Bill Type
Short Title
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, FY 2018
Congress Author
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
26
Session Type
Document Certification
Document Certification Date
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by SENATE (11/29/2017)

Votes

Votes

Type of vote

Third Reading (11/29/2017)

Voted Yes Voted No

Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S.
Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.
Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Hontiveros, Risa
Lacson, Panfilo M.
Legarda, Loren B.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Poe, Grace L.
Recto, Ralph G.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.

 

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB06215
REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA10964
FULL TITLE : AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SHORT TITLE : Appropriating Funds For The Operation Of The Government Of The Republic Of The Philippines From January One To December Thirty - One, Two Thousand And Eighteen
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : NOGRALES, KARLO ALEXEI B., ALVAREZ, PANTALEON D., FARIÑAS, RODOLFO C., ZAMORA, MARIA CARMEN S., JAVIER, PAOLO EVERARDO S., LEACHON, DOY C., OLIVAREZ, ERIC L., SANDOVAL, FEDERICO "RICKY" II S., GARIN, OSCAR "RICHARD" JR. S., SALCEDA, JOEY SARTE, BIAZON, ROZZANO RUFINO B., DIMAPORO, MOHAMAD KHALID Q., DUAVIT, JOHN MICHAEL R., LANETE, SCOTT DAVIES S. M.D., DY, NAPOLEON S., COJUANGCO, CARLOS O., DEL MAR, RAUL V., VARGAS, ALFRED D., LOBREGAT, CELSO L., GO, ANA CRISTINA SIQUIAN, NUÑEZ-MALANYAON, CORAZON T., VILLAFUERTE, LUIS RAYMUND JR. F., JALOSJOS, SETH FREDERICK P., AMANTE, ERLPE JOHN "PING" M., CUARESMA, LUISA LLOREN, ANTONINO, MAGNOLIA C., SAMBAR, MARK AERON H., ALMONTE, JORGE T., CALIXTO-RUBIANO, EMI G., CARI, JOSE CARLO L., CELESTE, JESUS "BOYING" F., CERAFICA, ARNEL M., GONZALEZ, FERNANDO V., PRIMICIAS-AGABAS, MARLYN L., RAMOS, DEOGRACIAS JR. B., SACDALAN, JESUS NONATO, VILLARICA, LINABELLE RUTH R., ABELLANOSA, RODRIGO A., ARAGONES, SOL, ARENAS, ROSE MARIE "BABY" J., CAMINERO, WILFREDO S., SAHALI, RUBY M., SUANSING, ESTRELLITA B., ACOSTA, GIL P., ALONTE, MARILYN B., BAGATSING, CRISTAL L., BERNOS, JOSEPH STO. NINO B., FERNANDO, BAYANI F., GONZAGA, RUWEL PETER S., MALAPITAN, DALE "ALONG" R., MATUGAS, FRANCISCO JOSE II T., NAVA, MA. LUCILLE L., MD., NIETO, JOHN MARVIN "YUL SERVO" C., NOLASCO, RAMON, PACQUIAO, ROGELIO "RUEL" D., PAPANDAYAN, MAUYAG JR. "JUN" B., PIMENTEL, JOHNNY TY, SUANSING, HORACIO JR. P., VELOSO, VICENTE "CHING" S.E., MANGAOANG, ALLEN JESSE C., SAVELLANO, DEOGRACIAS VICTOR B., SIAO, FREDERICK W., ACHARON, PEDRO JR. B., BULUT-BEGTANG, ELEONOR C., YAP, ARTHUR C., MACEDA, EDWARD VERA PEREZ, LOPEZ, MANUEL LUIS T., SAGARBARRIA, MANUEL, YU, DIVINA GRACE C., MARQUEZ, CARLITO S., GASATAYA, GREG G., ENVERGA, ANNA KATRINA M., YAP, MELECIO JR. J., ESCUDERO, EVELINA G., DURANO, RAMON "RED" VI H., DIMAPORO, ABDULLAH D., ONG, EDWIN, SY-ALVARADO, JOSE ANTONIO "KUYA