Legislative Performance

 

OSMEŅA, Sergio III

 

Bills Authored:

 

§          "An Act Allowing the Sale, Transfer, Conveyance, Lease, Usufruct, Lease or Mortgage of the Land Awarded Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, Amending for the Purpose Section 27 of Republic Act Numbered 6657 and for Other Purposes"

 

§          "An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 6657, Otherwise Known as The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Providing Ample Opportunity to Allow Landowners and Tenants to Enter Unto Voluntary Land Transfer and/or Direct Payment Scheme and Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Six Hundred and Fifty-Seven Otherwise Known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Eight, as Amended"


§          "An Act to Provide Protection to New Plant Varieties, Establishing a National Plant Variety Protection Board and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991, as Amended, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act to Reorganize the National Food Authority, Separating its Regulatory From its Proprietary Functions, Creating the National Grain Council, and the National Grain and Sugar Corporation and Defining Their Powers and Functions, and for Other Purposes"

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§          "An Act Modifying the Definition of a Condominium Unit by Making it Apply to industrial Estates, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 4726, Otherwise Known as The Condominium Law and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for the Recovery of Financially Distressed Enterprises and the Resolution of Their Indebtedness

§          "An Act Creating the Fair Trade Commission, Prescribing its Powers and Functions in Regulating Trade Competition and Monopolies and for Other Purposes"


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


§          "An Act Providing for the National Land Use Policy and Planning Framework and the Implementing Mechanism Therefor, Otherwise Known as The National Land Use Act of the Philippines"


§          An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Water Pollution Control Policy and for Other Purposes


§          "An Act to Prevent, Detect, Prosecute and Punish Money Laundering and the Use of Facilities in the Philippines, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Institutionalizing the Open Learning and Distance Education System in the Philippines, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"


§          Revised Investment Company Act


§          "An Act Providing for the Modernization, Standardization and Regulation of the Procurement Activities of the Government and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act to Adopt a Revised Government Auditing Code of the Philippines Revising Presidential Decree No. 1445, as Amended by Executive Order No. 292, Otherwise Known as The Government Auditing Code of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Providing Affordable Health Care Services, Through the Health Maintenance Organizations, Regulating Their Operations, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Abolishing the Death Penalty, Repealing for This Purpose Republic Act No. 7659, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Providing for a System of Absentee Voting by Qualified Filipinos Abroad, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Granting Indefinite Non-Immigrant Visas to Former Natural-Born Citizens of the Philippines, Their Spouses and Descendants"


§          "An Act Reducing the Retirement Age of Government, Amending Further for the Purpose the Government Service Insurance System Act of 1997, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for the Automatic Appropriation of the Internal Revenue Allotment for Local Government Units


§          "An Act increasing the Internal Revenue Allotments of Local Government Units, in Providing for its Equitable Distribution, Authorizing its Automatic Retention, Amending for the Purpose Sections 284, 285 and 286 of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991 and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Promoting and Regulating the Operation of Cable Television in the Philippines, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Creating the Mindanao Development Authority, Defining its Powers and Functions, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Exempting the Bank Deposits of Senior Citizens From the Twenty Percent (20%) Withholding Tax on Interest Income, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7432"


§          "An Act Creating the Office of the Trade Representative, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for a Continuing Bareboat Chartering Program


§          "An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation, Prescribing its Powers, Functions and Duties, and Providing for the Necessary Funds for its Operation"


§          "An Act Providing for Three Small Farmers' Representatives in the National Irrigation Administration Board by Amending Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Six Hundred and One, as Amended, An Act Creating the National Irrigation Administration, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Providing for the Establishment of the Center for Animal Vaccine and Disease Diagnostic Research and Development and Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act to Amend R.A. No. 7900 Otherwise Known as The High-Value Crops Development Act of 1995 and for Other Purposes


§          "An Act Holding Operators of Warehouses Criminally Liable for Empty Warehouses, Providing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act to Promote and Develop the Philippine Mango industry, Creating for This Purpose the Philippine Mango Industry Development Board, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Establishing the Sloping Agricultural Land Technology Farming Program, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for a Magna Carta of Agricultural Officers and Employees


§          An Act Providing for a Magna Carta for Agricultural Development Workers


§          "An Act to Promote the Agriculture Industry, Stabilize Prices of Agricultural Products and Enhance Food Security Through the Effective Production, Processing, Marketing and Distribution of Agricultural Products, Rationalizing and Restructuring for the Purpose, All Existing Government Organizations in Agricultural Production, Distribution, Marketing and Other Support Programs, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Establishing a Strategic Food Security Rice Reserve and for Other Purposes


§          An Act Providing for a Farmers' Crop Certificate System in the Procurement of Grains by the National Food Authority Guaranteed by the National Government


§          "An Act Rationalizing the Agriculture and Fisheries Bureaucracy Redefining the Functions of the Department of Agriculture and Various Agencies to Bring About Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Amending Section 7 (C) of Republic Act No. 6982, Entitled An Act Strengthening the Social Amelioration Program in the Sugar Industry, Providing the Mechanics for its Implementation, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Amending Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7202, Entitled An Act Authorizing the Restitution of Losses Suffered by Sugar Producers From Crop Year 1974-1975 to Crop Year 1984-1985 Due to the Actions of Government-Owned and -Controlled Agencies"


§          "An Act Providing for a Chamber of Commerce and industry System, Promoting Order, Efficiency and Effective Delivery of Services Between and Among Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Establishing a Fair Credit Billing System, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Requring All Retailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas to Have a Scale or Weighing Machine in Their Stores or Establishments and for Other Purposes


§          "An Act Requiring All Consumer Products to Specify in Their Respective Labels the Nutrition Information That Each Consumer Product Contains, Amending for the Purpose Article 77 of R.A. 7394 Also Known as The Consumer Act of the Philippines"


§          An Act Abolishing the Presidential Commission on Good Government and Transferring its Powers and Functions to the Department of Justice and for Other Purposes


§          "An Act Amending Some Provisions of the Presidential Decree No. 1460, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Insurance Code of 1978 by Prescribing a Criminal Penalty Upon Any Person for Refusing to Settle Any Claim for Loss or Damage for Which an Insurer May be Liable Within the Period Prescribed by the Code"


§          "An Act to Provide Incentives for the Private Sector to Undertake Rental Residential Housing At Rates Affordable by Low and Middle-Income Families, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Authorizing the Establishment of a Philippine Business Registry Databank


§          An Act Establishing Business One-Stop Shop Centers for Small and Medium Enterprises in All Regional and Provincial Centers in the Country


§          "An Act to Strengthen the Prohibition Against Monopolies and Cartels of Basic Necessities or Prime Commodities, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Seventy-Eight Hundred and Fifty-One, Otherwise Known as The Price Act"


§          "An Act to Provide Additional Protections to Buyers of Real Estate on Installment Payments by Requiring Subdivision or Real Estate Owners to Have an Individual Title on Every Lot Available First Before Offering the Same for Sale, Prohibiting Any Mortgage, Lien or Encumbrance on the Same, Making the Annotation on the Title of the Contract to Sell or of Sale Mandatory, Making it Compulsory for the Execution of a Deed of Absolute Sale and the Delivery of the Title to the Buyer Upon Completion of Installment Payments, and Providing Other Protective Measures, Including the Imposition of Penalty for Violation Thereof"


§          "An Act Creating the Real Estate Commission, Prescribing its Duties, Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Regulating the Advertising Industry in Order to Protect Consumers, Promote the General Welfare, and Encourage Advertising Which Upholds Truth and Inculcates in Our People Desirable Moral Values and Cultural Traditions, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Establishing the Magna Carta for Countryside and Barangay Business Enterprises Granting Exemptions From Any and All Government Rules and Regulations and Other Incentives and Benefits Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 6425, Otherwise Known as The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as Amended, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Prohibiting the Sale of and/or Use of Motor Vehicle Sirens, Blinkers, Domelights and Other Similar Emergency Devices, Except as Prescribed by Law, Providing Penalties Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Restructuring the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, Amending for This Purpose and the Pertinent Provisions of Presidential Decree Number One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Six (1986) and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Declaring December 31 as National Thanksgiving Day and an Annual Holiday


§          An Act Expanding the Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies to Include Research and Formulation of Strategic Options for National Economic and Security Policies


§           An Act Declaring the Observance of the 25Th of February of Each Year as a National Holiday in Commemoration of the Historic 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution


§          "An Act to Promote the Development of the Philippine Music Industry, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Establishing the National Archives of the Philippines, Strengthening its Powers, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Providing for the Protection and Conservation of All Objects of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Philippine Waters


§          "An Act Changing the Name of the Don Mariano Marcos Avenue Located at Quezon City to the Bishop Felix Manalo Avenue, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Changing the Name of Espa¤a Boulevard Located in the City of Manila to Senator Jose W. Diokno Boulevard, and for Other Purposes"


§          An Act Renaming William H. Taft Avenue Located in the Cities of Manila and Pasay to Lorenzo M. Ta¤ada Avenue


§          An Act Providing for the Improvement and Strengthening of the National Historical Institute


§          "An Act Institutionalizing Private Land Forestry to Enhance Reforestation and Environmental Protection and Providing Incentives Thereof, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Creating the Cebu Water Resources Development and Management Authority, Charged With Integrating and Coordinating Various Agencies and Organizational Instrumentalities Directly or Indirectly Having to Do With the Water Supply and Services for Metro Cebu and Cebu Province"


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


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


§          "An Act to Address the National Water Crisis Providing for a Comprehensive Water Resources Management, and for Other Purposes"


§          "An Act Directing the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources to Nullify Titles Over Lands Not Yet Classified as Alienable and Disposable at the Time of the issuance of Said Titles, and for Other Purpose"


§          "An Act Repealing Republic Act Numbered 7942, Otherwise Known as The Philippine Mining Act of 1995"


§          An Act to Integrate a Computer Education Program Into the Educational System and for Other Purposes