politics’ (practice of monopoly and its politics) by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for its questionable acquiescence to the partnership and formation of a consortium by a few selected and favored Filipino recruitment agencies and their Saudi Arabian counterparts to manage and control the deployment of OFWs to Saudi Arabia • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 727 - A resolution to conduct an investigation into the incident at resorts world manila leading to the arrest of an alleged Chinese national caught with a cache of arms, explosives and illegal drugs, with the end

in view of reviewing the regulatory functions of PAGCOR and whether lapses in its functions can be remedied by curative legislation in the future • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 543 - A resolution to impose a moratorium on payment of amortization for the principal, collection of interests, penalties and surcharges on loans and other financial obligations by local government units (LGUs) to public financial institutions for a period of one (1) year in the areas affected by Typhoon Yolanda • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 542 - A resolution to impose a moratorium on the payment of amortization of the principal, collection of interests, penalties and surcharges of all loans, credit accommodations or financial obligations of any kind from public financial institutions for a period of one (1) year in the areas affected by Typhoon Yolanda • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 232 - Resolution urging the Committees on Labor and Foreign Affairs to conduct a study in aid of legislation concerning the Saudization policy of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 176 - Resolution expressing condolences over the loss of two Chinese engineer brothers killed by Moro kidnappers in Sultan Kudarat • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 78 - Expressing sentiment on the plight of our FilipinoChinese brothers sending their schooling children abroad because of the resurgence of kidnap-for-ransom incidents in the country • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 77 - Urging the Members of the House of Representatives for the revival of a Special Committee on Overseas Filipino Workers’ (OFWs) Affairs • HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 32 - Urging the House of Representatives through the Committees on Transportation and Communication and Tourism to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation vis-à-vis the alleged illegality of the NAIA 3 contract entered into between the government and PIATCO

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Palawan Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

Hon. Douglas S. Hagedorn 3rd District - Palawan

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Ecology • Natural Resources • Appropriations • Aquaculture And Fisheries Resources • Dangerous Drugs • East Asean Growth Area

• Human Rights • Peace, Reconciliation And Unity • Public Order And Safety • Reforestation • Tourism

The Legislative Districts of Palawan, namely the first and second districts, are the representations of the Province of Palawan and the independent city of Puerto Princesa in the Philippine House of Representatives. The province was a lone legislative district until 1972. It was part of the representation of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984. In 1986, it was redistricted into two legislative districts until 2013.

Due to RA 10171, the province is now divided into 3 districts, the 3rd district is also known the Lone district of Puerto Princesa including Aborlan.

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Hagedorn emphasized that he and his colleagues in Congress are closely coordinating with the executive department in finding a solution that could bridge the wide gap between the delivery of basic services and the needs of the people, especially in far-flung areas. “The PDAF per se is not a bad thing. The original intent of the program is for the people’s representatives, who are in close coordination with the executive department, to act as the latter’s ‘eyes and ears,’ being in touch with the grassroots, in identifying the needs and priorities of their respective districts,” he said.

“What is appalling and unpalatable is the collusion between and among unscrupulous individuals in both the government and the private sector who dipped into government funds intended for the poor and the needy. Instead of stopping funding for the needy, we should stop the irregularities and hail the crooks to court and to jail,” he added. While the proper and timely delivery of needed services for the poor is still being deliberated, he will find ways to augment his district’s meager resources. Hagedorn is committed to pursue other pro-health, pro-environment, proeducation and pro-poor programs in support of state efforts to protect and promote the rights of the people to good health, proper and globally-competitive education, and a sustainable and inclusive development.

A House leader has opposed the planned 148-hectare, threeisland Manila Bay reclamation project which would establish Manila Solar City, it was learned on Friday. Neophyte Rep. Douglas Hagedorn of Palawan province, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Ecology, noted that the proposed Manila Solar City reclamation project of Manila Gold Coast Development Corporation (MGCDC)—which would establish a park, a manmade beach and a terminal for international cruise ships all rolled into one—cannot proceed without an enabling law. Hagedorn,

the brother of former mayor Edward Hagedorn of Puerto Princesa City, cited that Manila’s local ordinance cannot supersede a Presidential Proclamation, much more overrule Republic Act 7586, or the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992, Republic Act 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act and Republic Act or the Strengthening People’s Nationalism Through Philippine History Act. “Without a new law explicitly exempting and allowing the Manila Solar City reclamation project, allowing executives to overturn and subvert national laws by ordinance would set a dangerous precedent and invite legal anarchy,” Hagedorn said during the recent Organizational hearing of the House Committee on Ecology.

Further, Hagedorn invoked Resolution No. 19, s. 2012, of the National Historical Commission which declares the Manila Bay and water front, from Del Pan to the Cultural Center of the Philippines, as a national historical landmark protected by laws. Manila Solar City is belongs to the 112 reclamation projects approved by the Philippine Reclamation Authority under the Public-Private Partnership-inspired National Reclamation Plan (NRP) of the national government. It covers a total of 38,000 hectares of coastal areas all over the country, of which 26,234 hectares are situated along Manila Bay, from Cavite to the Bataan coast. Former president and now Mayor Joseph Estrada of Manila and Vice Mayor Francisco Domagoso, known as Isko Moreno, are in favor of the Manila Bay Reclamation project, arguing that the project will enable the Philippine government to raise P17 billion in tax revenues in a year. Manila, on the other hand, stands to collect P10 billion worth of real estate taxes. Those opposed to the project, however, claim that the initiative will block the famous spectacular sunset view by the Manila Bay, may cause more flooding, risks liquefaction during earthquakes, among others.

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HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB00099 - AN ACT TO PREVENT AND CONTROL POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, PROVIDE PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02585 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03338 - AN ACT ENCOURAGING THE PRODUCTION OF ONE (1) COLLEGE SCHOLAR FOR EVERY FILIPINO FAMILY AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB05153 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE OSPITAL NG PALAWAN IN THE CITY OF PUERTO PRINCESA, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN INTO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE PALAWAN MEDICAL CENTER UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HR00509 - A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CREATE A STANDING COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION • HR01532 - A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE THE PROPER COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGRI-AGRA LAW (PD 717) AND THE AFMA LAW (RA 8435) IN PROVIDING AGRICULTURAL LOAN OR AGRI CREDIT TO THE AGRICULTURE AND AGRARIAN SECTOR

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HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB00039 - AN ACT PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS

MATERIALS’

• HB00173 - AN ACT REGULATING THE DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES • HB00245 - AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000) AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,000) • HB00360 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN ALL COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES AND CITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00596 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000” • HB00694 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BURIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS FROM TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) TO TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000.00), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS • HB01222 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01981 - AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS IN LAND ADMINISTRATION • HB02296 - AN ACT DECLARING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, LOCATED IN BARANGAYS BUNOG, IRAAN, PUNTA BAJA, CAMPONG ULAY AND RANSANG OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOSE P. RIZAL, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, AS ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LAND OPEN TO DISPOSITION FOR AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER PRODUCTIVE PURPOSES • HB02407 - AN ACT PROVIDING MEDICAL ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS • HB02464 - AN ACT REQUIRING INCLUSION OF BASIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS SEPARATE SUBJECTS IN THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA, RESPECTIVELY • HB02630 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02688 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SOUTHERN PALAWAN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE SOUTHERN PALAWAN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02740 - AN ACT TO EFFECTIVELY INSTILL HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH PICTURE-BASED HEALTH WARNINGS ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS • HB02858 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MINDORO-BATANGAS NAUTICAL BRIDGEHIGHWAY, LINKING MINDORO ISLAND TO BATANGAS CITY, AND PROVIDING FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION UNDER THE PROVISION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6957, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT) LAW • HB02909 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE UTILIZATION OF OFFSHORE NATURAL RESOURCES, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PROVINCIAL OFFSHORE NATURAL RESOURCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• HB02910 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCES BY MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS AND THE OMBUDSMAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03377 - AN ACT SETTING A SPEED LIMIT FOR FREEWAYS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THEREOF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136 SUBSECTION (b) • HB03391 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE OUTDOOR OUT-OF-HOME MEDIA INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04036 - COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES LAW • HB04074 - AN ACT GRANTING THE TRUTH IN GOVERNANCE THRU MEDIA (TGM) BROADCASTING NETWORK A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, AND IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN • HB04085 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OPEN HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04214 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RETENTION AND UTILIZATION OF THE INCOME DERIVED BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8492, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL MUSEUM ACT OF 1998 • HB04530 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND PROVIDING FOR FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04590 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE PRINTING OF GRAPHIC HEALTH WARNINGS ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS • HB04591 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND UNIFIED STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THEREBY RATIONALIZING ACCESS THERETO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04626 - AN ACT DECLARING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, LOCATED IN BARANGAYS BUNOG, IRAAN, PUNTA BAJA, CAMPONG ULAY AND RANSANG OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOSE P. RIZAL, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, AS AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN TO DISPOSITION FOR AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER PRODUCTIVE PURPOSES • HB04968 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HR00254 - A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE URGENCY TO JUMPSTART THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10368, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS REPARATION AND RECOGNITION ACT OF 2013, PROVIDING FOR THE REPARATION AND RECOGNITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE MARCOS REGIME, AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF SAID VIOLATIONS, BY WAY OF IMMEDIATELY CONSTITUTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS’ CLAIMS BOARD AND ALLOW THE SAME TO COMMENCE THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS MANDATE • HR01126 - A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENTIMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO REQUEST THE SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSALS OR ENDORSEMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE EVALUATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS UNDER THE DOT-DPWH CONVERGENCE PROGRAM, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS

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Hon. Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman Representative - Anak Mindanao (AMIN), Party-list COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Muslim Affairs • Ad Hoc Committee On The Bangsa Moro Basic Law • Constitutional Amendments • Cooperatives Development • East Asean Growth Area • Government Reorganization • Human Rights

• Land Use • Local Government • Millennium Development Goals • Mindanao Affairs • National Cultural Communities • Peace, Reconciliation And Unity • Women And Gender Equality

The congresswoman was a former columnist of the Daily Zamboanga Times and a leader of various non-government organizations that sought to improve people’s lives and advocate human rights. The plight of families in conflict areas of Sulu and Basilan in Mindanao is just one of Hataman’s many advocacies.

“My experience in working with and for families in conflict areas gave me the opportunity to share deeply their plight, fears and aspirations. As a development worker in NGOs, my engagement with them was limited to hearing and documenting their stories, providing meager support to address immediate needs like relief in evacuation areas, and linking them to institutions mandated to help them,” she says.

“I used to be frustrated with my limitations; I knew I was not responding enough to their needs. But now, with this opportunity to represent AMIN in Congress, having realized everything that I went through, everything that I have learned prepared me for this opportunity. I am grateful and honored to accept this new responsibility, bringing with me the stories of these families, with a framework based on their realities to legislate for the good of the ARMM,” the congresswoman adds.

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As one who has been fighting for women empowerment in Mindanao, Hataman says her organizations have gone a long way in terms of empowering women, yet they still have a long way to go, considering the gap between how empowered the rich women are compared to those less fortunate; between the educated, the career women and those who did not get the same quality of education. The inequality needs to be addressed if not for social services, the opportunities.

But despite her new plans to venture in a business, the congresswoman vowed to remain focused on her first priority—public service. “This early, we have already started our consultations and planning workshops in cities and provinces, identifying each area’s priority legislative measures, programs, projects and advocacies. Anak Mindanao as an organization or party envisions a Mindanao with resilient and sustainable communities in harmony with other communities and the environment,” she says.

These bills include the Anti-Racial Discrimination Bill, Mandatory Study of Moro and Indigenous People’s History and Culture, and Institutionalization of Zones of Peace in conflict areas. “We are also now drafting a bill that aims to promote organic agriculture for a sustaining food security, economic opportunity and environment protection and a look as well into the possible revision of the code of Muslim personal laws, laws covering marriage, divorce and inheritance of Muslim Filipinos. There is a group now reviewing the Code of Muslim Personal Laws (CMPL). We shall also support the Internally Displaced Persons’ Bill,” she reports. Hataman says part of AMIN’s mission is educating people, more specifically on how government bureaucracy works. AMIN hopes to bridge the gap in information so people can make realistic expectations and decisions.