JONATHAN" R., GARCIA, JOSE ENRIQUE III S., LAOGAN, DENNIS C., ESTRELLA, CONRADO III M., MANALO, JESULITO A., PADUANO, JOSEPH STEPHEN S., MONTORO, TEODORO "TED" G., UNGAB, ALBERTO TOM, ROQUE, ROGELIO NEIL P., FORTUNO, SALVIO B., ARBISON, MUNIR M., TEJADA, JOSE "PING-PING" I., AMATONG, ISAGANI S., ABAD, HENEDINA R., CATAMCO, NANCY A., ADIONG, ANSARUDDIN ABDUL MALIK A., AGARAO, BENJAMIN JR. C., DELOSO-MONTALLA, CHERYL P., GORRICETA, ARCADIO H., LIMKAICHONG, JOCELYN SY, ROMAN, GERALDINE B., SARMIENTO, EDGAR MARY S., VARGAS-ALFONSO, BABY ALINE, BATAOIL, LEOPOLDO N., MELLANA, EVELYN P., PANCHO, GAVINI "APOL" C., SILVERIO, LORNA C., UY, JULIETTE T., ZUBIRI, MANUEL F., CUA, DAKILA CARLO E., BROSAS, ARLENE D., CANAMA, SABINIANO S., LACSON, VIRGILIO S., SALO, RON P., TAN, SHERNEE ABUBAKAR, UYBARRETA, CARLOS ROMAN, GO, MARK O., MANGUDADATU, SUHARTO T., CAGAS, MERCEDES "DIDI" C., ESPINA, ROGELIO J. M.D., HOFER, ANN K., ESPINO, AMADO JR. T.
DATE FILED : 2017-08-16
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Tambunting (017 2017-09-04) 2. Bordado (019 2017-09-06)
3. Dalipe (025 2017-09-18)
AUTHORSHIP WITHDRAWALS:
Bordado(2017-09-18)
()
DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT:2017-09-12
URGENT BILL? Yes
DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT:2017-09-12
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2017-08-01
      2. Approved by the Committee on 2017-08-29
      3. Committee Report Approved on 2017-08-29
      4. Committee Report filed on 2017-08-29
      5. Under deliberation by a Subcommittee on 2017-09-04
      6. Under Bicameral Conference Committee Deliberation on 2017-11-30
      7. Bicameral Conference Report filed on 2017-12-12
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00363
SUBMITTED ON 2017-08-29
SUBMITTED BY: APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval without amendment
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ON 2017-08-22
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2017-08-29
DATE CALENDARED : 2017-08-30
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2017-09-04, 2017-09-05, 2017-09-06, 2017-09-07, 2017-09-08, 2017-09-11, 2017-09-12
SPONSORED BY :  Dimaporo (M.K.);Zamora (M.C.);Sambar;Del Mar;Leachon;Cuaresma;Zamora (M.C.);Javier;Salceda;Cuaresma;Vargas;Villafuerte;Salceda;Sambar;Duavit;Lobregat;Go (A.C.);Nograles (K.A.);Duavit;Cojuangco;Leachon;Sambar;Nograles (K.A.);Nuñez-Malanyaon;Olivarez;Lanete;Sandoval;Nograles (K.A.);Biazon;Nograles (K.A.);Vargas;Salceda;Javier;Garin (O.);Lobregat;Duavit;Sambar;Dimaporo (M.K.);Del Mar
PERIOD OF INTERPELLATIONS : 2017-09-04, 2017-09-05, 2017-09-06, 2017-09-07, 2017-09-08, 2017-09-11, 2017-09-12
