Legislative Performance

 

Legarda-Leviste, Loren

 

Bills Authored:

 

§          An Act Further Amending Republic Act No. 7164 Otherwise Known as The Philippine Nursing Act of 1991

 

§          "An Act Promoting the Welfare of and Providing Protection to Journalists, Providing Penalties Thereof and for Other Purposes"

 

§          An Act Providing for the Sustainable Management of Forest Resources and for Other Purposes

 

§          "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"


§          "An Act Providing That All Hospitals, Clinics, Health Centers and Other Similar Establishments Rendering Maternity Services Shall Establish Literacy Programs for All Expectant Mothers and Appropriating Funds Therefor"

 

§          An Act Providing for a System of Absentee Voting by Qualified Filipinos Abroad

 

§          "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 Philippines"


§          "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"

 

§          "An Act Providing for Comprehensive Water Quality Management, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Amending Republic Act No. 4670, Otherwise Known as The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Changing the Site of the Philippine High School Lanao Del Norte Campus, Amending for the Purpose Section 4 (A) of RA 8461"

 

§          "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, Sale, Distribution, Possession or Manufacture of Dangerous Drugs and Providing for the Procedure Therefor"


§          An Act Providing for the Creation of a Commission on the Family


§          "An Act Declaring and Establishing Rivers, River Systems, beaches, Shores and Waterways as Ecological Zones, and for Other Purposes"


§          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


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Providing for the Legitimation of Children Born to Parents Below Marrying Age, Amending for the Purpose the Family Code of the Philippines, as Amended"


§          "An Act Proclaiming the Chocolate Hills as National Patrimony and Geological Monuments, Providing Penalties for Their Pillage, Defacement and Despoil, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Converting Mt. Natib in the Municipality of Orani, Province of Bataan Into an Ecology-Tourism Zone"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Amending Section 69 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Omnibus Election Code"


§          "An Act Restricting the Authority of the President of the Philippines to Contract or Obtain Foreign Loans and Guarantee the Same, Amending for the Purpose, Republic Act No. 4860, as Amended, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Defining Domestic Violence, Providing Penalties Therefor and Providing for Protection Orders"


§          "An Act to Curtail Entertainment Media Piracy in the Philippines, for This Purpose, Reorganizing the Videogram Regulatory Board Into the Entertainment Media Regulatory and Anti-Piracy Board, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Creating a Presidential Drug Enforcement Agency, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Empowering Women by Providing them With Financial, Educational and Information Assistance in Order for Them to Excel in Commerce and Trade"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          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


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Establishing the Philippine Naval Academy, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for a National Bamboo and Rattan Development Program Harmonizing Ecological Balance With industrial Development and Appropriating Funds Therefor


§          "An Act Creating and Establishing the Institute for Strategic Studies, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Giving Indigent But Gifted and Talented Students the Opportunity to Develop Their Capabilities


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          An Act to Regulate the Procurement and Transplant of Human Organs and Tissues and for Other Purposes


§          "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"


§          "An Act Establishing the National Manpower Data and Placement Center, and Providing Funds Therefor"


§          An Act Defining the Offense of Illegal Logging in Watersheds and Other Protected Areas and Providing Penalties Therefor


§          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


§          "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"


§          "An Act Creating the Office of Environmental Education, Defining its Functions and Responsibilities, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Placing All Government Cottages and Resthouses in Baguio City and Benguet Province Under the Management and Administration of the Department of Tourism, Allowing the Lease of the Same or Their Conversion Into Tourist Places, Subject to Certain Restrictions"


§          An Act Establishing the National Employment Assistance Center of the Philippines and Appropriating Funds Therefor


§          "An Act Instituting a National Land and Water Use Policy, Providing the Implementing Mechanisms Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Upgrading the Standard of Dental Profession in the Philippines Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 4419 Entitled, An Act to Regulate the Practice of Dentistry in the Philippines, and for Other Purposes"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 6939, Creating the Cooperative Development Authority"


§          "An Act to Amend Certain Sections of R.A. No. 7431, Otherwise Known as the Radiologic Technology Act of 1992, and for Other Purposes"


§          "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"


§          "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"


§          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


§          "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"


§          "An Act Providing Benefits for Early Retirement and Voluntary Separation From the Government Service, Providing a System of Funding Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Promoting the Development of the Domestic Shipping Industry, and for Other Purposes"


§          "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 Philippines, as Amended, for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Providing for the Maintenance and Support of Elderly Members of the Family, and for Other Purposes"


§          "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"


§          "An Act Declaring the Calawagan Resort in the Municipality of Paluan, Province of Occidental Mindoro, a Tourist Site Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for the Minimum Contents of a Comprehensive Report of Elections to the President and to Congress by the Commission on Elections


§          "An Act Declaring the Tagbibinta Falls and its Premises Located in Barangay Coronobe, Maragusan, Compostela Valley Province, a Tourist Spot and Appropriating Funds Therefor"


§          "An Act to Provide a Comprehensive Program Against Wife Cruelty, Increasing Penalties for Offenders Thereof, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for the Construction of Public Restrooms


§          "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"