“In fact in our city and provincial consultations and planning, a lecture on government bureaucracy is included,” she says.

The congresswoman also plans to re-file the bills filed by AMIN in the previous Congress when her husband, RG Mujiv Hataman, was its representative.

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HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB00659 - AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF • HB00660 - AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL POLICY ON PEACE ZONES • HB03630 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE BASILAN PROVINCIAL HOSPTIAL IN BASILAN PROVINCE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8543, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03641 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY STUDY OF MORO AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HISTORY, CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL LEVELS OF SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY

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HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB00016 - AN ACT PROVIDING BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES TO ACCREDITED DAY CARE WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BARANGAY-LEVEL TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT • HB00019 - AN ACT REQUIRING FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL INFORMATION ON FISCAL MANAGEMENT FROM ALL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, AGENCIES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00025 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB00028 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND PROVIDING FOR FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00029 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A UNIFIED SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, THEREBY RATIONALIZING ACCESS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00039 - AN ACT PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS’ ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS • HB00062 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN’S TOYS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CHILDCARE ARTICLES AND OTHER RELATED PRODUCTS CONTAINING TOXIC CHEMICALS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00079 - AN ACT ENHANCING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEER TOURISM (VOLUN-TOURISM) IN THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THREFOR • HB00094 - AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION SEVEN, ARTICLE THREE OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE POLICY OF FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ALL ITS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PUBLIC INTEREST UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT, ARTICLE TWO OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00098 - AN ACT TO INCLUDE ETHNIC ORIGIN IN THE NATIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE • HB00105 - AN ACT PROMOTING A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ON BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AND REGULATING THE TRADE, MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS OF CERTAIN FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN • HB00108 - AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00151 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NURSING LAW TOWARDS QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE RA 9173 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 2002 • HB00191 - AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS WORKERS, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00229 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING GRANT OF COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF ADDITIONAL HONORARIUM TO BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS • HB00245 - AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000) AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,000) • HB00596 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000” • HB01128 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE RUBBER INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB02007 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE SEAWEED INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (PSIDA), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB02464 - AN ACT REQUIRING INCLUSION OF BASIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS SEPARATE SUBJECTS IN THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA, RESPECTIVELY • HB02771 - ANACTDECLARINGTHETURTLEISLANDSLOCATEDINTHEMUNICIPALITY OF TURTLE ISLANDS, PROVINCE OF TAWI-TAWI, AS A PROTECTED AREA • HB03180 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING MECHANISMS TOWARD SOUND MANAGEMENT OF FOOD AND FOOD STAPLES CONSUMPTION, ZERO FOOD-WASTE MANAGEMENT PURSUANT TO FOOD SECURITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• HB03511 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, SALE, USE, RECYCLING, AND DISPOSITION OF PLASTIC BAGS, PROMOTING THE USE OF NATIVE REUSABLE BAGS, PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR THE RECOVERY AND COLLECTION OF PLASTIC BAGS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04022 - AN ACT DECLARING EVERY THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER AS ‘NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK’ • HB04102 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10086 ENTITLED ‘AN ACT STRENGTHENING PEOPLES’ NATIONALISM THROUGH PHILIPPINE HISTORY BY CHANGING THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE INTO THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES, STRENGTHENING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04375 - AN ACT CREATING THE AGRARIAN REFORM COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE CIRCUMVENTIONS AND VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 6657, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1988, AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT 9700, AND OTHER AGRARIAN LAWS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04382 - AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04420 - AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST 9 AS NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AND MANDATING THE MEANINGFUL OBSERVANCE THEREOF • HB04528 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04530 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND PROVIDING FOR FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04591 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND UNIFIED STUDENT FINANCIALASSISTANCESYSTEMFORHIGHERANDTECHNICALEDUCATION,THEREBY RATIONALIZING ACCESS THERETO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04629 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04714 - AN ACT PROHIBITING HAZING AND REGULATING OTHER FORMS OF INITIATION RITES OF FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8049 • HR00123 - A RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO CREATE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATION • HR00124 - A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ALLOCATE AN INITIAL FIVE BILLION (P5,000,000,000) PESOS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE CREATION OF THE SMALL FARMERS AND FISHERFOLK QUICK REACTION FUND AS PART OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET FOR FY 2014 • HR00254 - A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE URGENCY TO JUMPSTART THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10368, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS REPARATION AND RECOGNITION ACT OF 2013, PROVIDING FOR THE REPARATION AND RECOGNITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE MARCOS REGIME, AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF SAID VIOLATIONS, BY WAY OF IMMEDIATELY CONSTITUTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS’ CLAIMS BOARD AND ALLOW THE SAME TO COMMENCE THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS MANDATE • HR00585 - RESOLUTION COMMENDING SECRETARY CORAZON ‘DINKY’ SOLIMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) FOR HER STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND SELFLESS DEDICATION TO ALLEVIATE THE PLIGHT OF DISASTER-STRICKEN FILIPINOS • HR00809 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO COMPEL THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH, FINANCE, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO FULLY DISCLOSE THE BLUEPRINT ON THE IMPENDING ‘MODERNIZATION’ OF DR. JOSE FABELLA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TOGETHER WITH OTHER PUBLIC REGIONAL HOSPITALS • HR01123 - RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATE DEXTER DAGOHOY CONDEZ THE SLAIN BORACAY ATI TRIBAL YOUTH LEADER, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES COMMUNITY SPOKESMAN, AND THE ICON OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND SOLIDARITY • HR01223 - RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO REINSTATE THE TRAVEL TAX EXEMPTION POLICY GRANTED TO TRAVELLERS FROM MINDANAO AND PALAWAN BOUND FOR COUNTRIES IN THE EAST ASEAN GROWTH AREA (EAGA), EXTENDING THE PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS, AND EXPANDING IT TO COVER PASSENGERS ANYWHERE IN THE PHILIPPINES BOUND FOR BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA PROVIDED THEY DEPART THROUGH INTERNATIONAL PORTS AND AIRPORTS IN MINDANAO AND PALAWAN

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Hon. Ann K. Hofer 2nd District - Zamboanga Sibugay

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Higher And Technical Education • Mindanao Affairs • Ad Hoc Committee On The Bangsa Moro Basic Law • Appropriations • Banks And Financial Intermediaries • Energy • Foreign Affairs • Government Enterprises And Privatization

• Government Reorganization • Legislative Franchises • Local Government • Muslim Affairs • National Cultural Communities • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Development • Ways And Means • Women And Gender Equality

SIBUGAYNON ASPIRATION AND THE HIGHEST HONOR The aspiration of a true leader is to have peace and prosperity for the whole community.

That aspiration should be matched with action. This is my belief and my commitment as the leader of the Sibugaynons in the second district of Zamboanga Sibugay whom I represent in the 16th Congress.

Peace and prosperity therefore have highest priority in my legislative agenda.

Matching action with aspiration, in pursuit of peace, I am currently working with other peace-loving legislators in the House of Representatives on the deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (HB No. 4994). This important piece of legislation is in accord with my life-long advocacy, that is – to bridge the cultural and religious divide among the Christians, Moslems and lumad of Zamboanga Sibugay. Needless to say, this proposed law is needed by our nation so that the people in Mindanao, not just in Zamboanga Sibugay, would have normal lives and normal schedules that would enable them to earn a living peacefully, and their children to receive an education fruitfully.

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Educated children make for informed adults who will have enlightened minds guiding them into the insight that peace makes for prosperity. We can only prosper when we trust each other. Such trust enables us to exchange goods and services successfully, secure in the knowledge that such exchange is to our mutual advantage. This can only be done in an atmosphere of peace and calm, and not with the sound of guns chillingly filling the air. Such is the gravitas and the momentousness of peace.

Peace, consequentially, ushers in prosperity. The economy flourishes. Business revs up. Jobs are created. Opportunities open up. Infrastructure expands. Incomes spurt. The quality of life rises.

The index of comfort increases. People are happier. And so is their leader, buoyed by the sight of having succeeded in her aspiration.

Concretely, this Sibugaynon leader has strived to stoke prosperity through numerous legislations authored and passed in the 14th Congress, such as: Republic Act No. 10019 or An Act Converting the Crossing Sta. Clara-Sandayong Road to the Boundary of Zamboanga Del Norte Connecting the Municipality of Naga, Province of Zamboanga Sibugay and the Province of Zamboanga Del Norte into A National Road; and seven laws creating national high schools, namely: Republic Act No. 9982 (San Isidro National High School in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay); Republic Act No. 9947 (Malagandis National High School in Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay); Republic Act No. 9948 (Guintoloan National High School, in Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay); Republic Act No. 9959 (Sisay National High School in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay); Republic Act No. 9931 (Camanga National High School in Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay); Republic Act No. 9598 (Timalang National High School in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay); Republic Act No. 9530 (Magdaup National High School in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay).

Beyond being evidence of diligence by a leader, these projects and accomplishments are like the Taj Mahal, a symbol of continued love.

Because service to the people doesn’t end when the term of office is over. The serving continues, as does the loving.

This I learned from my beloved father, Dr. George Tocao Hofer, acknowledged as the Founding Father of Zamboanga Sibugay, which he created when he was still a lawmaker in 2001. Through Republic Act No. 8973, an offshoot of his HB No. 9575, Zamboanga Sibugay was born.

Born with it was the hope that Zamboanga Sibugay would be a province-paradise whose blessings from Mother Nature on land and at sea would reach its zenith of success, served as it was by its Founding Father as its first governor.

With his retirement from government, the servantleader is now this congresswoman, bearer of the torch of service enkindled by her father when he created our province. As keeper of the flame, I keep always in mind that my singular responsibility is to be of continued service to the Sibugaynon.

In service to the Sibugaynon thus, I have concentrated all my passion and my efforts on contributing significantly to making Sibugay the best province it can be. In this aspiration, I have pressed into service my father’s family name, HOFER, as acronym so that there is instant recall regarding what I’m striving to achieve for Sibugay.

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Outstanding Congressman Award 2014 In the acronym, HOFER, H stands for Health and Hospital services. O is for Order, to signify peace and safety all around, exemplified by my involvement with the crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (HB No. 4994) as well as authoring the reorganization and modernization of the National Bureau of Investigation (HB No. 4556). F refers to more Farms, Fisheries and Food Production. E is for Education and Environment to which I filed two bills, HB No. 4568 (An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7586, Adding Administrative Measures for Improved Management and Protection of the NIPAS) and HB No. 4569 (An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9147, for Improved Protection and Conservation of Wildlife). R is for Roads (and I have filed HB Nos. 1444, 1445 and 4674 converting three provincial in my district to national roads), Revenue allotment for which I filed HB No. 4554 (an act creating Barangay Masao and Barangay Timbabauan, in the Municipality of Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay) and HB No. 4555 (an act creating Barangay San Isidro in the Municipality of Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay) so that these three barangays will have legal personality and receive the corresponding Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) due them.

Other Rs include the Runway of airport, Rotunda-Obelisk, Register of Deeds (HB No. 0586 which has been passed in the

House of Representatives on Third Reading on August 4, 2014 and transmitted to and received by the Senate on August 7, 2014), and the R that defines Sibugay’s landscape, Rubber, for which I passed legislation creating the landmark Philippine Rubber and Research Institute Act of 2010 or Republic Act No. 10089.

Rubber is especially symbolic of the Sibugaynon. Rubber is resilient, stretching to accommodate whatever conditions are obtaining. Rubber, as in car tires, absorbs the impact, yet continues to endure and roll on, like the Sibugaynon bouncing back from adversity. Rubber is vital and helpful, making it possible for vehicles to reach far-flung places and for planes to land on distant shores.

