AN ACT REGULATING THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT TO RESCIND OR RESERVE EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 31 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1177, ALLOCATING FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE FUNDS, 'FREED' AS A RESULT OF THE AMENDMENT TO AUGMENT THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENTS (IRA) OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, PROVIDING FOR THE AUTOMATIC RELEASE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN THE ENACTMENT OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT BY MANDATING THE FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE NATURE, PURPOSE AND AMOUNTS OF CONGRESSIONAL INSERTIONS AND THE COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL PROJECTS EMBRACED THEREIN, AND PROHIBITING THE ACTS OF SELF-SERVING APPROPRIATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS OF THE SAME EXPENDITURE BY DOUBLE OR MULTIPLE ENTRIES IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO ALLOCATE ONE HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (PHP100,000,000.00) FROM THE P11.3 BILLION APPROPRIATION FOR AUTOMATED ELECTIONS IN 2010, TO BE UTILIZED IN AN INCENTIVE/REWARD SYSTEM IN FAVOR OF ANYONE, INCLUDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS, WHO CAN CONVINCINGLY DEMONSTRATE THE WEAKNESS OF THE SAID SYSTEM AND ESTABLISH THAT THE SAME IS NOT SECURE FROM FRAUD, TAMPERING AND MANIPULATION AND THEREAFTER, CANCEL THE CONTRACT AND SUE FOR DAMAGES, OTHERWISE IT WILL SHOW THAT AUTOMATION IS THE ANSWER TO ELECTION FRAUD AND THAT THE COMELEC PURCHASED/LEASED SYSTEM IS NOT VULNERABLE TO FRAUD, TAMPERING AND MANIPULATION

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE DOUBLING OF THE APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL APPLICATION

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON FINANCE; AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BUDGETARY APPROPRIATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROMOTING PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS LIKE 'BUSINESS ON WHEELS' AND THE 'MICRO-DISTRIBUTORSHIP PROGRAMS' AND THE LARGER APPROPRIATION FOR SIMILAR ENDEAVOURS