Legislative Performance
Legarda-Leviste, Loren
Bills Authored:
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An Act Further Amending Republic Act No. 7164
Otherwise Known as The Philippine Nursing Act of 1991
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"An Act Promoting the Welfare of and Providing
Protection to Journalists, Providing Penalties Thereof and for Other
Purposes"
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An Act Providing for the Sustainable Management of
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"An Act Declaring the First Day of the Tenth
Month of Shawwal and the Tenth Day of the Twelfth Month of Dhul
Hijja as National Holidays in Observance of Eid'L Fitr and Eid'L Adha, Respectively,
Amending for the Purpose Section 26, Chapter 7 of Executive Order No. 292,
Otherwise Known as The Administrative Code of 1987, and for Other
Purposes"
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"An Act Providing That
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An Act Providing for a System of Absentee Voting by
Qualified Filipinos Abroad
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"An Act Expanding the Prohibited Acts of
Discrimination Against Women on Account of Sex, Amending for the Purpose
Articles 135 and 137 of P.D. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Labor Code
of the
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"An Act Prohibiting the Demonstration,
Performance or Exhibition in Public of Certain Sexual Acts, and the Production,
Importation, Sale or Distribution, or Public Showing or Display of Pornographic
Materials, Providing Penalties Therefor, and for
Other Purposes"
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"An Act Providing for Comprehensive Water
Quality Management, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Amending Republic Act No. 4670,
Otherwise Known as The Magna Carta for Public School
Teachers, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Changing the Site of the Philippine
High School Lanao Del Norte Campus, Amending for the
Purpose Section 4 (A) of RA 8461"
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"An Act Declaring forfeiture in Favor of the
State Any Property Found to Have been Used, Intended to be Used, in the Illegal
Importation, Exportation, Transporting,
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An Act Providing for the Creation of a Commission
on the Family
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"An Act Declaring and
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An Act Granting Single Unmarried Women With
Children Same Basic Personal Exemption and Additional Exemption for Dependents
as Enjoyed by Married Women Amending for the Purpose the National internal
Revenue Code of 1997
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"An Act Imposing an Additional Penalty on All
Persons Who Shall Threaten, Coerce, Inflict Injury, or Kill Any Bonafide Member of the Media in the Course of or in the
Performance of His or Her Duties"
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"An Act Amending Article 180 of the Revised
Penal Code (Act No. 3815, as Amended) by Increasing the Penalty Provided Therefor and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Providing for Greater Fiscal Autonomy
in Favor of Local Government Units in the Choice of Depository Banks, Amending
Section 311 of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government
Code of 1991"
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"An Act Providing for the Legitimation
of Children Born to Parents Below Marrying Age, Amending for the Purpose the
Family Code of the
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"An Act Proclaiming the Chocolate Hills as
National Patrimony and Geological Monuments, Providing Penalties for Their
Pillage, Defacement and Despoil, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Converting Mt. Natib
in the Municipality of Orani, Province of Bataan Into an Ecology-Tourism Zone"
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"An Act Providing for a National Ecotourism
Policy, Establishing a Framework for Its Institutionalization, Providing the
Mechanisms for its Appropriate Implementation, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Amending Section 69 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, as Amended,
Otherwise Known as The Omnibus Election Code"
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"An Act Restricting the Authority of the
President of the
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"An Act Defining Domestic Violence, Providing
Penalties Therefor and Providing for Protection
Orders"
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"An Act to Curtail Entertainment Media Piracy
in the
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"An Act Creating a Presidential Drug
Enforcement Agency, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7743,
Otherwise Known as An Act Providing for the Establishment of Congressional, City,
and Municipal Libraries and Barangay Reading Centers
Throughout the Philippines and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act to Amend Section 14-A of the Social
Security Law, to Give Further Effect to the Provisions of International Labor
Convention Ratified by the Philippines, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Declaring the National Policy on and
Establishing the Program Framework for the Primary Literacy and Reading
Approach, Providing the Implementing Mechanisms Therefor
and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Changing the Procedure for Recall
Elections, Amending for the Purpose Sections 70 and 71 of Republic Act No.