INTERPELLATED BY : Salon, De Jesus, Tinio, Roque (H.), Zarate, Castro (F.L.), Suarez, Brosas, Bravo (A.), Elago, Suarez, Tinio, Casilao, Dimaporo (A.), Bravo (A.), Brosas, Atienza, Lagman, Salon, Zarate, Castro (F.L.), Roque (H.), De Jesus, Go (M.), Tinio, Suarez, Bravo (A.), Casilao, Chavez, Sarmiento (C.), Zarate, Bravo (A.), Vergara, Suarez, Brosas, Casilao, Villarin, Casilao, Brosas, Villarin, Elago, Tinio, Suarez, Atienza, Lagman, Chavez, Tiangco, De Jesus, Atienza, Suarez, Zarate, Tan (S.), Tinio, Castro (F.L.), Zarate, Salon, Dimaporo (M.K.), Bravo (A.), Zubiri, Atienza, Biron, Salon, Chavez, Zarate, Alejano, Roque (H.), De Jesus, Tinio, Suarez, Bravo (A.), Alejano, Casilao, Elago, Brosas, Castro (F.L.), Lagman, Zarate, Castro (F.L.), Brosas, Go (M.), Bravo (A.), Garbin, Roque (H.), Chavez, Marcoleta
PERIOD OF TURNO EN CONTRA : 2017-09-12
TURNO EN CONTRA BY : Suarez
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2017-09-12
REMARKS : Committee to receive Individual Amendments: Nograles KA, Zamora MC, Sandoval, Farinas, Sambar, Cua and Suarez - Sept. 15, 2017
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2017-09-26
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:220     NAYS:9    ABSTAIN:.0
Voting Details Per Member(Legend:Y-Yes N-No A-Abstain X-Did Not Vote B-Absent D-N/A)
B---Abad--(Absent) Y---Abaya
Y---Abayon Y---Abellanosa
Y---Abu Y---Abueg
Y---Acharon Y---Acop
Y---Acosta B---Acosta-Alba--(Absent)
B---Adiong--(Absent) Y---Advincula
Y---Agarao Y---Aggabao
B---Aglipay-Villar--(Absent) D---Akbar--(N/A)
Y---Albano B---Alcala--(Absent)
N---Alejano Y---Almario
Y---Almonte Y---Alonte
Y---Alvarez (F.) B---Alvarez (M.)--(Absent)
Y---Alvarez (P.) B---Amante--(Absent)
Y---Amatong (I.) B---Andaya--(Absent)
Y---Angara-Castillo B---Antonino--(Absent)
Y---Antonio Y---Aragones
B---Arbison--(Absent) Y---Arcillas
Y---Arenas N---Atienza
B---Aumentado--(Absent) B---Bag-ao--(Absent)
Y---Bagatsing Y---Baguilat
Y---Banal Y---Barbers
Y---Barzaga Y---Bataoil
X---Batocabe Y---Bautista-Bandigan
Y---Belaro Y---Belmonte (F.)
Y---Belmonte (J.C.) B---Belmonte (R.)--(Absent)
Y---Benitez Y---Bernos
Y---Bertiz Y---Biazon
Y---Billones B---Biron--(Absent)
Y---Bolilia Y---Bondoc
Y---Bordado Y---Bravo (A.)
Y---Bravo (M.) N---Brosas
Y---Bulut-Begtang B---Cagas--(Absent)
Y---Calderon Y---Calixto-Rubiano
Y---Caminero Y---Campos
Y---Canama B---Cari--(Absent)
N---Casilao Y---Castelo
N---Castro (F.L.) Y---Castro (F.H.)
Y---Catamco Y---Cayetano
X---Celeste Y---Cerafica
Y---Cerilles Enerio Y---Chavez
Y---Chipeco Y---Co
B---Cojuangco--(Absent) Y---Collantes
Y---Cortes Y---Cortuna
Y---Cosalan Y---Crisologo
B---Cua--(Absent) Y---Cuaresma
Y---Cueva Y---Dalipe
D---Dalog--(N/A) Y---Datol
B---Daza--(Absent) N---De Jesus
Y---De Venecia Y---De Vera
Y---Defensor Y---Del Mar
X---Del Rosario Y---Deloso-Montalla
Y---Dimaporo (A.) Y---Dimaporo (M.K.)
Y---Duavit B---Durano--(Absent)
B---Dy--(Absent) N---Elago
Y---Enverga Y---Erice
Y---Eriguel Y---Ermita-Buhain
Y---Escudero B---Espina--(Absent)
Y---Espino Y---Estrella
Y---Eusebio Y---Evardone
Y---Fariñas Y---Fernando
Y---Ferrer J. X---Ferrer L.
X---Ferriol-Pascual B---Floirendo--(Absent)
Y---Flores Y---Fortun
Y---Fortuno B---Fuentebella--(Absent)
Y---Garbin Y---Garcia (G.)
Y---Garcia (J.E.) Y---Garcia-Albano
Y---Garin (O.) Y---Garin (S.)
Y---Gasataya Y---Gatchalian
Y---Geron Y---Go (A.C.)
Y---Go (M.) X---Gomez
Y---Gonzaga Y---Gonzales (A.P.)
