Committee Details
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00013 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : Proposes to create a Department that will have a full-time focus on natural hazards and disasters, which is characterized by unity of command, a science and ICT-based approach, and the capacity to take charge of three key result areas: disaster risk reduction; disaster preparedness, and response; and recovery, rehabilitation and building forward better; Provides among others, some key elements and features of the proposed Department regarding the take-over capacity of any private utility; rationalized fund-use and fast and responsive procurement; highly specialized functions, and highly-skilled personnel requirements (scientists, environmental and/or urban planners, civil engineers, and public finance specialist); and institutional partnership with LGUs, NGOs, and academia. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROMUALDEZ, FERDINAND MARTIN G., ROMUALDEZ, YEDDA MARIE K., ACIDRE, JUDE A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Palma (000 2022-08-08) | 2. Yap (C.) (000 2022-09-15) |
| 3. Ongchuan (000 2022-09-26) | 4. Zamora (M.C.) (000 2022-09-26) |
| 5. Tan-Tambut (000 2022-09-26) | 6. Rivera (000 2022-09-26) |
| 7. Adiong (000 2022-09-26) | 8. Recto (000 2022-09-26) |
| 9. Cari (000 2022-09-26) | 10. Tanjuatco (000 2022-09-26) |
| 11. Barbers (000 2022-09-26) | 12. Revilla (R.J.) (000 2022-09-26) |
| 13. Sakaluran (000 2022-09-26) | 14. Ortega (000 2022-09-26) |
| 15. Mastura (000 2022-09-26) | 16. Ouano-Dizon (000 2022-09-26) |
| 17. Albano (A.) (000 2022-11-09) | 18. Olivarez (000 2022-11-09) |
| 19. Yu (D.G.) (000 2022-11-09) | 20. Dy (F.) (000 2022-11-28) |
| 21. Tutor (000 2022-11-28) | 22. Yu (J.V.) (000 2022-11-28) |
| 23. Teves (J.) (000 2022-11-28) | 24. Robes (000 2023-01-24) |
| 25. Del Mar (000 2023-02-09) | 26. Libanan (000 2023-03-15) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ON 2022-07-26 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON DISASTER RESILIENCE |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Proposes to create a Department that will have a full-time focus on natural hazards and disasters, which is characterized by unity of command, a science and ICT-based approach, and the capacity to take charge of three key result areas: disaster risk reduction; disaster preparedness, and response; and recovery, rehabilitation and building forward better; Provides among others, some key elements and features of the proposed Department regarding the take-over capacity of any private utility; rationalized fund-use and fast and responsive procurement; highly specialized functions, and highly-skilled personnel requirements (scientists, environmental and/or urban planners, civil engineers, and public finance specialist); and institutional partnership with LGUs, NGOs, and academia.