AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE WHETHER SENATE CONCURRENCE IN THE RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION CONVENTION NO. 169, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLE'S CONVENTION, 1989, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ITS BENEFITS AND LEGAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS GIVEN THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE EXISTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ACT, WOULD SERVE THE INTERESTS OF OUR COUNTRY

AN ACT ESTABLISHING FOREST MANAGEMENT, UTILIZATION, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION CENTERS IN PROVINCES INHABITED PREDOMINANTLY BY MEMBERS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND UPLAND FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE IFUGAO RICE TERRACES

AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS, DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES; AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE 'ECOSYSTEM APPROACH' OF THE IKALAHAN TRIBE IN NUEVA VIZCAYA WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS PRACTICES AND THE WIDESPREAD UTILIZATION OF ITS APPROACH TO PROTECT PHILIPPINE FORESTS AND TO HELP KEEP THE BALANCE IN OUR ECOSYSTEM

AN ACT THAT REQUIRES ALL PROVIDERS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AND CARRY OUT PLANS FOR PROCUREMENT FROM BUSINESSES OWNED BY MINORITIES AND WOMEN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SITUATION OF THE TUMANDUKS, WHOSE ANCESTRAL LAND IS DEMARCATED WITHIN A MILITARY RESERVE, IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING AND RAMPANT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST THEM ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE RP-US MILITARY EXERCISES BEING CONDUCTED IN TUMANDUK ANCESTRAL DOMAINS WITH THE PURPOSE OF SECURING THE PROPOSED REPEAL OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 67 S. 1962

AN ACT PROVIDING ACCESS TO INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO VARIOUS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE BLAST MINING ACTIVITIES OF T.V.I. RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PHILIPPINES (TVIRD) IN MOUNT CANATUAN, SIOCON, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE WHICH HAVE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED THE ENVIRONMENT AND DESECRATED THE SUBANEN ANCESTRAL DOMAIN THEREBY ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD

AN ACT ACCORDING OFFICIAL STATUS AND LEGAL RECOGNITION TO TRIBAL PEACE PACT HOLDERS IN THE PROVINCE OF KALINGA AND OTHER AREAS WITH SIMILAR PRACTICE AS PERSONS IN AUTHORITY IN THEIR OWN TRIBAL JURISDICTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 152 OF ACT NO. 3815 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED MILITARY TAKE OVER CAUSING THE DISPLACEMENT OF SOME 1,700 RESIDENTS FROM FIFTEEN LUMAD COMMUNITIES

AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED LARGE-SCALE ILLEGAL MINING OPERATIONS IN LA FRATERNIDAD, TUBAY, AGUSAN DEL NORTE BY A CERTAIN SR METALS, INC. WITHOUT FIRST SECURING THE REQUIRED CONSENT FROM THE AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE (IP) WITHIN THE COVERED ANCESTRAL DOMAIN LAND BEING EXPLOITED AS EMBODIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF R.A. NO. 8371 OR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE REFORM ACT (IPRA), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING IF THERE WERE EXPLICIT VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW AND DEPRIVATION OF THE RIGHTFUL SHARE OF CONCERNED INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITY (ICC) TO THE MINERAL RESOURCES EXTRACTED FROM THE TRIBE'S ANCESTRAL DOMAIN

AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLANNED RESUMPTION OF THE LAIBAN DAM PROJECT IN THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT WAS SCUTTLED DURIGN THE MARCOS ERA AND WHICH WILL DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND IRRETRIEVABLY DESTROY THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, AFFECTING THEIR VERY SURVIVAL AS A PEOPLE

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES IMPOSED AGAINST FAILURE TO SECURE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FOR UNDERTAKINGS IN ANCESTRAL DOMAINS AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS OR FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF, THEREBY AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUING DISPLACEMENT AND HARASSMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PROVINCES OF SURIGAO DEL SUR, AGUSAN DEL SUR, DAVAO ORIENTAL AND COMPOSTELA VALLEY DUE TO THE RAMPANT LOGGING OPERATIONS OF PICOP RESOURCES, INC., WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

AN ACT PROHIBITING RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL PROFILING AGAINST INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE IMPENDING DISPLACEMENT OF THE MANOBO CULTURAL COMMUNITY FROM SAMAR ISLAND BY REASON OF THE RECENT EXTENSION OF THE TIMBER LICENSING AGREEMENT OF BASEY WOOD INDUSTRIES INC. COVERING PORTIONS OF THE DECLARED PROTECTED AREA OF SAMAR ISLAND NATURAL PARK

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RATIONAL EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, AND TO ENSURE THE EQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS FOR THE STATE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE MINING EXPLORATION ACTIVITY IN THE DECLARED PROTECTED SEASCAPE AND LANDSCAPE IN PUJADA BAY, COVERING THE VILLAGE OF MACAMBOL IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF MATI, AND MT. HAMIGUITAN IN DAVAO ORIENTAL, THAT THREATENS THE LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD OF THE MANDAYA TRIBE RESIDING IN THE AREA AND TO REVIEW THE UNCHECKED ISSUANCE OF THE MINERAL PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENT (MPSA) EVEN WITH QUESTIONABLE FREE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT (FPIC) FROM THE AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RATIONAL EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, AND TO ENSURE THE EQUITABLE SHARING OF BENEFITS FOR THE STATE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DISPLACEMENT AND HARASSMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN NUEVA VIZCAYA BECAUSE OF THE LAND-CLEARING AND EXPLORATION OPERATIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MINING FIRM OCEANAGOLD PHILIPPINES, INC.

AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FACED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

AN ACT TO ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MEMBERS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND PREFERENCE IN CERTAIN CASES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES; JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT; AGRARIAN REFORM; AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 364, SERIES OF 2004, PROMULGATED 27 SEPTEMBER 2004 BY PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, ENTITLED, 'TRANSFORMING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM (DLR)' WHICH PLACED BOTH THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON URBAN POOR (PCUP) AND THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE (NCIP) UNDER THE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NEW DLR

AN ACT TO INCLUDE ETHNIC ORIGIN IN THE NATIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT TRAGEDY THAT BEFELL THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DINGALAN, GABALDON AND INFANTA OF THE PROVINCE OF AURORA, NUEVA ECIJA AND QUEZON, RESPECTIVELY

AN ACT SAFEGUARDING THE TRADITIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE CONTINUING THREATENED DISPLACEMENT OF TWO HUNDRED (200) INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE ISLAND OF BORACAY, PROVINCE OF AKLAN DESPITE THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAIN CLAIMS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FORMULATING POLICY MEASURES THAT WOULD RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF THE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES

AN ACT CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE CENTER FOR STUDIES ON INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, TO CONDUCT PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ICC) AND SPECIAL RESOURCE PERSONS FROM LEGITIMATE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, TO DETERMINE MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS OF ENFORCING IP RIGHTS

AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND/OR HOUSING IN EACH AND EVERY REGION IN THE PHILIPPINES, INCLUDING METRO MANILA, WHICH SHALL SERVE AS MODEL HUMAN SETTLEMENTS THAT WILL ADHERE, TO EXTENT PRACTICABLE, TO THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE NATIONAL TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, WHILE PROVIDING THE BASIC CONVENIENCES OF MODERN LIVING, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; AND TOURISM, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DISPLACEMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS ATI TRIBE OF BORACAY ISLAND, MALAY, AKLAN, DUE TO THE REPORTED RAMPANT SELLING OF PARCELS OF LAND FORMING PART OF THEIR ANCESTRAL BORACAY ISLAND AS A PRIME TOURIST ZONE

AN ACT PROHIBITING STEREOTYPING BASED ON RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC ORIGIN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE WELL BEING OF THE VARIOUS INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS ON THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAIN

AN ACT PROHIBITING, PROFILING, VIOLENCE AND ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AGAINST PERSONS BASED ON ETHNICITY, RACE, RELIGION OR BELIEF, LANGUAGE, DISABILITY OR OTHER STATUS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE WELL BEING OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS ON THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAINS, IN THE LIGHT OF ALLEGED ILLEGAL AND ABUSIVE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE PROVINCE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THEREIN

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES IMPOSED AGAINST FAILURE TO SECURE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FOR UNDERTAKINGS IN ANCESTRAL DOMAINS AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS OR FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF, THEREBY AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO ANCESTRAL DOMAINS OF THE TUMANDOK INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PANAY.

AN ACT EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO SECURE TITLE TO THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS UNDER LAND REGISTRATION ACT 496 AND GRANTING A NEW FIVE (5) YEAR PERIOD TO THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP) TO TAKE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED TITLES WHICH WERE ILLEGALLY ACQUIRED, AMENDING FOR PURPOSE SECTIONS 12 AND 64 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT OF 1997

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED EVICTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAINS IN THE BANAUE RICE TERRACES TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM'S PLAN TO BOOST TOURISM IN THE AREA

AN ACT ENSURING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MEMBERS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND PREFERENCE IN CERTAIN CASES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SINIMBURANEN'S CLAIM FOR THE RETURN OF THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND IN AROMAN, CARMEN, COTABATO

AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE TUMANDUKS OF PANAY'S APPEAL FOR THE REPEAL OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 67

AN ACT GRANTING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP) A NEW TEN (10) YEAR PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO TAKE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED TITLES WHICH WERE ILLEGALLY ACQUIRED, AS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 64 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/ INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, PARTICULARLY THE MANOBOS IN THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAIN IN NORTHERN SAMAR, IN THE LIGHT OF THE ACTION MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN LIFTING THE SUSPENSION OF THE TIMBER LICENSE AGREEMENT OF SAN JOSE TIMBER CORPORATION DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE AREA COVERED BY THE SAID AGREEMENT IS A FOREST RESERVE AND A PROTECTED AREA IN THE ISLAND OF SAMAR, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THEREIN