Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT ALLOWING FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PENSIONS AND BENEFITS NOTWITHSTANDING SIMILAR PENSIONS AND BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED
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Date filed
December 18, 2007
Scope
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Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 3/12/2008 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Gordon, Richard "Dick" J.
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB03323 | |
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA09499 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ALLOWING FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PENSIONS AND BENEFITS NOTWITHSTANDING SIMILAR PENSIONS AND BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED | |
| SHORT TITLE : "Filipino World War II Veterans Equity Act of 2007." | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill allows Filipino World War II veterans and their surviving spouses and children to receive the benefits/pensions granted by the United States government notwithstanding similar benefits/pensions granted by the Philippine government. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : COSCOLLUELA, MA. CARISSA O. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-12-18 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Velarde | 2. Golez |
| 3. Tieng | 4. Diaz |
| 5. Padilla | 6. Solis |
| 7. Go | 8. Alfelor |
| 9. Lim (R.) | 10. Dumpit (T.L.) |
| 11. Romulo | 12. Barzaga |
| 13. Roman | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Del Mar (051 ) | |
| COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB01659 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00211 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2007-12-18 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: VETERANS AFFAIRS AND WELFARE | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval without amendments | |
| SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB01963, HB02781 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2007-12-18 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2007-12-18 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2007-12-19 | |
| REMARKS : On Dec. 19, 2007, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2008-01-28 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2008-02-05 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:207 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2008-02-11 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2008-02-11 | |
| CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION | |
| DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2008-02-26 | |
| CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : HOUSE | |
| DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2008-03-05 | |
| REMARKS : | |
| CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Diaz, Solis, Roman, Coscolluela, Golez, Belmonte | |
| CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : Biazon, Gordon, Honasan | |
| DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2008-03-12 | |
| DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2008-03-12 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2008-04-03 | |
| DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2008-04-09 | |
| PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A | |
| REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA09499 | |
| ORIGIN : SENATE | |
| REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT ALLOWING FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS TO CONTINUE RECEIVING PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PENSIONS AND BENEFITS NOTWITHSTANDING SIMILAR PENSIONS AND BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED |
Abstract
The bill allows Filipino World War II veterans and their surviving spouses and children to receive the benefits/pensions granted by the United States government notwithstanding similar benefits/pensions granted by the Philippine government.
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