Proposed Senate Resolution No. 565, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SUSTAINABILITY, LEGALITY, AND POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS OF THE PHP 389 MILLION MANILA BAY BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR) AND THE POSSIBLE LIABILITY OF ERRING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 570, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE MASSIVE FLOODING CAUSED BY WATER RELEASES FROM DAMS TRIGGERED BY THE SUCCESSIVE TYPHOONS AND CONTINUOUS RAINS IN THE LUZON ISLAND WITH THE END VIEW OF IDENTIFYING NEEDED GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS, ENVIRONMENT REHABILITATION, AND POSSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS TO PREVENT SIMILAR DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 571, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMMEDIATE, PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE MAN-MADE CAUSES OF THE SEVERE FLOODINGS IN THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON ULYSSES (INTERNATIONAL NAME: VAMCO), PARTICULARLY IN THE CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION, THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, AND THE CITY OF MARIKINA, IN ORDER TO INSTITUTIONALIZE DURABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND INTER-GENERATIONAL MEASURES AGAINST FLOODING AND TYPHOON-RELATED DAMAGE

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 579, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE RECENT RECORD-HIGH FLOODING IN CAGAYAN AND OTHER AREAS IN LUZON IN THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON ‘ULYSSES’ WITH THE END VIEW OF IDENTIFYING AND IMPROVING ANY GAPS IN THE GOVERNMENT’S DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RISK RESPONSE

Senate Bill No. 527, 18th Congress of the Republic

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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A LIST OF LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND AREAS AT HIGH RISK FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND OTHER CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR ITS REGULAR UPDATING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
NATIONAL HAZARD MAPPING ACT OF 2019
Date filed
July 16, 2019

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 581, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DENUDED STATE OF FORESTS AND WATERSHEDS AS WELL AS THE APPARENT HEAVY SILTATION ON RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES, WHICH LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE MASSIVE FLOODING IN LUZON DURING THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE RECENT TYPHOONS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRY'S FOREST COVER AND WATERWAYS IN ORDER TO MITIGATE, IF NOT ALTOGETHER AVOID, THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS

Senate Bill No. 695, 18th Congress of the Republic

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AN ACT TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE BASIC SERVICE OF INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL IN ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL ACT
Date filed
July 22, 2019

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 720, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REPORTED ILLEGAL MINING OPERATIONS IN CANDELARIA, ZAMBALES AND ITS ALLEGED LINKS TO THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECLAMATION PROJECTS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND PERFORM A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ONGOING LARGE-SCALE MINING PROJECTS IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE END VIEW OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE TO RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND GUIDELINES AND ADDRESSING THE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICY GAPS OF PHILIPPINE MINING LAWS

Senate Bill No. 752, 18th Congress of the Republic

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AN ACT BANNING THE CATCHING, SALE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, AND EXPORTATION OF ALL SHARKS AND RAYS OR ANY PART THEREOF IN THE COUNTRY
Short Title
BANNING THE CATCHING, SALE, PURCHASE, IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF ALL SHARKS AND RAYS
Date filed
July 24, 2019
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Proposed Senate Resolution No. 806, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE SHOOTING OF TWO FOREST RANGERS OF MASUNGI GEORESERVE IN SITIO SAN ROQUE, BARANGAY PINUGAY, RIZAL, AS WELL AS THE ILLEGAL INCURSIONS BY ARMED GUARDS THAT IMPEDE REFORESTRATION EFFORTS IN THE WATERSHED AREA

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 907, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LIFTING OF MORATORIUM ON THE OPENING OF CASINOS IN THE RECENTLY REHABILITATED BORACAY ISLAND, AND ALLOWING A CHINESE COMPANY TO CONTINUE ON ITS PLANS THEREIN WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY HALTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING THE BEST POLICY THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN AKLAN, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE CONSERVATION OF THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TOURIST DESTINATION

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 910, 18th Congress

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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMPLIANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) WITH REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 ON SEGREGATION OF WASTES, WITH THE END VIEW OF ENACTING AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE PROTOCOL ON PROPER AND EFFECTIVE SEGREGATION AND DISPOSAL OF COVID-19-RELATED HEALTH CARE WASTES

Senate Bill No. 879, 18th Congress of the Republic

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AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999'
Short Title
REGULATION OF WASTE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY ACT
Date filed
August 7, 2019

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 920, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENTLY APPROVED BLACK SAND MINING PROJECT IN LINGAYEN GULF AND INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE SURROUNDING COASTAL AREAS IN THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN

Senate Bill No. 942, 18th Congress of the Republic

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AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF WATERSHEDS SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM (NIS) TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS SUPPLY OF WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN FOOD AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE
Short Title
PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS FOR IRRIGATION ACT
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Date filed
August 20, 2019

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 970, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR) TO LIFT THE BAN ON OPEN-PIT MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE END VIEW OF REVIEWING THE POLICY DECISION AND EXPLORING OTHER AVENUES FOR GENERATING WEALTH WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE