AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FISCAL REGIME AND REVENUE SHARING ARRANGEMENT FOR LARGE-SCALE METALLIC MINING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FISCAL REGIME AND REVENUE SHARING ARRANGEMENT FOR LARGE-SCALE METALLIC MINING

AN ACT PROHIBITING BLACK SAND MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY DOMESTIC PROCESSING OF ALL MINERAL ORES BEFORE EXPORTATION AND A CERTIFICATION SHOWING PRESENCE OR LACK OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 972, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1174, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1976' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DREDGING OF SAND AND OTHER AGGREGATES FROM VARIOUS BODIES OF WATER IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING GOVERNMENT MECHANISMS TO ENFORCE PHILIPPINE MINING LAWS, SAFEGUARDING PHILIPPINE NATIONAL INTERESTS, AND MAINTAINING A BALANCED AND HEALTHFUL ECOLOGY FOR ALL

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENTLY APPROVED CAGAYAN OFFSHORE MAGNETITE MINING PROJECT DUE TO THE REPORTED NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON NATURAL RESOURCES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MINING CONTROVERSY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BROOKE’S POINT, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, WITH THE PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING THE POLICY QUESTIONS RAISED IN THIS RESOLUTION AND RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LAWS OR THE ENACTMENT OF NEW LAWS, AND/OR THE REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES WHICH TEND TO DEFEAT OR WEAKEN THE LOCAL AUTONOMY, JURISDICTION, AND GENERAL WELFARE POWERS GRANTED TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS BY THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND VARIOUS LAWS AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORTED DESTRUCTIVE MINING OPERATIONS AND ILLEGAL EXCAVATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE CAUSED AND THE INDIVIDUALS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATIONS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION LAWS AND ADDRESS THE POSSIBLE BREACH TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN THE IMPACT OF LARGE-SCALE MINING PARTICULARLY IN THE ISLAND OF MANICANI, GUIUAN, EASTERN SAMAR, WITH THE END VIEW OF CRAFTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS FOR THE UTILIZATION, MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MANDATES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE GAPS THAT COMPOUND THE HIGHER PREVALENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN COMMUNITIES WHERE LARGE-SCALE MINING IS CONDUCTED

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REGARDING THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. (R.A.) 7076, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘PEOPLE’S SMALL-SCALE MINING ACT OF 1991’ AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. (P.D.) 1899 ENTITLED ‘ESTABLISHING SMALL-SCALE MINING AS A NEW DIMENSION IN MINERAL DEVELOPMENT’, IN THE VILLAGE OF LA FRATERNIDAD IN THE TOWNS OF TUBAY, AGUSAN DEL SUR PROVINCE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED BLACK SAND MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ILLEGAL BLACK SAND MINING OPERATIONS IN THE CAGAYAN ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE IMPACT OF THE MINING OPERATIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS AFFECTED COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR THE PRACTICE OF COMPRESSOR MINING AND THE USE OF MERCURY IN SMALL-SCALE MINING TO EFFECTIVELY BAN THIS DEPLORABLE PRACTICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO PREVENT AND STOP FOREIGN CORPORATIONS FROM MINING AND SMUGGLING OUT BLACK SAND FROM THE CAGAYAN PROVINCE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROLIFERATION OF MINING THROUGH THE ISSUANCE BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS OF SMALL-SCALE MINING PERMITS AND SIMILAR PERMITS, WHICH HAVE, ON SEVERAL INSTANCES, COUNTENANCED THE CONDUCT OF PROHIBITED MINING ACTIVITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR THE PRACTICE OF COMPRESSOR MINING AND THE USE OF MERCURY IN SMALL-SCALE MINING TO EFFECTIVELY BAN THIS DEPLORABLE PRACTICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING OPERATIONS IN WATERSHEDS AND RIVER SYSTEMS OF THE SIERRA MADRE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED PREVALENCE OF ILLEGAL MINING AND TIMBER POACHING ACTIVITIES IN PANGUI, SARANGANI

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REPORTED CALLS FOR A MINING BAN IN NUEVA ECIJA

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REGARDING THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. (R.A.) 7076, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'PEOPLE'S SMALL-SCALE MINING ACT OF 1991' AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. (P.D.) 1899 ENTITLED 'ESTABLISHING SMALL-SCALE MINING AS A NEW DIMENSION IN MINERAL DEVELOPMENT', IN THE VILLAGE OF LA FRATERNIDAD IN THE TOWN OF TUBAY, AGUSAN DEL SUR PROVINCE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT OF MINING ACTIVITIES ON THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF ANGAT DAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS BEING ENFORCED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN SMALL-SCALE AND LARGE-SCALE MINING SITES IN THE COUNTRY IN LIGHT OF THE REPORTED COLLAPSE OF A PORTION OF THE OPEN-PIT COAL MINE IN SEMIRARA ISLAND, ANTIQUE LEADING TO MULTIPLE FATALITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT A LANDSLIDE AT THE SEMIRARA PANIAN OPEN-PIT CHARCOAL MINE IN ANTIQUE KILLED NINE WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE/S ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND/OR LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT FATAL MINING ACCIDENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENT AND INQUIRE INTO THE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT THE SEMIRARA COAL MINE IN SEMIRARA ISLAND, ANTIQUE, AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT OF IRRESPONSIBLE MINING ACTIVITIES ON FARMING AND FISHING COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF FINANCIERS OF SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE LANDSLIDE THAT OCCURRED IN BARANGAY NAPNAPAN, PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY ON 5 JANUARY 2012

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