So is the Sibugaynon. Resilient, enduring, vital, helpful. Thus, a people worth helping and serving.

Awards and distinctions come with different names and cite different accomplishments. But most outstanding of all is to be of service to a people who are outstanding. To be of service to the Sibugaynon is thus the ultimate aspiration and the highest honor.

HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB00586 - AN ACT CREATING THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS OF THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB04556 - AN ACT REORGANIZING AND MODERNIZING THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• HB01444 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SURABAY - SAN FENANDINO ROAD TO BOUNDARY OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, CONNECTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF R. T. LIM, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY AND THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB04568 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586, ADDING ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE NIPAS, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED ACTS THEREFOR, INCREASING THEIR PENALTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• HB01445 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE TITAL - BANGCO ROAD TO BOUNDARY OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, CONNECTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TITAY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY AND THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04554 - AN ACT CREATING TWO (2) BARANGAYS, TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY MASAO AND BARANGAY TIMBABAUAN, RESPECTIVELY, BOTH IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TUNGAWAN, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY • HB04555 - AN ACT CREATING A BARANGAY, TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY SAN ISIDRO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TITAY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY

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• HB04569 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9147, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED ACTS THEREFOR, INCREASING THEIR PENALTIES, ADDING ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES FOR IMPROVED PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04674 - AN ACT CONVERTING TUNGAWAN TO MALUNGON PROVINCIAL ROAD, SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TUNGAWAN, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY UP TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIOCON, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB00025 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB00105 - AN ACT PROMOTING A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ON BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AND REGULATING THE TRADE, MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS OF CERTAIN FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN • HB00659 - AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF • HB00694 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BURIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS FROM TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) TO TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000.00), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS • HB01222 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01330 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9262, DEFINING ELECTRONIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OR E-VAW, PROVIDING PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02630 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04085 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OPEN HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04214 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RETENTION AND UTILIZATION OF THE INCOME DERIVED BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8492, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL MUSEUM ACT OF 1998 • HB04275 - AN ACT DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE (PESO), AND THE OPERATION OF JOB PLACEMENT OFFICES BY NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) AND STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (SUCS), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 3, 6, 7 AND 9 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8759, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE ACT OF 1999” • HB04528 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04530 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND PROVIDING FOR FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04629 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04968 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04970 - AN ACT INCREASING THE CEILING FOR THE TOTAL EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF 13TH MONTH PAY AND OTHER BENEFITS TO SEVENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P70,000), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 32(B)(7)(E) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED • HB05076 - AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HJR0010 - JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TRANSFER, SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF THE CONTROLLING INTEREST OF ZEST AIRWAYS, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS ASIAN SPIRIT, INC. TO AIR ASIA, INC. • HR00206 - A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION FOR BAIL OF REPRESENTATIVE ABDULLAH D. DIMAPORO OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF LANAO DEL NORTE • HR00453 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VIRTUAL ‘SWEETIE’ THAT WAS USED TO TRACK DOWN ALLEGED PAEDOPHILES AND THE INABILITY OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO STOP PAEDOPHILIA AND CYBER PORNOGRAPHY VICTIMIZING CHILDREN • HR00537 - RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SANDIGANBAYAN TO GRANT HONORABLE GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF PAMPANGA, A CHRISTMAS FURLOUGH FOR HUMANITARIAN AND COMPASSIONATE CONSIDERATIONS • HR00597 - URGENT RESOLUTION REITERATING ADHERENCE TO THE TIME-HONORED PRINCIPLE ON THE EXCLUSIVITY OF JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL (HRET) OVER ALL CONTESTS RELATING TO THE ELECTION, RETURNS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS MEMBERS TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY, DIGNITY AND REPUTATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ITS MEMBERS • HR00770 RESOLUTION CALLING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO REVIEW THE TREATIES/MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT AND MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING ENTERED INTO BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

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Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

Hon. Lani Mercado- Revilla 2nd District - Cavite

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Aquaculture And Fisheries Resources • Veterans Affairs And Welfare

• Welfare Of Children • Women And Gender Equality

After being awarded as Most Outstanding Congressman for three straight years (2011, 2012 and 2013) by the prestigious international marketing group Superbrands, Congresswoman Lani Mercado-Revilla of the Second District of Cavite has now been elevated to the Hall of Fame of Superbrands with her 4th Most Outstanding Congressman award for the fourth consecutive year (2014).

Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla, the first elected and re-elected congresswoman in the Province of Cavite, has shown that with hard work, dedication and commitment to public service, a neophyte female legislator can make her mark in the world of Philippine politics.

As a member of the independent minority bloc, Rep. Mercado-Revilla is a member of four (4) committees namely: Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, Veterans Affairs and Welfare, Welfare of Children, and Women and Gender Equality.

Presently, Rep. Mercado Revilla passed 16 laws since becoming the representative of the second district of Cavite.

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Rep. Mercado-Revilla continues to serve her constituents by pursuing the platform which she presented to the people of the City of Bacoor, which basically had four major points: L for Linis Kapaligiran for my environmental advocacies, A for Akbay Kababayan for my livelihood programs, Nutrisyon at Kalusugan for my health initiatives, and I for Isulong ang Kabataan for my projects for children and the youth.

Since assuming her second term last July 1, 2013, Rep. Mercado Revilla was able to produce two (2) laws which she co-authored with other legislators, namely: RA 10625, which reorganized the Philippine Statistical System structurally and functionally in order to rationalize and promote efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of statistical services and maintain a integrated statistical system so as to enhance its responsiveness and support decentralization; and RA 10627, which requires all elementary and secondary schools to adopt policies to prevent and address the acts of bullying in their institutions.

“My second term as a congresswoman during the 16th Congress of the House of Representatives is more demanding because of the negative publicity that I, my husband, my family and the institution that I am a member of are undergoing. But I believe that all these trials and tribulations are part and parcel of a job of a public servant. I joined the public service because

I want to find myself. Thus, true to the saying of Indian lawyer and nonviolent leader Mohandas Gandhi, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others,” I did lose and found myself in public service. After working on and off in show business for more than two (2) decades and taking care of my husband and children, I found myself immersed in the problems and issues facing the people of Bacoor. I was able to bring cityhood to the people Bacoor thereby increasing the funds of the newly-converted city for basic and social services.

I was able to develop myself personally because in my quest to be a good legislator I went back to school and finally earned in 2013 my B.A. Political Science degree from the Lyceum Northwestern University.

As a member of the Minority Independent Bloc, it is more difficult for me to push for programs and policies that will have positive impact on women, especially for breastfeeding mothers and their infants, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, overseas workers, veterans and their family, as well as fight for the elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and HIV/AIDS stigma. Nonetheless, I must persevere in order that the good place I envision myself to be, with my husband, my family, my friends and my fellow Filipinos will be realized, if not during my lifetime, perhaps in my children’s lifetime.”

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16 laws • RA 10151 - which allows the employment of night workers; • RA 10157 - which institutionalizes kindergarten into the country’s basic system of education; • RA 10160 - which converts the municipality of Bacoor into a component city in the province of Cavite; • RA 10165 - which strengthens and propagates foster care for abandoned and neglected children and children with special needs; • RA 10361 - which establishes standards of protection to promote the welfare of domestic workers, • RA 10372 - which amended certain provisions of RA 8293 (The Intellectual Property Code); • RA 10397 - which converts the Marcos Alvarez Provincial Road in the City of Bacoor, Cavite into a national road; • RA 10398 - which declares November 25 of every year as National

Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women; • RA 10454 - which creates 16 additional Regional Trial Courts (RTCs) and 9 additional Municipal Trial Courts (MTCs) in the Fourth Judicial Region; • RA 10394 - which converts 7 branches of the RTCs of Pasig City, which are located in Taguig City, into RTCs of Taguig City; • RA 10524 - which expands the positions reserved for persons with disability; • RA 10532 - which institutional the Philippine National Health Research System; • RA 10549 - which converts the General Evangelista Provincial Road in the City of Bacoor, Cavite into a national road; • RA 10575 - which strengthens the Bureau of Corrections; • RA 10625 - which reorganizes the Philippine Statistical System; and • RA 10627 - which requires all elementary and secondary schools to adopt policies to prevent and address the acts of bullying in their institutions.

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS • HR00350 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING MEGAN LYNNE YOUNG FOR WINNING THE MISS WORLD 2013 • HR00912 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING MARK EDDIVA FOR WINNING THE 2014 ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP • HR01161 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PLIGHT OF PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE FACING TRIAL IN

ORDER TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THEM AND THEIR UNBORN CHILD • HR01182 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING NONITO ‘THE FILIPINO FLASH’ DONAIRE, JR. FOR BEING THE NEW WBA FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION • HR01427 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING LUIS GABRIEL MORENO FOR WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE MIXED TEAM EVENT OF ARCHERY IN THE NANJING YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

HOUSE MEASURES AUTHORED • HB00103 - AN ACT DECLARING JUNE 23 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF BACOOR TO COMMEMORATE ITS ANNIVERSARY AS A CITY • HB00104 - AN ACT CHANGING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM JUNE TO MARCH TO SEPTEMBER TO MA • HB00105 - AN ACT PROMOTING A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ON BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AND REGULATING THE TRADE, MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS OF CERTAIN FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN • HB00106 - AN ACT REGULATING THE PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, SALE, PROVISION, USE, RECOVERY, COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC BAGS • HB00107 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL VILLA MARIA ANNEX IN BARANGAY MOLINO II, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE INTO THE BACOOR NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL VILLA MARIA ANNEX SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BACOOR NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00540 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) IN THE CITY OF BACOOR, CAVITE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00541 - AN ACT PROVIDING MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN ABOARD MOTORCYCLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE • AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A THREE THOUSAND PESO (PHP3,000.00) INCREASE IN THE MONTHLY PENSION OF WAR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00543 - AN ACT REQUIRING ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP GRANT TO AT LEAST TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THEIR STUDENT POPULATION WHO ARE POOR BUT DESERVING STUDENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00544 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF THE WORD “MUSLIM” OR “ISLAMIC” IN PRINT, RADIO, TELEVISION INCLUDING CABLE TELEVISION AND OTHER FORMS OF BROADCAST MEDIA TO REFER TO OR DESCRIBE ANY PERSON SUSPECTED OR CONVICTED OF A CRIME OR UNLAWFUL ACT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR • HB00545 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 2 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8187 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PATERNITY LEAVE ACT OF 1996” • HB00546 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE (1) SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTER FOR EACH SCHOOL DIVISION AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SPED CENTERS IN BIG SCHOOL DIVISIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CSN), PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00547 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE SUSTAINABLE SANITATION PROGRAM OF THE COUNTRY BY REORGANIZING THE SANITATION UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00548 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE RECYCLING AND THE UTILIZATION OF RECYCLED MATERIALS BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS • HB00549 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION, TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM, REVISING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8504, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PHILIPPINE AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT OF 1998”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00550 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL INSURANCE BENEFITS TO ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF ITS PREMIUMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00551 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SEVEN THOUSAND PESO (PHP7,000.00) INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM PAY OF EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR NATIONWIDE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE • HB00552 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ARTS AND TRADE SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN NICOLAS 2, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, TO BE KNOWN AS BACOOR ARTS AND TRADE SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00553 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8545, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘EXPANDED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION ACT’ PROVIDING FOR AN EXPANDED VOUCHER OR COUPON SYSTEM IN SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00554 - AN ACT PROVIDING FREE AND SUITABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED CHILDREN AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00555 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MOLINO IV, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS MOLINO IV HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF • HB00556 - AN ACT GRANTING INCENTIVES AND OTHER BENEFITS TO RURAL HEALTH UNIT DOCTORS AND FOE OTHER PURPOSES • HB01229 - AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER 29 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE • HB01230 - AN ACT DEFINING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR • HB01480 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS AND SUBSIDIES FOR THE LOCAL MUSIC INDUSTRY, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 • HB01481 - AN ACT GRANTING MATERNITY LEAVE BENEFITS TO UNMARRIED PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE • HB01483 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE POSITION OF SANITATION INSPECTOR TO THE NEXT HIGHER SALARY GRADE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB01484 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BALANCED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, ENTITLED: ‘AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUING URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING PROGRAM, ESTABLISH THE MECHANISM