Y---Gonzales (A.D.) Y---Gonzalez
B---Gorriceta--(Absent) Y---Gullas
X---Hernandez (F.) Y---Herrera-Dy
Y---Hofer Y---Jalosjos
Y---Javier Y---Kho
Y---Khonghun Y---Labadlabad
Y---Lacson Y---Lagman
Y---Lanete Y---Laogan
Y---Lazatin X---Leachon
Y---Lee Y---Limkaichong
B---Lobregat--(Absent) B---Lopez (B.)--(Absent)
Y---Lopez (C.) X---Lopez (M.L.)
Y---Loyola B---Macapagal Arroyo--(Absent)
Y---Maceda Y---Madrona
Y---Aquino-Magsaysay Y---Nuñez-Malanyaon
Y---Malapitan Y---Manalo
Y---Mangaoang X---Mangudadatu (S.)
Y---Mangudadatu (Z.) Y---Marcoleta
B---Marcos--(Absent) Y---Mariño
Y---Marquez Y---Martinez
Y---Matugas Y---Mellana
Y---Mending B---Mendoza--(Absent)
Y---Mercado Y---Mirasol
Y---Montoro Y---Nava
Y---Nieto Y---Noel
Y---Nograles (J.J.) Y---Nograles (K.A.)
Y---Nolasco Y---Oaminal
X---Ocampo Y---Olivarez
Y---Ong (H.) Y---Ong (E.)
Y---Ortega (P.) Y---Ortega (V.N.)
Y---Pacquiao Y---Paduano
Y---Palma Y---Pancho
Y---Panganiban Y---Panotes
Y---Papandayan Y---Pichay
Y---Pimentel Y---Pineda
X---Plaza Y---Primicias-Agabas
Y---Roa-Puno Y---Quimbo
Y---Radaza Y---Ramirez-Sato
B---Ramos--(Absent) Y---Relampagos
B---Revilla--(Absent) Y---Robes
B---Rocamora--(Absent) Y---Rodriguez (I.)
Y---Rodriguez (M.) Y---Roman
B---Romero--(Absent) B---Romualdez--(Absent)
Y---Romualdo B---Roque (H.)--(Absent)
Y---Roque (R.N.) Y---Sacdalan
Y---Sagarbarria Y---Sahali
B---Salceda--(Absent) X---Salimbangon
Y---Salo Y---Salon
Y---Sambar Y---Sandoval
Y---Santos-Recto Y---Sarmiento (C.)
Y---Sarmiento (E.M.) Y---Savellano
B---Sema--(Absent) Y---Siao
B---Silverio--(Absent) Y---Singson (E.)
Y---Suansing (E.) Y---Suansing (H.)
B---Suarez--(Absent) X---Sy-Alvarado
Y---Tambunting B---Tan (A.)--(Absent)
B---Tan (M.)--(Absent) Y---Tan (S.)
Y---Tejada Y---Teves
Y---Tiangco X---Ting
N---Tinio Y---Tolentino
X---Treñas Y---Tugna
Y---Tupas B---Turabin-Hataman--(Absent)
Y---Ty B---Umali--(Absent)
Y---Unabia Y---Ungab
Y---Unico X---Uy (J.)
Y---Uy (R.) Y---Uybarreta
Y---Vargas Y---Vargas-Alfonso
B---Velarde--(Absent) Y---Velasco, L.A.
Y---Velasco-Catera Y---Veloso
B---Vergara--(Absent) B---Villafuerte--(Absent)
Y---Villanueva D---Villar--(N/A)
Y---Villaraza-Suarez Y---Villarica
Y---Villarin Y---Violago
Y---Yap (A.) Y---Yap (M.)
Y---Yap (V.) Y---Yu
Y---Zamora (M.C.) Y---Zamora (R.)
