Entitled:
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.
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2007 ]
10/1/2007	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY; and FINANCE with Senator(s) RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON, RODOLFO G. BIAZON and JUAN PONCE ENRILE as author(s) per Committee Report No. 7, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-142;
10/2/2007	Sponsors: Senator(s) RODOLFO G. BIAZON, JUAN PONCE ENRILE and RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON;
10/2/2007	Committee Report calendared for Ordinary Business;
10/3/2007	Transferred from Ordinary Business to Special Order;
11/12/2007	Senator Pangilinan manifested that Senator Manuel Lito M. Lapid be made coauthor;
[ 2008 ]
1/30/2008	Sponsorship speech of Senator RODOLFO G. BIAZON;
1/30/2008	Period of interpellation closed;
1/30/2008	Period of amendment closed;
1/30/2008	Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
1/31/2008	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
2/5/2008	Approved on Third Reading;
2/5/2008	In favor: (16) EDGARDO J. ANGARA, JOKER P. ARROYO, "COMPANERA" PIA S. CAYETANO, ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, LOREN B. LEGARDA, M. A. MADRIGAL, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MAR ROXAS, MANNY VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
2/5/2008	Against: (None) ;
2/5/2008	Abstention: (None) ;
2/7/2008	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
3/5/2008	House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1659 and HBN-3323, and designated Representatives Diaz, Solis, Roman and Coscolluela as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee, on February 26, 2008;
3/5/2008	Senate agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of both Bills, and designated Senators Biazon, Gordon and Honasan as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
3/10/2008	House of Representatives elected Representatives Golez and Belmonte, Jr. as additional conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on March 4, 2008;
3/12/2008	Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1659, in consolidation with HBN-3323, be approved as reconciled;
3/12/2008	Sponsorship speech of Senator RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON on the Conference Committee Report;
3/12/2008	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
3/12/2008	Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives;(See: O.B. dated April 21, 2008);
4/3/2008	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1659 and HBN-3323, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, for the signature and approval of Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo;
4/9/2008	Approved and signed into law in consolidation with HBN-3323, by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and became; (See: O.B. dated April 23, 2008);
4/9/2008	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9499