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FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01485 - AN ACT EXPANDING AND MAXIMIZING THE SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS EXTENDED TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP), AND BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6963, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT GRANTING SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS TO THE FAMILY OR BENEFICIARY OF ANY POLICE OR MILITARY PERSONNEL OR FIREMAN KILLED OR PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY OR BY REASON OF HIS OFFICE OR POSITION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01486 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (PAGASA), PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01487 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SAFETY COLLEGE SYSTEM AS THE PREMIER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR TRAINING, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION OF ALL POLICE, FIRE AND JAIL PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01488 - THE MAGNA CARTA FOR DAYCARE WORKERS • HB01489 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF THE PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE PROFESSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01490 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SECURITY OF TENURE FOR ALL CASUAL AND CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE RENDERED AT LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES • HB01491 - AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS WORKERS BANK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01678 - AN ACT LOWERING THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS 13 (B) AND 13-A OF R.A. 8291, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXPANDED GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE ACT OF 1997 • HB01679 - AN ACT INSTITUTING THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES CHARTER, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, POWER AND FUNCTIONS, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 111, AS AMENDE • HB01795 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN NICOLAS III, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF • HB01796 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN NICOLAS III, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS SAN NICOLAS EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF • HB01797 - AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS IN REAL PROPERTY VALUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES, ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL VALUATION AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB01798 - AN ACT PROHIBITING CITY MAYORS, MUNICIPAL MAYORS AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS FROM MAKING APPOINTMENT TWO (2) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE NEXT LOCAL ELECTIONS AND PENDING ASSUMPTION TO OFFICE OF THEIR SUCCESSORS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02238 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02264 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN ELDERLY CARE AND NURSING COMPLEX IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF • HB02302 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PHILIPPINE HIGH SCHOOL FOR SPORTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB03911 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL IN BARANGAY ZAPOTE I, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS ZAPOTE INTEGRATED SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF • HB03973 - AN ACT DECLARING SEPTEMBER 29 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ‘ARAW NG BACOOR’ • HB04001 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING CENTER IN BARANGAY SAN NICOLAS 2, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF BACOOR TECHNICAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04124 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SALINAS 2, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS SALINAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF • HB04132 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY ZAPOTE I, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS THE GENERAL EDILBERTO EVANGELISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF • HB04780 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A ONE HUNDRED (100) BED CAPACITY HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY HABAY 2 IN THE CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BACOOR DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04944 - AN ACT RENAMING THE BINAKAYAN DIVERSION ROAD IN KAWIT, CAVITE TO ISLAND COVE DRIVE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB00013 - AN ACT GRANTING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS NON-WAGE BENEFITS IN THE FORM OF FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR ONE (1) DEPENDENT CHILD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00029 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A UNIFIED SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, THEREBY RATIONALIZING ACCESS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00039 - AN ACT PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS’ ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS • HB00041 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO PART-TIME AND INDEPENDENT STUDENTS • HB00050 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE (1) SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER FOR EACH SCHOOL DIVISION AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SPED CENTERS IN BIG SCHOOL DIVISIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CSN), PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00054 - AN ACT GRANTING FIXED HONORARIA AND ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS TO BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPUBLIC ACT 7883 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS ACT OF 1995 • HB00056 - AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO BARANGAY TANODS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00071 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE OPEN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNS THEREFOR • HB00072 - AN ACT EARMARKING THE ENTIRE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE (PCSO) CHARITY FUND FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1169, AS AMENDED BY BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 42 • HB00073 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FREE AND MANDATORY ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND OTHER MEDICAL-RELATED PRIVILEGES TO SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED, ‘AN ACT TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’ • HB00074 - AN ACT EXPANDING THE BENEFIT PACKAGE OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT OF 1995,’ AS AMENDED • HB00076 - AN ACT GRANTING ACCREDITED BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS COMPULSORY COVERAGE UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7883, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS’ BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES ACT OF 1995,’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00110 - AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR • HB00134 - AN ACT PROVIDING STIFFER PENALTIES FOR THEFT, ROBBERY AND DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY • HB00151 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NURSING LAW TOWARDS QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE RA 9173 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 2002 • HB00177 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NURSING LAW TOWARDS QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE RA 9173 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 2002 • HB00177 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE OF GOVERNMENT DOCTORS FROM SALARY GRADE 16 TO 24 • HB00178 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY OF GOVERNMENT NURSES FROM SALARY GRADE 11 TO 15 • HB00184 - AN ACT GRANTING FREE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, COLLEGE ENTRANTS OR TRANSFEREES APPLYING FOR ADMISSION IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND TO UNDERPRIVILEGED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE TOP TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE GRADUATING CLASS APPLYING FOR ADMISSION IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS • HB00187 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ALTERNATIVE-ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00191 - AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS WORKERS, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00196 - AN ACT MANDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO EARMARK A PORTION OF THEIR INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT (IRA) FOR FREE MEDICINES TO INDIGENT PATIENTS IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS • HB00219 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING INDUSTRY CLUSTER-BASED PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THROUGH INTER-LOCAL COOPERATION AND PEOPLES PARTICIPATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00225 - AN ACT GRANTING A NON-WAGE BENEFIT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE FORM OF FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR ONE (1) DEPENDENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00229 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING GRANT OF COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF ADDITIONAL HONORARIUM TO BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS • HB00234 - AN ACT MAKING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER MANDATORY IN ALL PROVINCES, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, AMENDING SECTION 484 (a) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991” • HB00245 - AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000) AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,000) • HB00246 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING PERSONNEL FROM SALARY GRADE 12 TO 16 • HB00251 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A TEACHING SUPPLIES ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00260 - AN ACT MAKING VOTERS EDUCATION MANDATORY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00268 - AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST A PERSON BY REASON OF AGE UPON HIRING FOR AND DURING EMPLOYMENT, PENALIZING ANY VIOLATION THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00290 - AN ACT REQUIRING AUTOMATIC EXPENDITURE FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00300 - AN ACT PROHIBITING COLLECTION OR SOLICITATION OF FEES FOR THE USE OF COMFORT ROOMS IN COMMERCIAL AREAS APPROPRIATING FUNDS AND PROVIDING MECHANISMS THEREFOR • HB00307 - AN ACT TO GIVE JURIDICAL PERSONALITY TO THE PRESENT VETERANS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (VMMC) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00308 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00312 - AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY OF THE CRIME OF CARNAPPING AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6539 ENTITLED “AN ACT PREVENTING AND PENALIZING CARNAPPING” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00313 - AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO ALL BARANGAY OFFICIALS, INCLUDING BARANGAY TANODS AND MEMBERS OF THE LUPONG TAGAPAMAYAPA, AND BARANGAY EMPLOYEES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00325 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 284 AND 393 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991” • HB00343 - AN ACT CLASSIFYING THE SERVICES OF FRANCHISE GRANTEES OF WATER UTILITIES, AND SALE OR IMPORTATION OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DIRECTLY USED IN OPERATING, MAINTAINING, IMPROVING AND EXPANDING DISTRIBUTION OF POTABLE WATER BY WATER UTILITIES AS VALUE-ADDED TAX EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 109 (1) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00344 - AN ACT CLASSIFYING THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY BY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES AND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, AND THE SERVICES OF FRANCHISE GRANTEES OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES, AND SALE OR IMPORTATION OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DIRECTLY USED IN GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY AS VALUE-ADDED TAX EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 108 (A)(ii) AND 109(1) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00345 - AN ACT CLASSIFYING THE SALE OR IMPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RAW MATERIALS IN THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF AS VALUE-ADDED TAX EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 109 (1) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00346 - AN ACT CLASSIFYING SERVICES RENDERED BY TOLLWAY OPERATORS AS VALUE-ADDED TAX EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 109 (1) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00349 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING CITY AND MUNICIPAL REHABILITATION CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES • HB00351 - AN ACT TO ADDRESS THE WORSENING STATE OF THE POWER INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 47 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00354 - AN ACT IMPOSING A THREE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON TUITION AND OTHER FEE INCREASES ON ALL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS • HB00355 - AN ACT TO INCLUDE ETHNIC ORIGIN IN THE NATIONAL SURVEYS, CENSUSES AND OTHER DATA-GATHERING METHODS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE (NSO) • HB00356 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE USE OF FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE INSETS FOR LOCAL NEWS PROGRAMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 22 OF REPUBLIC ACT 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWDs)” • HB00357 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TAX EXEMPTION AND SUBSIDIES FOR THE LOCAL MUSIC INDUSTRY AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 • HB00364 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DAY CARE CENTERS, PRESCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00365 - AN ACT INCREASING THE SALARY GRADE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM SALARY GRADE 11 TO 20 AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF • HB00378 - AN ACT CREATING A CIVIL CODE COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT THE RE-CODIFICATION OF ALL EXISTING CIVIL LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00379 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND PROVIDING FOR FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION TO ONE (1) PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE IN A FAMILY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00395 - AN ACT TO INSTITUTE REFORMS IN THE SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM BUYERS’ PROTECTIVE DECREE • HB00397 - AN ACT PROVIDING MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN ABOARD MOTORCYCLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00399 - AN ACT EXPANDING THE PROHIBITED ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ON ACCOUNT OF SEX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 135 AND 137 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES” • HB00401 - AN ACT PROHIBITING RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION • HB00405 - AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF SEXUAL INFIDELITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 333 (ADULTERY), ARTICLE 334 (CONCUBINAGE) AND ARTICLE 344 AND 345 OF TITLE ELEVEN, BOOK II OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE • HB00411 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS, LABOR CONTRACTORS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE OF AGE • HB00478 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE (1) SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTER FOR EACH SCHOOL DIVISION AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SPED CENTERS IN BIG SCHOOL DIVISIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CSN), PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00557 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE (1) SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTER FOR EACH SCHOOL DIVISION AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SPED CENTERS IN BIG SCHOOL DIVISIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CSN), PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00587 - AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, PLANNING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, DEFINING ITS MANDATES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB00596 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000” • HB00694 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BURIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS FROM TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) TO TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000.00), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS • HB00823 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF • HB00943 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BURIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS FROM TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) TO TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000.00), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS” • HB01214 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE USE OF FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE INSETS FOR LOCAL NEWS PROGRAMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 22 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWDs)’ • HB01222 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01239 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE (1) SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTER FOR EACH SCHOOL DIVISION AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SPED CENTERS IN BIG SCHOOL DIVISIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CSNs), CREATING THE IMPLEMENTING MACHINERY THEREOF, PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER INCENTIVES AND SUPPORT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01330 - JAN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9262, DEFINING ELECTRONIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OR E-VAW, PROVIDING PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01332 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF • HB01433 - AN ACT CREATING THE CODE COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REVIEW AND CODIFY PHILIPPINE LAWS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB01509 - AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE TO BE MANAGED BY THE FILM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB01515 - AN ACT PROVIDING HEARING-IMPAIRED AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED PERSONS ACCESS TO THE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM • HB01548 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MANDATORY NATIONAL CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM IN ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BARANGAY DAY CARE CENTERS • HB01593 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION, TREATMENT, CARE AND SUPPORT AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM, REVISING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8504, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘THE PHILIPPINE AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT OF 1998’, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB01626 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE (1) SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTER FOR EACH SCHOOL DIVISION AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SPED CENTERS IN BIG SCHOOL DIVISIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CSN), PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB01641 - AN ACT DECLARING THE CELEBRATION OF THE NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MONTH IN THE COUNTRY ON OCTOBER OF EVERY YEAR • HB01781 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 4 (e) OF REPUBLIC ACT 7432, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SENIOR CITIZEN ACT OF 1992, AS AMENDED, GRANTING FREE HOSPITALIZATION TO INDIGENT SENIOR CITIZENS IN ANY GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL • HB01905 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AT LEAST ONE (1) SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTER FOR EACH SCHOOL DIVISION AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SPED CENTERS IN BIG SCHOOL DIVISIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (CSN), PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02072 - AN ACT DECLARING MALUNGGAY (MORINGA) AS ‘THE NATIONAL VEGETABLE OF THE PHILIPPINES’ AND THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS ‘THE NATIONAL MALUNGGAY MONTH’ • HB02075 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE YOUTH SUICIDE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION • HB02225 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING VETERANS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTERS IN LUZON, VISAYAS AND MINDANAO • HB02308 - AN ACT GRANTING PROVINCES, CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS A SHARE IN THE GROSS REVENUES OF CASINOS DULY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR) • HB02332 - AN ACT ADOPTING INTEGRATED COASTAL ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AS A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY’S COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND ESTABLISHING SUPPORTING MECHANISMS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION • HB02343 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THOSE WITH HEARING AND SPEECH IMPAIRMENT VIOLATIONS THEREOF • HB02658 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000’ • HB02853 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN EVERY PROVINCE AND CITY OF THE COUNTRY, AMENDING FOR

THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8505, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘RAPE VICTIM ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION ACT OF 1998’ • HB02901 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE APO REEF IN SABLAYAN, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO AS PROTECTED AREA UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NATURAL PARK AND ITS PERIPHERAL WATERS AS BUFFER ZONES, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02904 - THE BUDGET IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT • HB02914 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SOLO PARENTS’ WELFARE ACT OF 2000, BY PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PENAL PROVISION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT • HB02993 - AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 910, ENTITLED ‘CREATING AN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS, THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’ AND MANDATING THE TRANSFER OF MALAMPAYA FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND SUBJECT TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03005 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR • HB03121 - AN ACT ENHANCING THE DELIVERY OF COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURE SERVICES AND FACILITIES, CREATING THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT OFFICE IN THE REGIONAL FIELD OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND DECENTRALIZING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE REGIONAL FIELD OFFICES AND ALL ATTACHED AGENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03139 - AN ACT PROHIBITING AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND IN THE WORKPLACE • HB03163 - AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS IN THE EXISTING POLICY ON ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING FROM THE UTILIZATION OF PHILIPPINE GENETIC RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03169 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010’ • HB03175 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010’ • HB03177 - AN ACT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENTS, SUPPORTING AGING PARENTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03178 - AN ACT PROMOTING THE TREATMENT AND ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 12 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10606, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL FILIPINOS AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE • HB03204 - AN ACT TO PREVENT AND CONTROL POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, PROVIDE PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03225 - AN ACT TO REGULATE PUBLIC SOLICITATION PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03236 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY FIVE BILLION PESOS FOR THE AID, RELIEF, REHABILITATION AND LIVELIHOOD SERVICES AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKES OF OCTOBER 15, 2013 AND ITS AFTERSHOCKS, CREATING THE VISAYAS EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03268 - AN ACT INSTITUTING A FORMER PRISONERS’ EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB03361 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY FIVE BILLION PESOS FOR THE AID, RELIEF, REHABILITATION AND LIVELIHOOD SERVICES AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF TYPHOON YOLANDA OF NOVEMBER 08, 2013, CREATING THE TYPHOON YOLANDA ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (TYADeC) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03414 - AN ACT GRANTING SOCIAL PENSION TO INDIGENT SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE AT LEAST SEVENTY (70) YEARS OLD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03423 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOURTEEN BILLION SIX HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (P14,600,000,000) AS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2013 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03447 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF DEVASTATED COMMUNITIES COVERED BY A STATE OF CALAMITY • HB03451 - AN ACT SUPPORTING THE PRODUCTION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT FILMS BY PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO FILMMAKERS WHO ARE GIVEN HONORS IN NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITIONS • HB03486 - AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEFINING ITS MANDATES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE • HB03505 - AN ACT DECLARING EVERY 19TH DAY OF JUNE AS ‘ARAW NG PAGSULAT’, A REGULAR WORKING HOLIDAY • HB03506 - AN ACT GRANTING TAX EXEMPTION FOR PRIZES AND AWARDS GRANTED TO FILIPINO ATHLETES IN INTERNATIONALLY SANCTIONED SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND FURTHER AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SEC. 32 (B) (7) (4) OF 1997 TAX CODE (R.A. 8424) • HB03572 - AN ACT CREATING THE CODE COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REVIEW AND CODIFY PHILIPPINE LAWS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB03640 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE CITY OF TACLOBAN, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE TACLOBAN CITY SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03838 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION VIDEO (CCTV) AND THE PROCEDURE FOR ACCESS TO THE IMAGES • HB03840 - AN ACT PROVIDING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX HOLIDAY FOR THE FILM INDUSTRY BY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9167, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘AN ACT CREATING THE FILM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’ • HB03861 - AN ACT GRANTING FREE PHILHEALTH COVERAGE TO INDIGENT SENIOR CITIZENS • HB03863 - AN ACT GRANTING FREE PHILHEALTH COVERAGE TO DAY CARE WORKERS • HB03864 - AN ACT GRANTING FREE PHILHEALTH COVERAGE TO BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS • HB03867 - AN ACT PROVIDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE HEARING-IMPAIRED AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED • HB03925 - AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL RIGHTS AND WELL BEING OF BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS TOWARDS QUALITY HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7883, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS’ BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES ACT OF 1995’ • HB04022 - AN ACT DECLARING EVERY THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER AS ‘NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK’ • HB04032 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING INDUSTRY CLUSTER-BASED PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THROUGH INTER-LOCAL COOPERATION AND PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION • HB04038 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE LAS PIÑAS - PARAÑAQUE CRITICAL HABITAT AND ECOTOURISM AREA AS WETLAND, ENSURING THE PROTECTION THEREOF, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04116 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BALANCED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, ENTITLED: ‘AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONTINUING URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING PROGRAM, ESTABLISH THE MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04150 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, ‘AN ACT INSTITUTING THE COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’ • HB04392 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE, AS AMENDED, AND OTHER RELATED LAWS, TO ENHANCE THE RESOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION FRAMEWORK FOR BANKS AND BANKING INSTITUTIONS, AND TO STRENGTHEN THE INDEPENDENCE, AUTHORITY AND FINANCIAL CAPABILITY OF THE PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04397 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (PAGASA), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04444 - AN ACT DECLARING EVERY JUNE 19 OF EVERY YEAR AS ‘ARAW NG PAGSULAT’, A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY • HB04462 - AN ACT PROVIDING MEASURES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN ABOARD MOTORCYCLES • HB04528 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04544 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A REVISED ANTI-CARNAPPING ACT, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6539, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘ANTI-CARNAPPING ACT OF 1972’ • HB04553 - AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES BY INSTITUTIONALIZING OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04557 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF • HB04558 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04577 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF THE PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE PROFESSION, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04590 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE PRINTING OF GRAPHIC HEALTH WARNINGS ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS • HB04591 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND UNIFIED STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THEREBY RATIONALIZING ACCESS THERETO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04593 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010 • HB04629 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04630 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PHILIPPINE HIGH SCHOOL FOR SPORTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HJR0007 - JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE CALAMITY FUND AND QUICK RESPONSE FUND, INCLUDING THOSE SOURCED FROM SAVINGS REALIGNED IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AS WELL AS ALL UNRELEASED/ UNOBLIGATED ALLOTMENTS COVERING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AND CAPITAL OUTLAYS UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10352 OR THE FY 2013 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2014, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 63 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS THEREIN • HR00123 - A RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO CREATE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATION • HR00206 - A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION FOR BAIL OF REPRESENTATIVE ABDULLAH D. DIMAPORO OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF LANAO DEL NORTE • HR00301 - A RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT TO ISSUE A PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION DONATING TO THE PHILIPPINE CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER THE LAND IT PRESENTLY OCCUPIES • HR00467 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY BILLION PESOS FROM THE UNSPENT PORTION OF THE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN BILLION PESOS OF THE SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND AND AS MAYBE DETERMINED FROM A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN BILLION PESOS OF THE UNPROGRAMMED FUNDS OF 2013 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, FOR THE RELIEF OPERATIONS, REHABILITATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND OTHER WORKS AND SERVICES IN AREAS AFFECTED BY NATURAL CALAMITIES • HR00537 - RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SANDIGANBAYAN TO GRANT HONORABLE GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF PAMPANGA, A CHRISTMAS FURLOUGH FOR HUMANITARIAN AND COMPASSIONATE CONSIDERATIONS • HR00547 - RESOLUTION COMMENDING OUR FILIPINO CHAMPIONS FOR THEIR TRIUMPH IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS AND FOR GIVING INSPIRATION TO OUR NATION IN THESE TRYING TIMES • HR00585 RESOLUTION COMMENDING SECRETARY CORAZON ‘DINKY’ SOLIMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) FOR HER STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND SELFLESS DEDICATION TO ALLEVIATE THE PLIGHT OF DISASTER-STRICKEN FILIPINOS • HR00697 - RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS TO DIRECT THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCY (POEA), OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) AND MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA) TO WAIVE PROCESSING, MEMBERSHIP, MEDICARE, SEAFARER’S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE AND SEAMAN BOOK FEES TO OFWs AND SEAMEN IN PROVINCES AFFECTED BY THE TYPHOON SANTI, THE NOVEMBER 2013 7.2-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE, AND SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA FOR ONE CALENDAR YEAR • HR00803 - A RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) TO AUGMENT AND INCREASE THE FINANCIAL GRANTS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED BUT DESERVING TERTIARY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS-STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (HEIs-SUCs) AND CHED-SUPERVISED INSTITUTIONS (CSIs) FROM TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P2,500.00) TO FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (5,000.00) PER SEMESTER, UNDER THE CHED SPECIAL STUDY GRANT PROGRAM FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS (CHED-SSGD), INCLUDING THE CONSTITUENCIES OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES • HR00810 - RESOLUTION URGING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUMMON PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON THE PEACE PROCESS TERESITA QUINTOS DELES AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT RESOURCE PERSONS IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THE BANGSAMORO BASIC LAW AND ITS FOUR ANNEXES • HR00819 - A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PRIVATIZATION, CORPORATIZATION, OR MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITAS, SUCH AS ITS INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES, HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCE, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IN RELATION TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6957, AS AMENDED BY R.A. NO. 7718 ENTITLED ‘AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’, AND OTHER RELATED LAWS • HR00825 - A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PROFOUND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY ON THE DEMISE OF RETIRED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SERAFIN ‘KA APIN’ R. CUEVAS, AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO GIVE COMMENDATION AND HONOR TO HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY’S JUSTICE SYSTEM • HR00842 - A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO GIVE COMMENDATION AND HONOR TO MICHAEL CHRISTIAN MARTINEZ FOR AN EXEMPLARY AND WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCE DURING THE 2014 SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS • HR00843 - A RESOLUTION TO CONDUCT A CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ALARMING RISE OF CRIMINALITY IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE YEAR 2013 • HR00870 - RESOLUTION FOR THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPENDING PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS THROUGH THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ORTHOPEDIC CENTER PROJECT • HR00917 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE ELEVATION OF ARCHBISHOP ORLANDO BELTRAN QUEVEDO INTO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS • HR00968 - RESOLUTION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION TO ASSESS THE CREDIBILITY AND ACCURACY OF THE EXISTING PCOS MACHINE IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION • HR00969 - RESOLUTION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE REPORTED INTERVENTION OF SOME INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE ARREST OF GLOBE ASIATIQUE PRESIDENT DELFIN LEE • HR01189 RESOLUTION APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER WITH URGENCY THE PENDING CASE OF BATAAN REPRESENTATIVE ENRIQUE T. GARCIA REGARDING THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SECTION 284 OF REPUBLIC ACT 7160 • HR01348 - A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO HONOR ROMMEL RHINO EDUSMA OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT COLLEGE FOUNDATION IN TACLOBAN CITY WITH A COMMENDATION FOR HIS TRAILBLAZING ACHIEVEMENT OF BEING THE TOPNOTCHER IN THE RECENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT BOARD EXAMINATIONS DESPITE THE SUFFERINGS HE ENDURED AFTER SURVIVING THE ONSLAUGHT OF SUPER TYPHOON ‘YOLANDA’ • HR01364 - A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE PHILIPPINE CHESS TEAM FOR FINISHING SECOND DURING THE 15TH ASEAN PLUS AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN SANDS COTAI CENTRAL, MACAU FROM JUNE 3 TO 12, 2014 • HR01365 - A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE OFFICIALS AND ATHLETES OF THE MUAY THAI ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR WINNING MEDALS DURING THE WORLD MUAYTHAI CHAMPIONSHIP HELD IN LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA ON MAY 1-10, 2014 • HR01404 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING LUIS GABRIEL MORENO FOR WINNING THE COUNTRY’S FIRST EVER GOLD MEDAL IN AN OLYMPIC COMPETITION DURING THE 2014 SUMMER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN NANJING, CHINA • HR01405 - A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE AND THE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE EXISTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED) AND COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP IN THE COUNTRY