N---Zarate Y---Zubiri
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2017-09-27
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2017-09-27
DATE PASSED BY THE SENATE:  2017-11-29
PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS(Y/N)? : Y
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION
DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2017-11-29
CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : HOUSE
DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2017-11-29
REMARKS : With Direct Veto of the President
CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Nograles (K.A.), Fariñas, Zamora (M.C.), Sandoval, Cua, Ermita-Buhain, Bondoc, Umali, Sambar, Suarez
CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : Legarda, Recto, Drilon, Villar, Angara, Lacson, Ejercito, Binay, Zubiri, Sotto
DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2017-12-12
DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2017-12-12
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2017-12-19
DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2017-12-19
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A
REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA10964
ORIGIN : HOUSE
REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Senate Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
Introduced by Representatives KARLO ALEXEI B. NOGRALES, PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ, RODOLFO C. FARIÑAS, MARIA CARMEN S. ZAMORA, et. al.;
Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on September 26, 2017;
Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on September 12, 2017; (See: O.B. dated September 25, 2017);
9/27/2017 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;
9/27/2017 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on FINANCE;
9/28/2017 Copies of HBN-6215 (Volume 1-A; 1-B; and Volume 2) were distributed to the Senators;
10/3/2017 Returned and submitted by the Committee on FINANCE per Committee Report No. 167, recommending its approval with amendments;
10/3/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
10/3/2017 Sponsors: Senators LOREN B. LEGARDA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, PANFILO M. LACSON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, and all members of the Senate Committee on Finance;
10/5/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
10/5/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA;
10/5/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) PANFILO M. LACSON, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, RALPH G. RECTO and FRANKLIN M. DRILON on General Principles of GAA 2018;
10/5/2017 Remarks of Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
10/5/2017 Manifestation of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
10/5/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN and RICHARD J. GORDON on the budget of the Department of Finance and the Department of Budget and Management;
10/5/2017 Budget of the Department of Finance (Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Local Government Finance, Bureau of Treasury, Central Board of Assessment Appeals, National Tax Research Center, Privatization and Management Office, Securities and Exchange Commission); Budgetary Support to Government Corporations and its attached agencies; Department of Budget and Management and its attached agencies; Allocation to Local Government Units and its attached agencies; Contingency Fund; Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund; Pension and Gratuity Fund; and Unprogrammed Appropriations deemed submitted;
10/6/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN and RICHARD J. GORDON on the budget of the Department of Energy;
10/6/2017 Budget of the Department of Energy (Office of the Secretary) and the Budgetary Support to Government Corporations (National Electrification Administration, National Power Corporation, Corporate Operating Budget, and Philippine National Oil Company) deemed submitted;
10/6/2017 Interpellation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III on the budget of the Insurance Commission;
10/6/2017 Budget of the Department of Finance and Insurance Commission deemed submitted;
10/6/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON, RICHARD J. GORDON, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR on the budget of the Bureau of Customs;
10/6/2017 Budget of the Bureau of Customs deemed submitted pending the submission of the requested amendment to the A.O. and also pending any further action that maybe requested on the floor by the Minority Leader;
10/6/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) RISA HONTIVEROS, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, FRANKLIN M. DRILON and PANFILO M. LACSON on the budget of the Budgetary Support to Government Corporations (NEDA: Philippine Institute of Development Studies);
10/6/2017 Budget of the National Economic Development Authority and its attached agencies (Office of the Director General, Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency, Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines, Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute, Tariff Commission, Philippine Statistics Authority, and Philippine Institute for Development Studies) deemed submitted;
10/6/2017 Budget of other Executive Offices (Joint Legislative-Executive Councils (Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council), Climate Change Commission; Commission on the Filipino Language; Games and Amusement Board; Governance Commission for Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations; National Commission for Culture and Arts; National Historical Commission of the Philippines; National Library of the Philippines; National Archives of the Philippines; National Commission on Indigenous Peoples; Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission; Presidential Management Staff; Mindanao Development Authority; National Commission on Muslim Filipinos; Presidential Legislative Liason Office; Commission on Filipinos Overseas; Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board; MTRCB; and Cooperative Development Authority) deemed submitted;
10/6/2017 Budget of the Budgetary Support to Government Corporations (Other Executive Offices: Cultural Center of the Philippines; Southern Philippines Development Authority; Credit Information Corporation; Development Academy of the Philippines; Home Guaranty Corporation; National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation; and Social Housing Finance Corportion, and Zamboanga Ecozone) deemed submitted;
10/6/2017 Budget of the Department of Trade and Industry and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Board of Investments, Philippine Trade Training Center, Design Center of the Philippines, and Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines) deemed submitted;
