Legislative Performance

 

PIMENTEL, Aquilino Jr.

 

Bills Authored:

 

§          An Act to Strengthen Local Government Units by Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991

 

§          An Act Abolishing the Death Penalty and Imposing the Penalty of Qualified Reclusion Perpetua in Lieu Thereof, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act 7659 or The Death Penalty Law, Certain Provisions of Act 3815, Otherwise Known as The Revised Penal Code, as Amended, and Other Special Laws

 

§          An Act to  Reward Informants Who Help Identify, Locate and Recover Any Ill-Gotten Wealth of the Late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and His Widow, Imelda R. Marcos and Other Defendants or Respondents in Ill-Gotten Wealth Cases Wherever Located and by Whomsoever Held and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Amending Chapter 2, Title V of Executive Order No. 209 Otherwise Known as The Family Code of the Philippines

 

§          An Act Establishing a Private-Hospital Development Plan and Providing Assistance to  Private Hospitals by Granting Them Incentives

 

§          An Act Authorizing the Transfer of Offenders to or From Foreign Countries

 

§          An Act Requiring the Teaching of Human Rights as Mandatory in All Public and Private Schools

 

§          An Act to  Regulate the Practice of Psychology, Creating for This Purpose a Psychology Board

 

§          An Act Upgrading the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center Into a Department of Health National Center for Trauma, Cancer and Dermatology and Appropriating Funds Therefor

 

§          An Act Granting Permanent Residence Status Under Certain Conditions to  Vietnamese Refugees Through a Social Integration Program

 

§          An Act Granting Incentives to  Subdivision Homeowners Associations to Develop and Maintain Forested Areas Within Their Subdivisions, and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Banning the Issuance and Use of Low-Numbered Protocol License Plates on Vehicles of Ranking Government Officials

 

§          An Act Creating a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Providing for its Powers and Functions, and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Creating the Mindanao Development Corporation, Prescribing its Powers, Functions and Duties, and Appropriation of Funds Therefor

 

§          An Act Creating the National Agrarian Reform Adjudication Commission, Defining its Powers and Functions, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

 

§          An Act Establishing the Philippine Cereals Research, Development and Extension institute (Philcereal), and Appropriating Funds Therefor

 

§          An Act Expanding Countryside Credit Through Cooperative Banks and Encouraging the Growth and Development of Cooperative Banks by Amending Chapter XIII of Republic Act No. 6938, Otherwise Known as The Cooperative Code of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Expanding the Technology Management Center of the University of the Philippines at Diliman, Quezon City, Into a National Center of Excellence for Technology Assessment, Management and Forecasting and Appropriating Funds Therefor

 

§          An Act Instituting a National Market Code of the Philippines

 

§          An Act Expanding the Liabilities of Indirect Employers in Job Contracting, Covering Other Benefits Due Their Employees, Amending for the Purpose Article 106 of Presidential Decree No. 442, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Labor Code of the Philippines

 

§          An Act to Tally Banning Logging Operations for the Next Twenty- Five Years

 

§          An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Forty-Eight Hundred Sixty, as Amended, and Presidential Decree Numbered Nineteen Hundred Sixty-One, as Amended, Relating to Foreign Borrowing

 

§          An Act Prohibiting the Manufacture, Ownership, Possession, Storage, Sale, Lease, Distribution or Use of Nuclear Weapons of All Kinds and the Landing, Beaching, Docking or Anchoring in or Sailing Through or Flying Into, Over or Through the Territory of the Philippines by Any Nuclear-Powered or Nuclear-Weapons Laden Vessel, Ship, Submarine or Aircraft and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Upgrading the Salaries, Allowances and Retirement Benefits of Labor Arbiters and the Commissioners of the National Labor Relations Commission Amending for the Purpose Articles 213, 215 and 216 of Presidential Decree No. 442 or The Labor Code of the Philippines, as Amended

 

§          An Act Providing for the Retirement of Prosecutors, Provincial and City Fiscals and Their Assistants, for the Enforcement of the Provisions Hereof by the Government Service Insurance System and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Requiring All Branches, Subdivisions, Instrumentalities, and Agencies of the Government, Including Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations or Their Subsidiaries to  Divulge the Identity of Hired Foreign Consultants, the Nature of Their Work and Their Compensation, Perks, and Other Privileges, and Providing Penalties in Case of Violation Thereof

 