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Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

Hon. Arturo Robes Lone District - San Jose Del Monte Bulacan

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Social Services • Legislative Franchises • Agrarian Reform • Appropriations • Good Government And Public Accountability

• Government Enterprises And Privatization • Housing And Urban Development • Rural Development • Transportation

Arthur B. Robes (born November 6, 1963) is a Filipino politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been elected to second termer as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Lone District of San Jose del Monte City. He first won election to Congress in 2007.

Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

Various Projects of Cong. Arturo Robes • Helped established Bulacan Polytechnic College - CSJDM Campus offers 2-year courses.

• Supported Computer Van-Aralan Program in 4 batches, • Tech/Voc courses at the TESDA through this project ARTHUR (Access to Responsive Training for Human Resource) offered Call Center Agent, Welding, Commercial Cooking, Massage Therapy, and Reflexology.

• Collegiate courses, in coordination with CHED for tertiary students • Facilitated the donation of various medical equipment/ supplies sent by the Filipino Nurses Association in California, These were distributed to the Ospital ng Lungsod ng San Jose Del Monte, and Rural Health Units. For this, he was named an Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the Filipino Nurses Association - California, USA. • Initiated lot donations by the NHA to various barangays • Initiated the distribution of Philhealth Card • Extended help in the electrification project of Vista Verde HOA. • Implemented and implements regularly Medical-Dental Mission, Feeding Program, Oplan Linaw-Mata with the support of government agencies

• Extended and continually extends, medical and hospital assistance to indigent patients of CSJDM to the UP-PGH, Philippine Heart Center, Philippine Orthopedic Center, East Avenue Medical Center, San Lazaro Hospital, National Kidney & Transplant Institute, Dr. Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital.

• Continuous repair and rehabilitation of national roads, through DPWH • Continuous construction of 2-storey public school buildings with 8 classrooms, in coordination of the DepEd • Construction of multipurpose buildings in various Barangays and school campuses to be used for graduation ceremonies, extracurricular activities and civic events.

• Construction of a number of day-care centers.

• Continuous construction, repair and rehabilitation of creek, path walk, retaining-wall slope protection, impounding facilities and small dams for water reservoir.

• Construction of new multipurpose halls for a number of SB councils.

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HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB00863 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN RAFAEL II, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN RAFAEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB00864 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A BRANCH OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF BULACAN IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

IN BARANGAY MUZON, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN JOSE DEL MONTE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04257 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY GAYA-GAYA, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARANGAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB00865 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS ST. BERNADETTE’S MATERNITY AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB04494 - AN ACT CREATING A BRANCH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN TO BE STATIONED AT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (C), OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB00866 - AN ACT CREATING A BRANCH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT (RTC) IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14 OF THE BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980”, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB04603 - AN ACT CREATING TWO LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, BULACAN, FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 58 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8797, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, BULACAN INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE’ AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB00867 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING CENTER, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA), IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB04604 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY FRANCISCO HOMES - GUIJO, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE GUIJO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

• HB01279 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MUZON, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN JOSE DEL MONTE HEIGHTS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB01280 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY GAYA-GAYA, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARANGAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB02429 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE IGAY - MONTALBAN PROVINCIAL ROAD IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, INTO A NATIONAL ROAD • HB02538 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAN JOSE DEL MONTE MARILAO PROVINCIAL ROAD IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, INTO A NATIONAL ROAD • HB03350 - AN ACT GRANTING THE ROBERT CABILIDA NETWORK, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES • HB04254 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN MANUEL, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN MANUEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04255 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN MANUEL, CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SAN MANUEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04256 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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• HB05154 - AN ACT GRANTING THE PIPOL BROADBAND AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES • HR00414 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO INQUIRE IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE CURRENT STATUS AND CORPORATE STRUCTURE OF MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO) TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF ITS LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9209 • HR00415 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROBABLE VIOLATIONS OF ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF ITS LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7966 AND GLOBE TELECOM, INC. (FORMERLY GLOBE MACKAY CABLE AND RADIO CORPORATION) OF ITS LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7229 • HR00465 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO INVESTIGATE THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (PNCC) DESPITE HAVING AN EXPIRED FRANCHISE AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION ON THE MATTER • HR01575 - RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) TO INCLUDE ALL FAMILIES WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE DISABILITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, AS AUTOMATIC BENEFICIARIES OF THE PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps) AND TO PROVIDE FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR THESE FAMILIES

BY MODIFYING THE CONDITIONALITIES OF THE 4Ps PROGRAM TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE AND REASONABLE COMPLIANCE

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HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB00025 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB00151 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NURSING LAW TOWARDS QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE RA 9173 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 2002 • HB00245 - AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000) AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,000) • HB00458 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 10, 11, 22 AND 24 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 776, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES’, AS AMENDED • HB00596 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000” • HB02312 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING REDUCED RATES OF INTERCONNECTION CHARGES FOR VOICE CALLS AND FOR TEXT MESSAGES AMONG TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATORS/NETWORKS/CARRIERS WITHIN THE NEXT THREE (3) YEARS IN ORDER TO BENEFIT OVER EIGHTY FIVE (85) MILLION MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02318 - AN ACT MANDATING A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OWNED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO GRANT FREE HOSPITALIZATION TO INDIGENT SENIOR CITIZEN • HB02320 - AN ACT BANNING A FUNERAL AGENT FROM ENTRY INTO ANY HOSPITAL WITH INTENT OF HAVING A FAMILY MEMBER OF A DYING OR TERMINALLY-ILL PATIENT SIGN A CONTRACT AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES IN VIOLATION THEREOF • HB02343 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THOSE WITH HEARING AND SPEECH IMPAIRMENT • HB02358 - AN ACT REQUIRING ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO POOR BUT DESERVING STUDENTS REPRESENTING AT LEAST ONE PERCENT (1%) OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION • HB02359 - AN ACT PROVIDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FREE ADMISSION IN ALL PUBLIC MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL SHRINES • HB02449 - AN ACT REQUIRING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES TO INSTALL CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) CAMERAS IN THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS AS A MEANS TO DETER CRIME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02575 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM TO DECLARE DIVIDENDS, FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 1161 ACCORDINGLY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02630 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02687 - AN ACT CREATING THE QUEZON CITY HOUSING AND URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY (QC-HURA), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FOR ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CAPITALIZATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB02747 - AN ACT PENALIZING THE IMPOSITION OF A ‘NO PERMIT, NO EXAM’ POLICY OR ANY SUCH POLICY THAT PROHIBITS STUDENTS OF POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION FROM TAKING THEIR MIDTERM OR FINAL EXAMINATIONS DUE TO UNPAID TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES • HB02788 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION SERVICE NETWORK FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWD) THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWD) EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION OFFICE IN EVERY PROVINCE, KEY CITY AND OTHER STRATEGIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY • HB02985 - AN ACT TO REGULATE PUBLIC SOLICITATION PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03225 - AN ACT TO REGULATE PUBLIC SOLICITATION PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03899 - AN ACT CREATING THE QUEZON CITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (QCDA), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FOR ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CAPITALIZATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB03925 - AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL RIGHTS AND WELL BEING OF BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS TOWARDS QUALITY HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7883, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS’ BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES ACT OF 1995’ • HB04022 - AN ACT DECLARING EVERY THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER AS ‘NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK’ • HB04114 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONDONATION OF LOAN, INCLUDING THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, UNPAID INTERESTS AND PENALTIES, INCURRED BY THE BENGUET ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (BENECO) IN 2006 FROM THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (NEA), EXCLUSIVELY TO FUND ITS SITIO ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS IN BENGUET

• HB04352 - AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS ‘THE PHILIPPINE GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM (GMO) LABELING ACT, THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW-ACT’ REQUIRING THE MANDATORY LABELING AND REGULATION OF FOOD WHICH ARE GMOs OR CONTAINING SUBSTANCES DERIVED FROM GMOs AND THOSE PRODUCED BY GENETIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04393 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION, ENHANCING THE EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY, GRANTING INCENTIVES TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB04528 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04558 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING SPECIAL EDUCATION (SPED) CENTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04591 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND UNIFIED STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THEREBY RATIONALIZING ACCESS THERETO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB04629 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF THE POOR • HB04650 - AN ACT REGULATING PUBLIC SOLICITATIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1564, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLICITATION PERMIT LAW” • HB04877 - AN ACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL DAM IN BAYABAS, DONA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD BULACAN TO AUGMENT THE ACTIVE CAPACITY OF THE ANGAT DAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREOF • HB04968 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB05144 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ON-SITE, IN-CITY OR NEARCITY RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM FOR INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PEOPLE’S PLAN AND MANDATING RELOCATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PROVIDE OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND LIVELIHOOD COMPONENTS IN FAVOR OF THE RECIPIENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992’ • HJR0010 - JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TRANSFER, SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF THE CONTROLLING INTEREST OF ZEST AIRWAYS, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS ASIAN SPIRIT, INC. TO AIR ASIA, INC. • HR00180 - A RESOLUTION URGING HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY TO IMMEDIATELY DIRECT MANILA WATER COMPANY AND MAYNILAD WATER TO SPECIFY WATER CONSUMPTION CORRESPONDING TO THE AMOUNT OF BASIC CHARGE AS A PROTECTION FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS/CLIENTS/END-USERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HR00181 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND • HR00206 - A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION FOR BAIL OF REPRESENTATIVE ABDULLAH D. DIMAPORO OF THE SECOND DISTRICT OF LANAO DEL NORTE • HR00230 - A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGH SPEED RAILWAY SYSTEM THAT WILL CONNECT METRO MANILA, PARTICULARLY, NAIA TO CLARK, TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLARK AS A PREMIER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT • HR00597 - URGENT RESOLUTION REITERATING ADHERENCE TO THE TIME-HONORED PRINCIPLE ON THE EXCLUSIVITY OF JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL (HRET) OVER ALL CONTESTS RELATING TO THE ELECTION, RETURNS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS MEMBERS TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY, DIGNITY AND REPUTATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ITS MEMBERS • HR00819 - A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PRIVATIZATION, CORPORATIZATION, OR MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITAS, SUCH AS ITS INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES, HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCE, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IN RELATION TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6957, AS AMENDED BY R.A. NO. 7718 ENTITLED ‘AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’, AND OTHER RELATED LAWS • HR01174 - A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN URGING SECRETARY FRANCIS ‘KIKO’ PANGILINAN TO SUBSIDIZE THE IRRIGATION FEES COLLECTED FROM FARMERS BY THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION (NIA)

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Hon. Angelina “Helen” D.L. Tan, M.D. 4th District - Quezon COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Labor And Employment • Social Services • Agriculture And Food • Appropriations • Aquaculture And Fisheries Resources • Health

• Overseas Workers Affairs • Population And Family Relations • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Development • Southern Tagalog Development • Women And Gender Equality

Angelina “Helen” D.L. Tan, M.D. traces her humble beginnings to the idyllic town of Rosario, Batangas and the coastal communities of Quezon. Born to a poor family, Helen - as she is fondly called by her constituents - a doctor to the barrio and the poor and now Representative of the 4th District of Quezon, worked her way to school until she earned her degree in Nursing and later on becoming a medical practitioner with training in internal medicine.