10/6/2017 Manifestation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III to insert into the Record the general comments of Senator De Lima in the proposed 2018 budget;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III on the budget of the Office of the Vice President;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Office of the Vice President deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and RICHARD J. GORDON on the budget of the Judiciary;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Judiciary (Supreme Court of the Philippines and the lower courts, Presidential Electoral Tribunal, Sandiganbayan, Court of Appeals and Court of Tax Appeals), and the Office of the Ombudsman deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON on the budget of the Civil Service Commission;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Civil Service Commission; and Career Executive Service Board, deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Commission on Audit; and Department of Agrarian Reform, deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) PANFILO M. LACSON, GRACE L. POE, RISA HONTIVEROS, JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, RICHARD J. GORDON and FRANKLIN M. DRILON on the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways;
10/9/2017 Manifestation of Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (Office of the Secretary, and Local Water Utilities Administration) deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Budget of Other Executive Offices (Anti-Money Laundering Council; Energy Regulatory Commission; National Security Council, Philippine Sports Commission; and Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority) deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Manifestation of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON, RICHARD J. GORDON and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL on the budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Foreign Service Institute, Technical Cooperation Council of the Philippines and the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines) deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON on the budget of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency;
10/9/2017 Budget of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) VICENTE C. SOTTO III and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL on the budget of the Commission on Human Rights;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Commission on Human Rights deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL on the budget of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator RALPH G. RECTO on the budget of the Department of Information and Communications Technology;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Department of Information and Communications Technology and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center, National Privacy Commission, and National Telecommunications Commission) deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Department of Tourism (Office of the Secretary, Intramuros Administration, and National Parks Development Committee); and Budgetary Support to Government Corporations (Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority; and Tourism Promotions Board) deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator RALPH G. RECTO on the budget of the State Universities and Colleges, and CHED;
10/9/2017 Budget of the State Universities and Colleges; and the Commission on Higher Education, deemed submitted;
10/9/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) GRACE L. POE and RALPH G. RECTO on the budget of the Department of Transportation, LRTA and PNR;
10/9/2017 Budget of the Department of Transportation and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Civil Aeronautics Board, Maritime Industry Authority, Office of the Transportation Cooperatives, Office for Transportation Security, Philippine Coast Guard, and Toll Regulatory Board); and Light Rail Transit Authority; and Philippine National Railways, deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Budget of the National Youth Commission deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL on the budget of Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC);
10/10/2017 Budget of the Housing and Urban Development Council (HUDCC),and the National Housing Authority (NHA) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and JOEL VILLANUEVA on the budget of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);
10/10/2017 Manifestation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON that Senator RISA HONTIVEROS will submit a letter to the Committee and to the Department regarding her concerns with the DOLE;
10/10/2017 Budget of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Institute for Labor Studies, National Conciliation and Mediation Board, National Labor Relations Commission, National Maritime Polytechnic, National Wages and Productivity Commission, Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration, Professional Regulation Commission, and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) RISA HONTIVEROS, JOEL VILLANUEVA, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, RICHARD J. GORDON and RALPH G. RECTO on the budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR);
10/10/2017 Manifestation of Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO on the budget of DENR;
10/10/2017 Budget of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Environmental Management Bureau, Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau, National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, National Water Resources Board, and Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) VICENTE C. SOTTO III, PANFILO M. LACSON, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and RICHARD J. GORDON on the budget of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its attached agencies;
10/10/2017 Budget of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Corrections, Bureau of Immigration, Land Registration Authority, National Bureau of Investigation, Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, Office of the Solicitor General, Parole and Probation Administration, Presidential Commission on Good Government, and Public Attorneys Office) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Budget of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Budget of the Department of Agriculture and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Agricultural Credit Policy Council, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, National Meat Inspection Service, Philippine Carabao Center, Philippine Center for Post-Harvest Development and Mechanization, Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority, and Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Budget of other Executive Offices (Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority, National Food Authority, National Irrigation Administration, and Philippine Coconut Authority) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Budget of the Department of Agriculture, budgetary support to government corporations (National Dairy Authority, National Tobacco Administration, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation, Philippine Fisheries Development Authority, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippine Sugar Corporation, and Sugar Regulatory Administration) deemed submitted;