7160, Also Known as The Local Government Code of 1991"
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"An Act Empowering Women by Providing them
With Financial, Educational and Information Assistance in Order for Them to
Excel in Commerce and Trade"
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"An Act Prohibiting and Penalizing the
Employment of Children in Any Public or Private Undertaking or Occupation Which
is Hazardous to Their Life, Safety, Health and Morals, or Which Unduly
Interferes With Their Normal Development, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Requiring Government-Owned and
-Controlled Corporations and Agencies to Assign Twenty-Five Percent of Their
Advertising Expenditures to Advertise in the Regional, Provincial, Municipal
and City Publications and Radio Stations"
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"An Act Granting All Persons Employed by All
Agencies and Instrumentalities of the Government Including Government-Owned and
-Controlled Corporations the Right to Engage in Peaceful and Concerted
Activities Including the Right to Strike, Amending for the Purpose Article 244
of P.D. 442, Otherwise Known as The Labor Code of the Philippines, as Amended,
and for Other Purposes"
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An Act Fixing the Minimum Standard for Death
Benefits to Filipino Seafarers Employed Overseas and Establishing a Mechanism
at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration for its Regular Review and
Realignment to Prevailing International Standards and for Other Purposes
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"An Act Providing for the Inclusion of
Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, Commonly Known as Shabu,
Under the Definition and Classification of Dangerous and Prohibited Drugs,
Amending for the Purpose Article 1, Section 2 (E) (1) of Republic Act 6425,
Otherwise Known as The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972"
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"An Act to Absolutely Prohibit the Trade or
Export of Wildlife, Both Flora and Fauna of Whatever Species, Whether Dead or
Alive, Providing Penalty Therefor and for Other
Purposes"
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"An Act Establishing the Philippine Naval
Academy, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other
Purposes"
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An Act Providing for a National Bamboo and Rattan
Development Program Harmonizing Ecological Balance With industrial Development
and Appropriating Funds Therefor
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"An Act Creating and Establishing the
Institute for Strategic Studies, and for Other Purposes"
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An Act Giving Indigent But Gifted and Talented
Students the
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"An Act Amending Article 179 of the Revised
Penal Code (Act No. 3815, as Amended) by Increasing the Penalty Provided Therefor and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Amending Article 178 of the Revised
Penal Code (Act No. 3815, as Amended) by Increasing the Penalty Provided Therefor and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act to Amend Republic Act 8042 Entitled,
An Act to Institute the Policies of the 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"
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An Act to Regulate the Procurement and Transplant
of Human Organs and Tissues and for Other Purposes
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"An Act Amending Section 11 of Republic Act
Numbered 3019, Otherwise Known as The Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, by
Increasing the Prescriptive Period for its Violation From Fifteen (15) Years to
Thirty (30) Years and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Establishing the National Manpower
Data and
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An Act Defining the Offense of Illegal Logging in
Watersheds and Other Protected Areas and Providing Penalties Therefor
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An Act Granting a One (1) Month Non-Cumulative
Leave With Pay to Women Workers Who Undergo Major Surgical Internal Operations
on Their Reproductive Organs
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"An Act Amending Article 177 of The Revised
Penal Code (Act No. 3815, as Amended) by Increasing the Penalty Provided Therefor and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Creating the Office of Environmental
Education, Defining its Functions and Responsibilities, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Placing All Government Cottages and Resthouses in
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An Act Establishing the
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"An Act Instituting a
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"An Act Strengthening the Functional and
Structural Organization of the Commission on Human Rights, Establishing the
Human Rights Desk Abroad, Appropriating Funds Therefor,
and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Upgrading the Standard of Dental
Profession in the
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"An Act Limiting the Power of Assumption or
Certification of Labor Disputes by the Secretary of Labor and Employment to
Activities or Undertaking Which Involve Essential Services, Amending for This
Purpose Article 263 (G) of P.D. 422, Otherwise Known as The Labor Code of the
Philippines, as Amended and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Creating a Public information and
Media Relations Office In All Branches, Subdivisions, Instrumentalities and
Agencies of the Government, Appropriating Funds Therefor,
and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 6939,
Creating the Cooperative Development Authority"
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"An Act to Amend Certain Sections of R.A. No.
7431, Otherwise Known as the Radiologic Technology
Act of 1992, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Further Amending Sections Three and
Four of Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Six, as Amended
by Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven, Otherwise
Known as The Internal Auditing Act of 1962"
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"An Act Granting Tax Incentives to Broadcast
and Print Media Devoting Air Time and Space to Educational Programs, and to
Advertisers or Sponsors Supporting Such Programs and for Other Purposes"
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An Act Exempting From Real Property Tax the Trees
and Other Improvements of Lands Covered by Certificates of Stewardship
Contracts Under the Integrated Social Forestry Program
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"An Act Institutionalizing the Environmental
and Natural Resources Accounting System, Designating the Agencies Responsible
for its Implementation, Providing Institutional Arrangements Among Responsible
Agencies and Appropriating Funds Therefor"
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"An Act Providing Benefits for Early
Retirement and Voluntary Separation From the Government Service, Providing a
System of Funding Therefor, and for Other
Purposes"
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"An Act Converting the National Educational
Testing and Research Center Into a National Education Assessment and Evaluation
Authority, Defining its Structure, Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Promoting the Development of the
Domestic Shipping Industry, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Defining for the Scope of Job
Contracting and Penalizing Labor Only Contracting, Amending for the Purpose,
Article 106 of P.D. 442, Otherwise Known as The Labor Code of the
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"An Act Providing for the Maintenance and
Support of Elderly Members of the Family, and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 6768,
Entitled An Act Instituting a Balikbayan Program by
Providing Additional Benefits and Privileges to Balikbayan,
and for Other Purposes"
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"An Act Declaring the Calawagan
Resort in the
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An Act Providing for the Minimum Contents of a
Comprehensive Report of Elections to the President and to Congress by the
Commission on Elections
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"An Act Declaring the
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"An Act to Provide a Comprehensive Program
Against Wife Cruelty, Increasing Penalties for Offenders Thereof, and for Other
Purposes"
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An Act Providing for the Construction of Public
Restrooms
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"An Act Declaring a Portion of the Bulabog-Putian National Park in the Municipality of Dingle,
Province of Iloilo, a Tourist Site Appropriating Funds Therefor
and for Other Purposes"