§          An Act Strengthening the Philippine Coast Guard and Vesting in It the Primary Responsibility of Enforcing Maritime Safety Rules and Regulations as Well as Any Other Matter Related to  the Performance of Safety of Life and Property Function Within Philippine Territorial Waters and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Allowing Natural-Born Citizens of the Philippines Who Have Lost Their Filipino Citizenship to  Retain Certain Rights and Privileges, Subject to  Certain Constitutional Limitations, and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act to  Further Amend Section Three-A of Republic Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Ten, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Judiciary Retirement Act, and to  Appropriate Funds to  Implement its Provisions

 

§          An Act Amending Sections 452 (A) and 461 (A) of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991

 

§          An Act Regulating the Solicitation of Contributions From, or Sale of Tickets to , Any Government Official or Employee by Any Public official or Private Persons Related to  Any Public Official, Amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 3019, Otherwise Known as The Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act

 

§          An Act Increasing Pensions Under the Social Security System Amending for the Purpose Section 12 of The Social Security Act of 1997

 

§          An Act to  Strengthen the Sangguniang Kabataan by Amending Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991 and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Creating the Field of Land Title Insurance Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 612, Otherwise Known as The insurance Code of 1978, as Amended by Presidential Decrees Nos. 1455 and 1460 and Batas Pambansa Blg. 874

 

§          An Act Instituting Policies for the Suppression of Trafficking in Filipino Women, and Establishing a Higher Standard of Protection and Rehabilitation for Victims of Trafficking, Sexual Servitude, and Exploitation Including Commercialized Transnational Marriages, and Migration for Entertainment

 

§          An Act Granting More Privileges and Incentives to  Disabled Persons, Amending for the Purpose, the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons

 

§          An Act to  Establish the Magna Carta for Barangays

 

§          An Act Requiring a Legislative Franchise for the Operation of a Domestic Air Service

 

§          An Act Establishing a Civil Service Code of the Philippines

 

§          An Act Establishing a Comprehensive Juvenile Justice System and Delinquency Prevention Program, Creating the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Under the Department of Justice and Appropriating Funds Therefor

 

§          An Act Establishing a Computerized Voters' Identification System

 

§          An Act Amending Section 7, Article VII of R.A. No. 9054

 

§          An Act Establishing the Philippine National Identification System

 

§          An Act Providing for the Imposition of the Penalty of Imprisonment for Thirty Years (30) Years Instead of the Death Penalty in Cases Where the Law Prescribed the Death Penalty

 

§          An Act Granting the Right of Reply and Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof

 

§          An Act Rationalizing the Compensation Benefits and Other Privileges and Incentives for the Members of the Judiciary and Their Personnel Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 1949, and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Defining the Rights and Duties of Business and the Obligations of Government in Providing a Business-Friendly Environment, Creating the Presidential Commission for Business Concerns, and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Declaring August 21 of Every Year as the Benigno Ninoy Aquino National Holiday and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Amending Executive Order No. 122-A, as Amended by Executive Order 295 Otherwise Known as The Act Creating the Office of the Muslim Affairs

 

§          An Act to  Strengthen and Propagate Foster Care for Abandoned, Neglected and Other Children With Special Needs, Providing Appropriations Therefor and for Other Purposes

 

§          The Architecture Act of 2002

 

§          An Act to  Institutionalize the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution System in the Philippines and to  Incorporate the Philippine Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Regulating the Practice of Psychology, Creating for This Purpose a Professional Regulatory Board of Psychology, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act to Amend Republic Act No. 8436 Entitled An Act Authorizing the Commission on Elections to  Use an Automated Election System in the May 11, 1998 National or Local Elections and in Subsequent National and Local Electoral Exercises, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act to Regulate the Carrying of Firearms, Provide Penalties for its Violation and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act to Prohibit the Government From Allowing Any Non-Government Entity From Occupying Any Building, Office or Other Premises Where Governmental Functions Are being Performed

 

§          An Act Granting Permanent Resident Status to  the Remaining Vietnamese Nationals Through a Social integration Program and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Declaring August 21 of Every Year as Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino, Jr. Day, a Special Non-Working Holiday in the Province of Tarlac, to Commemorate the Death Anniversary of Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino, Jr. and for Other Purposes

 

§          An Act Declaring an Elective Official Ipso Facto Resigned From His Office Upon the Filing of His Certificate of Candidacy

 

§          An Act to Prohibit Cellphone Network Companies From Sending Unsolicited Material to Their Subscribers Via Text or Short Message Service

 

§          An Act Regulating the Practice of Accountancy in the Philippines, Repealing for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 692, Otherwise Known as the Revised Accountancy Law, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes