Entitled:
AN ACT DECLARING A ONE-TIME AMNESTY ON CERTAIN TAX AND DUTY LIABILITIES, INCLUSIVE OF FEES, FINES, PENALTIES, INTERESTS AND OTHER ADDITIONS THERETO, INCURRED BY CERTAIN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES OPERATING WITHIN THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES AND FREEPORTS CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 80, SERIES OF 1993; PROCLAMATION NO. 216, SERIES OF 1993; PROCLAMATION NO. 420, SERIES OF 1994; AND PROCLAMATION NO. 984, SERIES OF 1997, PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7227, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2006 ]
6/5/2006	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on WAYS AND MEANS; and GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES with Senators Recto and Gordon as authors per Committee Report No. 76, recommending its approval in substitution of HBN-4900;
6/5/2006	Submitted said Committee Report to the Senate;
6/5/2006	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
6/5/2006	Sponsors: Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO, RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON;
6/5/2006	Assigned for consideration by Special Order;
6/5/2006	Sponsorship speech of Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO;
6/7/2006	Certified by the President of the Philippines for its immediate enactment on June 6, 2006;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
7/25/2006	House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2259 and HBN-4900, and designated Representatives Lapus, Uy, Teves, Cua, Javier, Lagman, Villafuerte, Nepomuceno, Domogan and Garcia on the part of the Majority, and Representatives Zamora, Santiago, and Golez on the part of the Minority, as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee, on June 7, 2006;
8/9/2006	House of Representatives designated Representative Magsaysay (M.) as additional conferee on August 1, 2006;
10/2/2006	Interpellation of Senator(s) PANFILO M. LACSON;
10/2/2006	Period of interpellation closed;
10/2/2006	Period of committee amendments;
10/2/2006	Period of committee amendments closed;
10/2/2006	Clarificatory question of SERGIO R. OSMENA III;
12/20/2006	Reconsideration of the closing of the period of committee amendments;
12/20/2006	Period of committee amendments;
12/20/2006	Period of committee amendments closed;
12/20/2006	Period of individual amendments closed;
12/20/2006	Approved on Second Reading;
12/20/2006	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
12/20/2006	Approved on Third Reading; In favor: (15) Senators Angara, Arroyo, Biazon, Companera Pia S. Cayetano, Drilon, Enrile, Flavier, Lacson, M.A. Madrigal, Osmena, Pangilinan, Pimentel, Jr., Recto, Roxas, and Villar; Against: N o n e; Abstention: N o n e;
[ 2007 ]
1/2/2007	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
1/23/2007	Senate agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2259 and HBN-4900, designating Senators Recto, Roxas, Gordon, Arroyo, Lapid, Osmena, M.A. Madrigal and Luisa Loi P. Ejercito Estrada as its conferees;
2/5/2007	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on January 31, 2007;
2/5/2007	Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-4900 in consolidation with SBN-2259, be approved as reconciled;
2/5/2007	Sponsorship speech of Senator Recto on the Conference Committee Report;
2/5/2007	Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate;
2/13/2007	Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of HBN-4900 and SBN-2259, received by the Senate for the signature of Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Villar;
[ THIRD SPECIAL SESSION ]
2/20/2007	Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of HBN-4900 and SBN-2259, already signed by the Senate Secretary and Senate President, sent back to the House of Representatives;
3/20/2007	Consolidated with HBN-4900, which was approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and became;
3/20/2007	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9399 =====================