Legislative Performance

RECTO, Ralph

Bills Authored:

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

§ An Act Promoting Small Business Location and Incubator Program

§ An Act Restructuring the Fiscal Incentives Under Executive Order No. 226, Otherwise Known as The Omnibus Investments Code of 1987, as Amended, Amending Pertinent Articles of the Code, Providing for Penalties in Violation Thereof, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Establishing a Provident Personal Savings Plan Known as the Personal Equity and Retirement Account

§ An Act Modifying the Definition of a Condominium Unit, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Six, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Condominium Act, to Apply to Industrial Estates and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Amending Section 12 of Presidential Decree Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Nine (P.D. 1869), Otherwise Known as PAGCOR Charter and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Creating the Film Development and Incentives Board, Defining its Powers and Functions, Abolishing for the Purpose the Film Development Foundation of the Philippines Inc. and the Film Ratings Board, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing Benefits for Early Retirement and Voluntary Separation From the Government Service, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing for Tax Credits as Payment to Proponents of Infrastructure Projects Who Advance the Funds Required by Government to Acquire the Right of Way

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

§ An Act Exempting Individuals Earning An Annual Income of Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000) and Below From Paying Income Taxes, Amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of The National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended

§ An Act Reducing Corporate income Tax Rates and Removing Certain Allowable Deductions, Amending for the Purpose Section 27 (A) of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended

§ An Act Instituting Reforms in the Regulation of Rentals of Certain Residential Units, Providing the Mechanisms Therefor, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Requiring All Employers to Pay Their Employees a Personnel Economic Relief Allowance of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) Per Month

§ An Act Increasing to One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) the Monthly Personnel Economic Relief Allowance Granted to Government Employees, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Granting Employees Three Days Paid Leave to Attend School-Related Activities of Their Children

§ An Act Allowing Employees to Avail of Pre-Need Plans as An Option to Home Development Mutual Fund Membership

§ An Act Providing for a Seventy (70)-Thirty (30) Percent Employer-Employee Sharing of Philhealth Monthly Contributions Thereby Amending Section 28 of Republic Act Numbered Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Five (R.A. 7875), Otherwise Known as The National Health Insurance Act of 1995

§ An Act Exempting the Sale and Importation of All Types of Agriculture and Fisheries Inputs, Equipment and Machinery From the Coverage of the Value-Added Tax

§ An Act Exempting Individuals, Cooperatives, and Other Enterprises Engaged in the Importation of All Types of Agriculture and Fisheries inputs, Equipment and Machinery From Payment of Tariffs and Duties, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Eight Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Five (R.A. 8435), Otherwise Known as The Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997

§ An Act Granting the Fiscal Incentives Review Board the Sole Authority to Approve All Applications for Tax incentives and Subsidies, Thereby Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Seven Hundred Seventy-Six (P.D. 776), as Amended, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Granting the Digitel Crossing Inc. a Franchise to Construct, Install, Establish, Operate and Maintain Telecommunications Systems Throughout the Philippines

§ An Act Granting the Digitel Mobile Phils. Inc. a Franchise to Construct, Install, Establish, Operate and Maintain Telecommunications Systems Throughout the Philippines

§ An Act Amending the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing for a Moratorium on the Imposition of the Capital Gains Tax and the Documentary Stamp Tax on the Acquisition and Sale of Non-Performing Real Properties by Banks Through Foreclosure Proceedings, Amending for This Purpose Certain Sections of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Amending Section 34 of Republic Act No. 8424, Otherwise Known as The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997

§ An Act Establishing the Third Engineering District in the Province of Batangas to be Located in the City of Lipa and Appropriating Funds Therefor

§ An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered Nine Thousand Forty-Five (R.A. No. 9045) Which Creates the Batangas State University by Excluding From its Coverage the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Campus in Sto. Tomas, Batangas

§ An Act Exempting From the Documentary Stamp Tax the Borrowing and Lending of Securities Under the Auspices of the Local Stock Exchange, Amending for the Purpose Section 180 of The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Instituting Full Transparency in Tax Collection, Amending for the Purpose Sections 71, 270 and 278 of The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as Amended

§ An Act Providing for the Exemption of Fixed Income Earners From the Filing of Income Tax Returns, Amending for the Purpose Sec. 51, (A) (2) (B) of Republic Act No. 8424, Otherwise Known as The Tax Reform Act of 1997

§ An Act Increasing the Ceiling for Total Exclusion of the 13Th Month Pay and Other Benefits From the Computation of Taxable Income From Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000) to Sixty Thousand Pesos (P60,000), Thereby Amending Section 32 The National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended

§ An Act Excluding Overtime Pay From the Computation of Taxable Income, Thereby Amending Section 32 of The National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended

§ An Act Requiring the Inclusion of Fiber Content Information in the Labeling of Textile Products, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act 7394, Otherwise Known as The Consumer Act of the Philippines, as Amended

§ Am Act Allocation Fifty Percent of Value-Added Tax Collections to Health, Education and Agriculture, Thereby Amending The National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended

§ An Act Rationalizing Existing Mandated Credit Programs Imposed on Government and Private Financial Institutions and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing for the Optimum Performance in Revenue Collection Through the Grant of Special Incentives and Rewards for Exemplary Service and Through Lateral Attrition in Revenue-Generating Agencies of Government and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Further Liberalizing the Banking Sector, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-one, Otherwise Known as The Bank Liberalization Act of 1994

§ An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Seven (RA No. 6957), Entitled An Act Authorizing the Financing, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Infrastructure Projects by the Private Sector, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Institutionalizing Hourly Wage Rates in the Computation of Statutory Minimum Wage of Employees and Workers and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Rationalizing the Investment of Reserve Funds of the Social Security System, Thereby Amending Section Twenty-Six (26) of Republic Act Numbered Eight Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Two (R.A. No. 8282) Otherwise Known as The Social Security Act of 1997

§ An Act to Limit Annual Government Guarantees to Thirty Percent of one Percent (0.30%) of the Gross Domestic Product, At Current Prices, of the Preceding Year

§ An Act Requiring the Annual Public Disclosure of All Government Contingent Liabilities

§ An Act Rationalizing the Excise Tax on Automobiles, Amending for the Purpose The National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Requiring Business Establishments Nationwide to Set Up Consumer Welfare Desks and Develop Comprehensive Complaints-Handling Program

§ An Act Rationalizing the Disbursement of Funds by the Government Service Insurance System for Administrative and Operating Expenses, Thereby Amending Section Thirty-Five (35) of Republic Act Numbered Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-one (R.A. No. 8291) Otherwise Known as The GSIS Act of 1997

§ An Act Rationalizing the Disbursement of Funds by the Social Security System for Operating Expenses, Thereby Amending Section Twenty-Five (25) of Republic Act Numbered Eight Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Two (R.A. No. 8282) Otherwise Known as The Social Security Act of 1997

§ An Act Prohibiting the Printing or Publication of Notices or Advertisements Relating to Employment Indicating Any Preference, Limitation, Specification, or Discrimination, Based on Gender, Physical Attributes, Civil Status, Age, Regional Origin, Religion and School Preference

§ An Act to Strengthen the Price Tag Law to Encompass Advances in Retail Pricing Technology by Establishing Mechanisms Therefor and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Increasing the Penalties for Violations of Certain Provisions of Republic Act Numbered Seven Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Four (R.A. No. 7394), Otherwise Known as The Consumer Act of the Philippines

§ An Act Expanding the Powers of Local Chief Executives Over Local Philippine National Police Forces, Amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Five (R.A. No. 6975), as Amended

§ An Act Expanding the Purposes and Application of the Special Education Fund, Amending for the Purpose Section 272 of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991 and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Creating the Schools Academic Efficiency Rating Board, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Establishing Reforms in the Regulation of Collective Bargaining Agreement of Management and Employees' Bargaining Unit in An Establishment, Thereby Amending Book Five, Title VII, Article 253-A of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Forty-Two (P.D. 442), as Amended Otherwise Known as The Labor Code of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Establishing the Charter of the Local Government Academy Amending for the Purpose Executive Order Numbered Two Hundred Sixty-Two (E.O. 262) and Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Five (R.A. 6975), Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Elevating the Rank of the Court of Tax Appeals to the Level of a Collegiate Court With Special Jurisdiction, Enlarging its Organizational Structure, Expanding its Jurisdiction, Amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 1125, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Law Creating the Court of Tax Appeals, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Rationalizing the Provisions on the Documentary Stamp Tax of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Harmonizing and Rationalizing the Administration and Grant of Fiscal and Non-Fiscal Incentives, Repealing for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Executive Order No. 226, Otherwise Known as The Omnibus Investments Code of 1987

§ An Act Granting Philippine Citizenship to Mahmoud A. M. Asfour

§ An Act Exempting Certain Services From the Coverage of the Value Added Tax, Amending for the Purpose The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997

§ An Act to Limit the Borrowings of the Republic of the Philippines to the Programmed Net Financing Submitted by the President of the Republic of the Philippines to Congress Every Fiscal Year

§ An Act Allowing Farmer-Beneficiaries to Use the Land Awarded to Them Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program as Collateral for Purposes of Securing Agricultural Loans, Granting Tax Exemptions Therefor and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Exempting Pop and Rock Concerts From the Amusement Tax, Amending for the Purpose Section 140 of The Local Government Code of 1991

§ An Act Reducing the Tax on Interest Income, Amending for the Purpose The National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended

§ An Act Declaring the Islands of Bantayan, Malapascua, and Carnasa, Located at Visayan Sea, and the Islands of Ponson, Poro and Pacijan, Located at Camotes Sea, All of the Province of Cebu, as Alienable and Disposable for Tourism Development and Related Purposes

§ An Act Rationalizing the Excise Tax on Automobiles, Amending for the Purpose The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Rationalizing the Provisions on the Documentary Stamp Tax of The National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Defining and Penalizing Enforced or Involuntary Disapperance and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Exempting Certain Services From the Coverage of the Value-Added Tax Beginning January 1, 2004, Amending for the Purpose The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as Amended