AN ACT DECLARING JULY 12 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO COMMEMORATE THE HISTORIC DECISION OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION (PCA) IN FAVOR OF PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

AN ACT DECLARING JULY 12 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO COMMEMMORATE THE HISTORIC DECISION OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION (PCA) IN FAVOR OF PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE MANDATORY USE OF THE NAMES 'WEST PHILIPPINE SEA' OR 'KANLURANG DAGAT NG PILIPINAS' TO REFER TO THE MARINE AREAS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. TO RESUME BILATERAL TALKS WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR PURPOSES OF COOPERATION ON OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO EXERT LEGAL AND DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE UPON THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO CEASE ALL ECOLOGICALLY DESTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND TO PAY REPARATIONS FOR DAMAGE ALREADY DONE

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO PROHIBIT FROM RECEIVING AWARDS FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS OR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINES FOREIGN ENTITIES WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN OR ABETTED ACTIVITIES THAT INFRINGE ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE COUNTRY OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND OTHER AREAS WITHIN ITS TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO COLLABORATION OR COLLUSION BY FILIPINOS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND OTHER ACTS INIMICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA, IN VIOLATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA AND THE 2016 AWARD BY THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION IN FAVOR OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO EXERT ALL LEGAL AND DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS ON THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN ASSERTING PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY AND SOVEREIGN RIGHTS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA FOLLOWING THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD REPORTEDLY SPOTTING AROUND 220 CHINESE MILITIA VESSELS MOORED AT THE JULIAN FELIPE REEF

RESOLUTION DECLARING THE TWELFTH OF JULY TO BE NATIONAL WEST PHILIPPINE SEA VICTORY DAY, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES’ TRIUMPH BEFORE THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION, AND IN HONOR OF THE EFFORTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III IN SECURING A LANDMARK LEGAL VICTORY UPHOLDING THE COUNTRY’S SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO STRENGTHENING THE COUNTRY’S CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE KALAYAAN ISLAND GROUP AND THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PLIGHT OF FILIPINO FISHERFOLK AFFECTED BY THE ECOLOGICAL DESTRUCTION, INTRUSION, AND PERSISTENT HARASSMENT IN PARTS OF THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND THE COUNTRY'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED DUMPING OF HUMAN WASTE AND WASTEWATER BY CHINESE VESSELS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND KALAYAAN GROUP OF ISLANDS, DAMAGING OUR CORAL REEFS AND MARINE LIFE, AND THREATENING OUR FOOD SECURITY

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROPRIETY OF ALLOWING A SINGLE PRIVATE ENTITY TO CONTROL ALMOST ALL OF THE NATION'S STRATEGIC FOSSIL ENERGY ASSETS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE CONTINUED PRESENCE AND HOSTILE ACTS COMMITTED BY CHINESE MARITIME SHIPS WITHIN OUR EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AS SHOWN BY THE RECENT INCIDENT IN THE AYUNGIN SHOAL AND URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT AND CONSISTENTLY ASSERT OUR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AGAINST CHINA

RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (UP-MSI), THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY’S PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURE, AQUATIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (DOSTPCAARRD) AND THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL ON INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (DOST-PCIEERD) TO CONDUCT EXPLORATION STUDIES ON THE BENHAM RISE AND THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA OVER WHICH THE PHILIPPINES HAS SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION, WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF ACCOUNTING, IN FULL, THE EXTENT OF AQUATIC, MINERAL, OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN THE TERRITORIES AND STRENGTHENING THE CLAIM OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE AREAS

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE TO CONVENE THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE DECISIVE COURSES OF ACTION TO ADDRESS CHINA’S MILITARIZATION OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE GRAVE CONCERN OF THE SENATE OVER THE INCREASING MILITARIZATION BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO FILE A DIPLOMATIC PROTEST AGAINST THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO CONDUCT A FOREIGN POLICY AUDIT TO SCRUTINIZE AND REVIEW THE DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) AGAINST CHINESE INCURSIONS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA