Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE ECONOMIC REGULATION OF WATER UTILITIES, CREATING THE WATER REGULATORY COMMISSION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00517 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE ECONOMIC REGULATION OF WATER UTILITIES, CREATING THE WATER REGULATORY COMMISSION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Water Regulatory Act Of 2016 | |
| ABSTRACT : Creates the Commission with five (5) members to be appointed by the President with a seven years term of office, and with a budget of Three Hundred Million Pesos (P300,000,000.00), with the end in view of recognizing, protecting, realizing and enhancing the rights of all Filipinos to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : HERRERA-DY, BERNADETTE "BH" C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Bravo (M.) (013 2016-08-22) | 2. Romero (023 2016-09-19) |
| 3. Mending (024 2016-09-20) | 4. Montoro (025 2016-09-21) |
| 5. Belaro (025 2016-09-21) | 6. Atienza (025 2016-09-21) |
| 7. Salo (028 2016-09-28) | 8. Marcoleta (028 2016-09-28) |
| 9. Aglipay-Villar (032 2016-10-04) | 10. Canama (032 2016-10-04) |
| 11. Alonte (044 2016-11-15) | 12. Aggabao (053 2016-12-07) |
| 13. Angara-Castillo (062 2017-01-25) | 14. Ty (066 2017-02-06) |
| 15. Yu (072 2017-02-20) | 16. Bertiz (084 2017-05-02) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Deliberated by the TWG on 2018-02-07 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION ON 2016-07-27 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS |
Abstract
Creates the Commission with five (5) members to be appointed by the President with a seven years term of office, and with a budget of Three Hundred Million Pesos (P300,000,000.00), with the end in view of recognizing, protecting, realizing and enhancing the rights of all Filipinos to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation
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