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- Title/Date
Filed: House Bill No. 5766
An Act Providing for the Retention of Philippine Citizenship
by Natural Born Filipino Citizens who acquire Foreign
citizenship, amending for the purpose Commonwealth
Act No. 63,as amended, and for other purposes
(Filed
February 17, 2003)
Status:
For Referral
Main
Features:
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Natural born citizens who have lost their citizenship
upon naturalization in a foreign country are allowed
to retain their Filipino citizenship with a condition
that they register their intent to retail their Filipino
citizenship and manifest their loyalty and allegiance
to the Republic of the Philippines.
- Rights and Duties of these Filipino expatriates
such as the right to suffrage, to exploit natural
resources, to campaign and run for public office,
and more, are laid down in this bill.
- Title/Date
Filed: House Bill No. 1608
An Act Providing For A System Of Absentee Voting And
Registration For Qualified Filipinos Abroad, And Appropriating
Funds Therefor
(Filed July 30, 2001)
Status:
RA No. 9189 (February 13, 2003)
Main
Features:
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To enable Filipinos living or working abroad to exercise
their right of suffrage, this bill provides for Absentee
voting and registration in accordance with existing
election laws concerning qualifications of voters
- Significant guidelines such as on the notice of
election, on the application to avail of absentee
voting, on the campaign of parties and candidates,
balloting procedures and other regular election guidelines
applicable to absentee voters are likewise set forth
in this bill
- Title/Date
Filed: House Bill No. 3271
An Act To Open Loan Windows for Filipino Migrant Workers,
amending for the purpose sec 6 (A) and 21 of Republic
Act No. 8042, Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers
and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
(September
27, 2001)
Status:
Awaiting 1st Committee Hearing
Main
Features:
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To enable Filipinos living or working abroad to exercise
their right of suffrage, this bill provides for Absentee
voting and registration in accordance with existing
election laws concerning qualifications of voters
- A Migrant Workers Loan Guarantee Fund is created,
with a revolving amount of P100Million, to expand
the grant of pre-departure loans including loans of
placement fee and family assistance to migrant workers
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 951
Resolution urging the Committee on Foreign Affairs
to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into
the economic and social implications of the Bilateral
Free Trade Agreements entered into and being worked
on by the Association of South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN) with various East Asian countries to the Philippines
(Filed
January 15, 2003)
Status:
For Committee Deliberation
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 196
Resolution urging the Office of the President, the
National Security Council and the Department of Foreign
Affairs to make a report and inform the House of Representatives
and the public in general on the "All out support
policy"
(Filed
September 18, 2001)
Status:
1st Committee hearing
- Title/Date
Filed:
House Resolution No. 302
Resolution inquiring into the contradicting statements
issued by Malacanang and by Foreign Affairs Secretary
Teofisto Guingona re the military arrangements between
the Philippines and the United States
(Filed November 22, 2001)
Status:
House Resolution 93 as adapted by the House
of Representatives
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 545
A
resolution urging the House of Representatives through
its appropriate committees to investigate, in aid
of legislation, the nature, powers and functions of
the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in
Taiwan in its performance of consular duties
(Filed May 7, 2002)
Status:
HR 263 as adapted by HOR
Main
Features:
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Investigation on the functions of the Manila Economic
and Cultural Office, formerly the ASECTAI, fit the
purpose of determining whether or not it is subject
to audit pursuant to the provision of the GAA of 2002
that "all income received by an entity, agency
or office, whether public or private, performing consular
functions and activities including fees and charges
collected by foreign mission, shall be duly recorded
as income of the General Fund"
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 694
Resolution
urging the House of Representatives, through its appropriate
committee, to inquire, in aid of legislation, into
the effect on the Philippine jurisdiction over five
(5) Abu Sayyaf leaders Indicted by the United States
government
(Filed August 8, 2002)
Status:
For deliberation
- Title/Date
Filed: House
Resolution No. 736
Resolution urging the government to initiate the Philippine
claim on the Island of Sabah and other Islands of
North Borneo forming part of the historic sultanate
of Sulu as part of the Philippine territory before
the International Court of Justice, the Hague and
for other purposes
(Filed
September 02, 2002)
- Title/Date
Filed: House
Resolution No. 750
Resolution urging the government to seek redress of
human rights and other grievances alleged by Filipino
deportees from Malaysia by United Nations Commission
on Human Rights and other international agencies in
cooperation with Indonesia and other countries, and
for other purposes
(Filed
September 9, 2002)
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 837
Resolution urging the House of Representatives, through
its appropriate committees, to inquire in aid of legislation,
into the terms of reference or other legal basis supporting
the conduct of the joint Republic of the Philippines-United
States military exercise dubbed as "Talon Vision-
02" and for other purposes
(Filed
October 17, 2002)
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 903
Resolution directing the House Committees on Foreign
Relations and National Defense to conduct an inquiry,
in aid of legislation, into provisions of the recently
signed Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA)
(Filed
November 29, 2002)
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 904
Resolution urging the House Committees on National
Defense, Foreign Relations, and Civil, Political and
Human Rights to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation,
on the applicability of the Yemeni-strike formula
in the Philippines
(Filed
December 2, 2002)
- Title/Date
Filed: House Resolution No. 932
Resolution Urging the House Committee on Justice and
on Civil, Political and Human Rights to conduct an
inquiry in aid of legislation into the proprietary
of the procedures carried out by US authorities on
the extradition of Representative Mark Jimenez and
on the apparent ineffectiveness of DOJ officials in
handling of extradition cases
(Filed
January 3, 2003)
- Title/Date
Filed:
House
Resolution No. 951
Resolution urging the Committee on Foreign Affairs
to Conduct an Inquiry, in aid of legislation, into
the economic and social implications of the Bilateral
Free Trade Agreements entered into and being worked
on by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
with various East Asian Countries to the Philippines
(Filed January 15, 2003)
Main
Features:
-
A Resolution to inquire into the implications of the
Bilateral Free Trade Agreements entered into by the
ASEAN with other countries to ensure that the economic
and social interests of the Philippines is not compromised
in any economic cooperation launched in the process
of free trade
- Title/Date
Filed: House
Resolution No. 984
Resolution urging President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Not to Participate in any Unilateral Action of the
United States Against Iraq
(Filed
January 13, 2003)
Status:
Awaiting Committee deliberation
- Title/Date
Filed:
House Resolution No. 1039
Resolution urging the House of Representatives Through
the Committee on National Defense . to invite Defense
Secretary Angelo Reyes to give update before legislators
on his recently concluded talks with the US Secretary
of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on the pending Balikatan
03-1 Exercises
(Filed
March 6, 2003)
Status:
Awaiting Committee deliberation
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