10/10/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV and RICHARD J. GORDON on the budget of the Depertment of Interior and Local Government (DILG);
10/11/2017 Motion of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON on the Budget of the Office of the President;
10/11/2017 Budget of the Office of the President and its attached agencies deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Budget of the Senate, Senate Electoral Tribunal; Commission on Appointments; House of Representatives; and House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RISA HONTIVEROS, JOEL VILLANUEVA and GREGORIO B. HONASAN II on the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD);
10/11/2017 Budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and its attached agencies deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Manifestation of the Chair (Senator Zubiri) for the DSWD to take a look at the PSA statistics on provinces with the most number of incidences of poverty;
10/11/2017 Budget of the Presidential Communication Operations Office and its attached agencies; ARMM; Department of Science and Technology and its attached agencies deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Budget of the PCOO and its attached agencies; ARMM; DOST and its attached agencies deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Budgetary Support to Government Corporations: Department of Trade and Industry (Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority); Other Executive Offices (Philippine Center for Economic Development; Philippine Postal Corporation; National Anti-Poverty Commission; Optical Media Board; Philippine Commission on Women [National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women]; Philippine Racing Commission; Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor; and Philippine Competition Commission) deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON, RICHARD J. GORDON and JOEL VILLANUEVA on the budget of the Bases Conversion Development Authority; Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority; and Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan;
10/11/2017 Budget of the Bases Conversion Development Authority; Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority; and Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Budget of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Interpellation of Senator RISA HONTIVEROS on the budget of the Department of Education (DEPED);
10/11/2017 Budget of the Department of Education and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, National Book Development Council, National Council for Childrens Television, Philippine High School for the Arts, and Early Childhood Care and Development Board) deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, RISA HONTIVEROS and RICHARD J. GORDON on the Department of Health (Budgetary Support to Government Corporations);
10/11/2017 Budgetary Support to Government Corporations (Department of Health: Lung Center of the Philippines; National Kidney and Transplant Institute; Philippine Childrens Medical Center; Philippine Health Insurance Corporation; Philippine Heart Center; and Philippine Institute and Alternative Health Care) deemed submitted;
10/11/2017 Interpellation of Senators RISA HONTIVEROS and PANFILO M. LACSON on the budget of the Department of Internal and Local Government (DILG) and its attached agencies;
10/11/2017 Manifestation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
11/16/2017 Budget of the Film Development Council of the Philippines deemed submitted;
11/16/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON, PANFILO M. LACSON, JOEL VILLANUEVA, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, RALPH G. RECTO and EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO on the budget of the Department of the Interior and Local Government;
11/16/2017 Budget of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and its attached agencies (Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Local Government Academy, National Police Commission and Philippine Public Safety College) deemed submitted;
11/16/2017 Interpellation of Senator RISA HONTIVEROS on the budget of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor;
11/16/2017 Budget of the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor deemed submitted;
11/16/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) RISA HONTIVEROS, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, RICHARD J. GORDON and FRANKLIN M. DRILON on the budget of the Dangerous Drugs Board and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA);
11/16/2017 Budget of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) deemed submitted;
11/16/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) RICHARD J. GORDON and RALPH G. RECTO on the budget of the Department of National Defense;
11/16/2017 Budget of the Department of National Defense deemed submitted;
11/16/2017 Motion of Senator Sotto III that the Bureau of Customs has already complied with their submission of documents requested by the Minority Leader, Senator Drilon; The budget of the Bureau of Customs deemed submitted;
11/16/2017 Period of interpellation closed;
11/28/2017 Period of individual amendments;
11/29/2017 Period of individual amendments;
11/29/2017 Period of individual amendments closed;
11/29/2017 Approved on Second Reading without Amendments;
11/29/2017 Approved on Third Reading;
11/29/2017 In favor: (16) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
11/29/2017 Against: (None) ;
11/29/2017 Abstention: (None) ;
11/29/2017 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-6215, designating Senators Legarda, Recto, Drilon, Villar, Angara, Lacson, Ejercito, Binay and Zubiri as its conferees;
12/4/2017 House of Representatives designated Representatives Nograles, Farinas, Zamora, Sandoval II, Cua, Ermita-Buhain, Bondoc, Umali, Sambar and Suarez as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing votes of HBN-6215 on November 29, 2017;
12/4/2017 Senator SOTTO III was made as an additional conferees;
12/12/2017 Conference Committee Report of the disagreeing votes of HBN-6215 submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-6215 be approved as reconciled;
12/12/2017 Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA;
12/12/2017 Manifestation of Senator PANFILO M. LACSON;
12/12/2017 Inquiry of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
12/12/2017 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
12/13/2017 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives; (See: O.B. dated January 15, 2018)
[ 2018 ]
1/15/2018 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on December 19, 2017 and became
1/15/2018 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10964.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.NO. 10964 (HBN-6215), with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on January 31, 2018)
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