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 THE 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 SENATE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN OMNIBUS STUDY AND EVENTUAL UPDATING, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF EXISTING POLICIES CONCERNING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPORTED ROAD PROJECTS IN BENGUET WHICH ALLEGEDLY DESECRATED RECOGNIZED BURIAL CAVES OF THE TRIBES OF IBALOY, KANKANAEY AND THE KALANGAYA IN THE CORDILLERA

AN ACT GRANTING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP) AN ADDITIONAL TEN (10) YEARS WITHIN WHICH TO TAKE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED TITLES WHICH WERE ACQUIRED ILLEGALLY, 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 PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO REVIEW THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS LAW

AN ACT AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 122-A, AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 295 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE MUSLIM AFFAIRS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE URGING THE SCRAPPING OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 942, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MINING ACT OF 1995

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 4 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 122-A, AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 295 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ACT CREATING THE OFFICE ON MUSLIM AFFAIRS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT 47 IRAYA MANGYAN TRIBES WILL BE DISPLACED DUE TO THE PROPOSED LANDFILL PROJECT IN PUERTO GALERA

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 PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNITED NATIONS REPORT THAT MILITARIZATION CONTINUES TO DISPLACE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN MINDANAO

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

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE VERACITY OF THE REPORTED HARASSMENT, KILLINGS, FORCED EVACUATIONS AND DISPOSSESSION OF ANCESTRAL LANDS, AMONG OTHERS, IN THE COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL SCHOOLS IN THE LUMAD AREAS IN MINDANAO, WITH THE END GOALS OF IMMEDIATELY PUTTING AN END TO IT, METING OUT THE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS TO THOSE LIABLE AND FORMULATING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES PROTECTING, FURTHERING AND IMPROVING THE WELFARE AND WELL-BEING OF VARIOUS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND TRIBES IN THE PHILIPPINES

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORTED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (ICCS/IPS) IN MINDANAO PERPETRATED BY ELEMENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PARAMILITARY GROUPS

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 APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POSSIBLE CASE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING OF ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL AND LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ALCADEV) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITO SAMARCA, MANOBO LUMAD LEADER DIONEL CAMPOS AND DATU JUVELLO SINZO, THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 IN BARANGAY DIATAGON, LIANGA, SURIGAO DEL SUR, ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY AND A LOCAL PARAMILITARY GROUPS

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 REPORT THAT A SCHOOL HEAD AND TWO LUMAD LEADERS WERE KILLED BY PARAMILITARY GUNMEN IN SURIGAO DEL SUR

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 THE 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 PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT 800 LUMAD SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE AMONG EVACUEES IN SURIGAO DEL SUR DUE TO THE OPERATION OF PARAMILITARY GROUPS

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 PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GRANTING TO THE BUGKALOT/ILONGOT CULTURAL COMMUNITIES OF PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE PROCEEDS OF THE CASECNAN MULTI-PURPOSE IRRIGATION AND POWER PROJECT

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT 86 LUMAD FAMILIES HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES IN AGUSAN DEL SUR AMID ATTACKS FROM COMMUNIST REBELS

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 IMPLICATIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION (REDD) PROGRAMMED TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

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.