To further her knowledge and better serve the people, she took up a post graduate course and earned her Master in Business Administration in Health at the Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business. She then served in various public hospitals to cater to the poor and underprivileged. Later on, she founded the RAKKK Prophet Medical Center, Inc., a tertiary hospital in Gumaca, Quezon, to continue her practice of medicine and advocacy of providing quality and affordable healthcare to the public.

During the mid-year elections of 2013, she successfully broke the glass ceiling of the 4th District of Quezon’s traditional politics by putting an end to the reign of an influential political clan. After humbling the “Goliaths”, Rep. Helen Tan now stands tall as a staunch advocate of health and champion of genuine public service.

Her strong character and unwavering faith, indomitable will and gentle promise of “Tunay at Natural” brand of new politics won her the overwhelming support, admiration and respect of a people longing for truthful change and meaningful reforms.

This dynamic legislator and public servant is also a woman of passion and compassion.

She is strong-willed but reasonable. Her advocacy is clear and cannot be compromised: A progressive District with reliable services and empowered citizenry.

Rep. Tan, a successful entrepreneur and civic minded professional, is happily married to Engineer Ronnel Tan, an equally highly driven public servant and one of Quezon’s most respected citizens, with whom she has three (3) beautiful grown up children - Keith Mikhal, Kate Michal, and Keith Micah – and a bubbly grand son Keith Malik.

Outstanding Congressman Award 2014 Dra. Helen Tan’s prescription, doing wonders for her constituents On the heels of her election as representative of the 4th District of Quezon, Dra. Helen, as she is fondly called by her supporters, made it her strong resolve to bring HEALing to the lives of her constituents that for long have been deprived of the essential HEALth services they badly need. Rep. Angelina “Helen” D.L. Tan, M.D., as the neophyte solon is now officially addressed by her peers, has of course Health Education Agriculture and Livelihood in mind when she first set foot to represent her people in the august halls of the House of Representatives.

Health As a medical specialist that is widely recognized for her work as “doctor to the barrios”, it is not surprising that health agenda would be on top of her legislative advocacies. The solon even after her election still makes medical mission in the far-flung barangays a part of her regular schedules. Dubbed as the Lingap sa Mamamayan Tulong Pangkalusugan: “Libreng GamuTAN”, this medical outreach is a continuing public service initiative that started even before she entered politics. It remains a highlight of her present and varied engagement as legislator. Her medical mission provides basic social and health services for free to the indigents like medical check-up, dental extraction, eye check-up, cyst screening, pap smear, chest X-ray, ECG, fasting blood sugar, including the provision of free medicines.

Shortly after she authored the “Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Plan Act” that received a bandwagon of support from the legislators and various health organizations and professionals in the country, Rep. Tan is now recognized as the primary advocate of the fight against this deadly and ancient disease that victimizes many poor Filipinos.

Also included in her long list of health services are the “Libreng GamoT At Nutrisyon sa mga Barangay”; “Barangay Health Workers Enhancement Project”; and “Libreng Operasyon sa Bukol” for indigent patients.

Education Foremost among her programs in the area of education is the provision of scholarship to poor but deserving students. Like her medical mission, Rep. Tan’s free education program started way back her pre-Congress days. Since 1991, countless students not only from her district were able to receive college education and skills training largely because of her support. Today, the Congw. Helen Tan Scholarship Program or popularly known as “BalikaTAN para sa Maunlad na Kinabukasan: Pangarap na Edukasyon Tara Na, Ngayon Na!” has made possible the dream of many students to finish their education. To compliment this effort, she also launched the “Congw.

Helen Tan Education Caravan” which endeavors to inculcate the value of education among students and encourage them to pursue higher education or hone their skills through vocational training.

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Agriculture A farmer’s daughter, Rep. Tan is fully aware of the impoverished condition of subsistence farmers. To help increase their income and raise the frequency of their crop harvests, she spearheaded the intercropping of cacao, coffee, sugar palm (kaong), and pigeon pea (kadyos), which can be used to fight malnutrition in children, with food crops. Such initiative also provides farmers with better opportunities to diversify and expand their resources. Moreover, she took the cudgels for the fisherfolk sector by sponsoring the historic “First 4th District Fishery Summit” in Quezon which put to light the pressing concerns of the fishery sector and explored possible initiatives and cooperation in improving the plight of poor fishermen.

Livelihood Providing her constituents with viable and sustainable means of livelihood is an integral part of Rep. Tan’s prescription to uplift the living conditions of her people consistent with her vision of “Maunlad na Distritong Iniangat ng Maaasahang Serbisyo at Makapangyarihang Mamamayan”.

Included in her line-up of livelihood initiatives is the conduct of community-based training and livelihood projects that will provide workforce in the 4th District of Quezon with world-class competence and positive work values. She hopes that these trainings will enable many out-of-school youth and unemployed individuals to find gainful employment and augment the incomes of their families.

Her advocacy to advance women empowerment and promote gender equality and development led her to organize the “4K: Kababaihan KabalikaTAN Para sa Kapakanan at Kaunlaran ng Bayan”. Through this program, Rep. Tan was able to introduce various activities that provide marginalized women in her district with livelihood projects such as skills training and development and capability building initiatives. She is committed to make the country’s economic growth “inclusive”, especially for women, by ensuring that they have the opportunity to be equipped with or have ready access to needed capital.

Rep. Tan’s concern for the “masa” has caused her to become a “Go-Negosyo” advocate being one of the authors of Republic Act No. 10644 or the “Go-Negosyo” Law which aims to help micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) develop and expand in their respective areas that will provide more opportunities and livelihood for their respective communities.

She vigorously worked for the passage of this landmark law as Member of the House of Representatives’ contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee.

Sariling Sikap Projects Rep. Helen’s willingness to shell out funds to meet the pressing needs of her constituents even at her own personal expense is a clear testament of her dedicated service to the people.

That is why she was never bothered by the Supreme Court’s decision to declare the pork barrel or the Priority Development Assistance Fund as unconstitutional. Now, Rep. Tan perseveringly makes both ends meet by tapping on the funds of concerned agencies of the government and the private sector and utilizing the corporate responsibility of various institutions to ensure that essential services will be delivered to the public. To date, she has already mobilized an estimated Ten Million Pesos to make possible the provision of infrastructure and social services to various barangays or communities in her district.

Truly, Rep. Helen is just what the doctor prescribed for the 4th District of Quezon and she is strongly committed to live up to the mission of providing her constituents with Serbisyong Tunay At Natural.

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REPUBLIC ACTS AUTHORED/CO-AUTHORED Authored: • Republic Act 10644 - “Go-Negosyo” Law • Republic Act No. 10645 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010”.

CO-AUTHORED: • Republic act 10643 - Graphic Health Warnings on Tobacco Products • Republic Act RA10640 - Further Strengthening The Anti-Drug Campaign of the Government

HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB258 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ACCESS OF MINORS TO ALCOHOLIC OR INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR BEVERAGE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB259 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL PLAN FOR TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION, DETECTION, TREATMENT AND CONTROL AND PROVIDING RELIABLE DRUGS SUPPLY AND FREE LABORATORY MONITORING SERVICE TO TB PATIENT • HB1034 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS • HB2305 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN EVERY REGION NATIONWIDE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB2306 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FREE BASIC MEDICINES PROGRAM IN ALL BARANGAY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB2339 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE RURAL HEALTH UNITS TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES IN THE FARFLUNG AREAS OF THE COUNTRY • HB2340 - AN ACT BANNING THE IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE OF CHILDREN’S FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERS CONTAINING BISPHENOL A, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB2341 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB2772 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING CENTER IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF QUEZON, TO BE LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGKAWAYAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB2773 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TRAINING CENTER IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF QUEZON, TO BE LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALABAT, PROVINCE OF QUEZON AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB2774 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MIDWIFERY SCHOLARSHIP AND PLACEMENT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB2995 - AN ACT MANDATING ALL NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE (1) WOMEN AND CHILDREN PROTECTION UNIT (WCPU) IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOSPITAL AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB3063 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MULTIPLICATION OF CRABS AND SHRIMPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGKAWAYAN, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3064 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF QUEZON, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3065 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MULTIPLICATION OF CRABS AND SHRIMPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALAUAG, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3066 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PEREZ, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3067 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALABAT, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3068 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MAULAWIN SPRING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUINAYANGAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON AS A PROTECTED AREA UNDER THE CATEGORY OF PROTECTED LANDSCAPE, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB3069 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MULTIPLICATION OF CRABS AND SHRIMPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY GUINAYANGAN, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3171 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TRADING CENTER FOR MARINE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATIMONAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3172 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 2, SUB-PARAGRAPH H OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010’ • HB3173 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE MINIMUM SALARY GRADE LEVEL OF TEACHERS FROM SALARY GRADE 11 TO 19 • HB3174 - AN ACT REQUIRING ALL PUBLIC HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO ESTABLISH AN INMATES’ WARD IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOSPITAL • HB3175 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010’ • HB3176 -AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM TAX ALL ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS GRANTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES • HB3177 - AN ACT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENTS, SUPPORTING AGING PARENTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB3178 - AN ACT PROMOTING THE TREATMENT AND ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 12 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10606, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL FILIPINOS AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE • HB3244 - AN ACT REQUIRING ALL PROVINCES AND CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO ACQUIRE PORTABLE WATER FILTERS TO ENSURE POTABLE WATER SUPPLY DURING DISASTERS • HB3369 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY APPOINTMENT OF A NUTRITION OFFICER IN ALL PROVINCES, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE COUNTRY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE XXI, SECTION 491 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 • HB3370 - AN ACT PROVIDING PROVISIONAL RELIEF TO CERTAIN VICTIMS OF TYPHOONS, EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS OR OTHER SIMILAR DISASTERS BY GRANTING SPECIAL DEDUCTIONS FROM INCOME AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES IN THEIR FAVOR • HB3371 - AN ACT PROVIDING SAFETY FOR TAXI PASSENGERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB3372 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT EVACUATION CENTERS IN EVERY PROVINCE, CITY, MUNICIPALITY AND OTHER STRATEGIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY • HB3503 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING TAXI PASSENGERS’ RIGHTS AND SAFETY • HB3539 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE GUINAYANGAN - SUMULONG PROVINCIAL ROAD FROM BARANGAY POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF GUINAYANGAN TO BARANGAY SUMULONG, MUNICIPALITY OF CALAUAG, ALL OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB3974 – AN ACT INCREASING THE CEILING OF THE 13TH MONTH PAY, CHRISTMAS BONUS AND OTHER BENEFITS EXCLUDED FROM THE COMPUTATION OF GROSS INCOME FOR THE PURPOSES OF INCOME TAXATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 32 (B), CHAPTER VI OF THE NATIONAL INTER REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED • HB4000 – AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4226, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “HOSPITAL LICENSURE ACT” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB4277 - AN ACT PROMOTING THE REDUCTION OF POVERTY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES – (Republic Act 10644) • HB4278 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 24 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB4279 - AN ACT PROVIDING TAX CREDIT TO PHYSICIANS RENDERING PRO BONO SERVICES TO INDIGENT PATIENTS • HB4280 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A DENTAL SERVICE IN EVERY RURAL HEALTH UNIT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4281 - AN ACT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENT CANCER PATIENTS AND ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE A CANCER ASSISTANCE FUND • HB4378 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE SUBMISSION OF A VALID NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) CLEARANCE BEFORE ANY FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURE CAN BE PERFORMED TO ANY PERSON • HB4379 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION, SECURITY AND BENEFITS OF WHISTLEBLOWERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4560 - AN ACT ACCREDITING THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AS THE INTEGRATED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINES • HB4593 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS,

AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010 • HB4811 - AN ACT PROVIDING THE ENABLING MECHANISMS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF COCONUT SUGAR IN THE COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4812 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUMACA, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4813 - AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREEFOR • HB4814 - AN ACT PROVIDING COCONUT HUSK DECORTICATING FACILITIES TO COCONUT FARMERS • HB4815 - AN ACT PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE DEPENDENTS OF FARMERS • HB4816 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE EXPANSION OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BY PRIVATE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS AS A CONDITION FOR THE INCREASE IN TUITION FEE AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES APPLICATION • HB4817 - AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING SKILLS TRAINING AND RETRAINING • HB4840 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALAUAG, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4841 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATIMONAN, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4842 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4843 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF QUEZON, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4844 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALABAT, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB 4845 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUINAYANGAN, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4846 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGKAWAYAN, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4847 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LOPEZ, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4848 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COCO COIR TUFTING PLANT FACILITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PEREZ, QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4856 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MULTIPLICATION OF CRABS AND SHRIMPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATIMONAN, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4857 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MULTIPLICATION OF CRABS AND SHRIMPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4858 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-PURPOSE FISHERY BREEDING FARM AND HATCHERY FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MULTIPLICATION OF CRABS AND SHRIMPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUMACA, IN QUEZON PROVINCE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HB4957 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE RAINFED AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES • HB4958 – AN ACT PROVIDING FOR LOCAL ABSENTEE VOTING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES • HB4959 – AN ACT PROVIDING FOR LOCAL ABSENTEE VOTING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS • HB4960 – AN ACT PROVIDING FOR LOCAL ABSENTEE VOTING FOR LAWYERS • HB5012 – AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL INDIGENT, ABANDONED AND ORPHANED PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDs) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR • HJR06 - JOINT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO IMMEDIATELY CONVENE A FISHERIES CODE COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE REVIEW OF REPUBLIC ACT 8550 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998’ TO DETERMINE IF THE LAW ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVE IN PROTECTING THE MARINE AND WATER ENVIRONMENT FROM FURTHER EXPLOITATION AND DESTRUCTION, UPLIFTING THE LIVES OF MARGINAL FISHERMEN, AND ENSURING FOOD SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY • HR34 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED PERFORMANCE OF STEM CELL TREATMENTS IN NON-HEALTH FACILITIES WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND TO RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE POLICIES OR SAFETY STANDARDS IN THE CONDUCT OF STEM CELL THERAPY IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE END VIEW OF PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND UPHOLDING THE WELL BEING OF PATIENTS • HR88 - RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION’s (NIA’s) UNFINISHED IRRIGATION PROJECTS, ALLEGED UNUTILIZED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, DISPOSITION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS PROCEEDS OF LOANS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND CAPABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE IRRIGATION NEEDS OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR • HR171 - RESOLUTION COMMENDING JONATHAN ALLEN YABUT FOR WINNING ‘THE APPRENTICE ASIA’, THE ASIAN VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN REALITY SHOW, ‘THE APPRENTICE’, HIS VICTORY A TESTAMENT TO THE CAPACITY OF THE FILIPINO TO BECOME GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS AND MARKETING THROUGH HARD WORK, PROFESSIONALISM AND SELF-CONFIDENCE, THUS BRINGING PRIDE AND HONOR TO THE COUNTRY • HR272 - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONGRATULATING DR. ERNESTO DOMINGO FOR BEING THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2013 RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD • HR349 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING MS. MEGAN YOUNG FOR MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST-EVER FILIPINO TO WIN THE MISS WORLD CROWN ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2013 IN NUSA DUA, BALI, INDONESIA • HR391 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED 40% INCREASE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV), WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE FATAL ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING A PROACTIVE INTERVENTION THAT WILL CURB ITS CONTINUOUS SPREAD AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC • HR395 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE MULTIPLE-VEHICLE COLLISION IN ATIMONAN, QUEZON PROVINCE THAT KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE AND SERIOUSLY INJURED MANY PASSENGERS TO DETERMINE WHAT CORRECTIVE MEASURES SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT SIMILAR TRAGEDIES IN THE FUTURE • HR636 - RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING MISS PHILIPPINES BEA ROSE SANTIAGO FOR WINNING THE TITLE MISS INTERNATIONAL 2013 • HR657 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE OUTBREAK OF DEADLY MEASLES IN METRO MANILA, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING A PROACTIVE INTERVENTION TO CURB ITS CONTINUOUS SPREAD AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC • HR659 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE EXPANDED PROGRAM ON IMMUNIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF RECOMMENDING A MORE EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROPRIATE MEASURES AND INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATION AGAINST THE MOST COMMON VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES • HR1048 - RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY URGING HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III TO DECLARE THE YEAR 2015 AS THE NATIONAL AIR POLLUTION AWARENESS YEAR TO HEIGHTEN PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE WORSENING AIR POLLUTION IN THE COUNTRY AND THE RISK OF INCREASED CANCER CASES BROUGHT ABOUT

BY THE ESCALATING LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING MEASURES TO MINIMIZE, IF NOT ERADICATE, AIR POLLUTANTS AND PROVIDE THE PUBLIC A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT • HR1199 - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO ASSESS AND REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NO BALANCE BILLING (NBB) POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE COMPLIANCE OF HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT EVERY POOR FILIPINO’S RIGHT TO HEALTH IS TRULY PROTECTED • HR1452 – RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT IT WILL BE USED PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL COCONUT FARMERS AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COCONUT INDUSTRY

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Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

Hon. Irwin Tieng Representative - Buhay Party-list

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • Globalization And Wto • Housing And Urban Development • Basic Education And Culture • Government Enterprises And Privatization • Higher And Technical Education • Public Works And Highways

• Small Business & Entrepreneurship Development • Social Services • Ways And Means • Welfare Of Children • Youth And Sports Development

Now on his third term as Representative of Buhay Party-list, Cong. Irwin Tieng has earned a considerable track record. The youngest during the 14th Congress, his experience exposed him to a diverse set of public issues and provided him with the opportunity to witness the critical role that a public servant plays in helping our fellowmen.

Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

He has created educational programs in partnership with other government agencies particularly involving the education of the youth and improvement of basic social services, with the end view of alleviating poverty. He was able to help several of his constituents to get jobs, locally and abroad, through his educational assistance program in CHED and TESDA. Health care is also his priority, particularly concerning the Person’s with Disability (PWD). He was conferred as the Champion of the UN Convention on the rights of the PWD’s because of his active involvement on the rights of children with autism and cerebral palsied. Likewise, his medical assistance and medical missions have benefited thousands of his constituents. His other projects that aim to address health care services include the acquisition of mobile clinics and ambulances, and wheelchair donations.

Focusing on the improvement of the economic status of the Philippines, he has formulated bills that were eventually passed into laws, to wit: RA 9504, Additional Personal

Exemption for each dependent from P8,000 to P25,000; RA 9995, Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act; RA 9640, Lowering Amusement Tax from 30% to 10%; RA 10088, AntiCamcording; RA 10372, Amending the Copyright Law and RA 10175, Cybercrime Prevention Act. Rep. Tieng is the Chairman of the Special Committee on Globalization and World Trade and the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Housing and Urban Development. He is also a member of the following committees, to wit: Basic Education, Social Services, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development, Welfare of Children, and Youth and Sports Development.

Commonly known to his friends and family as “Irwin”, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from De La Salle University-College of St. Benilde and earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the Ateneo De Manila Professional School. He is a commissioned Reserve Officer of the Philippine Navy-Marines with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

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Outstanding Congressman Award 2014

HOUSE MEASURES SPONSORED/AUTHORED • HB00910 An act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in connection with admission to an institution of higher education, and for other purposes

• HB00924 An act penalizing landlords and building owner’s whose tenants manufacture, distribute and sell pirated cd’s and dvd’s on or out of the leased premises

• HB00911 An act to create a value added tax free weekend for certain covered items

• HB00925 An act to require all franchise holders or operators of television stations and producers of television programs to broadcast or present their programs with closed captions, and for other purposes

• HB00912 An act amending section 14 of republic act no.

6539 otherwise known as the “anti-carnapping act of 1972” as amended by republic act no. 7659 • HB00913 An act to establish prisoner’s contrition and contribution to society, and for other purposes • HB00914 An act to prohibit animal crush video, and providing penalties for violations thereof • HB00915 An act to prohibit online piracy and providing penalties for violation thereof • HB00916 An act making automated teller machines accessible to the visually-impaired individuals • HB00917 An act defining and penalizing the crime of cyber-bullying • HB00918 An act amending republic act no. 9225, otherwise known as the “citizenship retention and re-acquisition act of 2003” • HB00919 An act defining the crime of stalking and providing penalties therefore • HB00920 An act penalizing the maintenance of a den or any place for cyber sex activities or exhibition of private acts, and for other purposes

• HB00926 An act defining the liability of the owners, operators and managers of parking lots collecting fees, and for other related purposes • HB00927 An act providing for the integration of the Philippine medical association, and for other related purposes thereof • HB00928 An act restoring the Philippine inventors commission, defining its powers, functions and duties, and for other purposes that will encourage the generation, development, manufacture, promotion and market of the Philippine inventions • HB00929 An act defining the offense of reckless driving and providing penalties for the commission thereof and for other related purposes • HB00930 An act providing for a comprehensive accessible and affordable early detection and timely intervention services for children with mental illness

• HB00921 An act requiring local government units to use garbage trucks with onboard compactor for the collection and transportation of solid waste and for other purposes

• HB00931 An act prohibiting the withholding of students’ official records for transfer purposes by reason of non-payment of school tuition fees and other necessary fees,and for other purposes

• HB00922 An act amending certain provisions of republic act 9344, otherwise known as the juvenile justice and welfare act of 2006”, and for other purposes

• HB01165 An act to prohibit and penalize reading, composing and sending electronic messages while driving, and for other purposes

• HB00923 An act to prohibit and penalize the sale and dispensing of cytotec or misoprostol drug, and for other purposes

• HB03089 An act creating a national transportation safety board, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes

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HOUSE MEASURES CO-AUTHORED • HB01782 An act establishing a national cancer center to be known as the Philippine national cancer center and appropriating funds therefor • HB02071 An act increasing the additional exemption for taxpayers with dependents incapable of self-support because of mental or physical, defect or with disabilities and both spouses to claim the same, amending for the purpose section 35 (b) of republic act no. 8424, as amended by republic act no. 9504, otherwise known as the national internal revenue code of the Philippines, and for other purposes • HB02272 An act requiring mandatory seminar on traffic rules and regulations for all public utility vehicle drivers • HB02273 An act requiring amusement rides owners to have annual and daily ride inspections • HB02274 An act establishing a gynecologic cancer public education and awareness campaign, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes

• HB02275 An act mandating the department of transportation and communications to evaluate, approve and accredit motor vehicle accident prevention courses and requiring all licensed drivers to undergo such courses before the issuance of their drivers’ licenses, and for other purposes • HB02276 An act requiring the mandatory compliance by all motorcycle drivers and operators to automatically turn on and ride with their headlights on at all hours of the day and night on all roads • HB02277 An act providing for mandatory annual inspection of all public and private school buildings by the city or municipal engineer or building official and for other related purposes • HB02278 An act to require country of origin labeling on prescription and over-the-counter drugs • HB02279 An act giving tax credit to physicians rendering pro bono services to poor patients

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