Busy days ahead: Here are the bills to be prioritized by House for 3rd regular session

By Billy Begas

Aside from the legislative agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte, the House of Representatives will also prioritize the passage of five measures identified in the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).

Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco said these bills are the proposed Philippine Virology Institute Act, Center for Disease Control Act, Amendments to the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016, Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act, and National Housing Development Act.

“We will work toward the approval of these bills once we resume session and we will also take into account the priority measures President Duterte will mention in his sixth and final SONA,” Velasco said. “We will do our best to help the President fulfill all his promises to the Filipino people.”

Velasco said the House was able to pass the priority bills Duterte mentioned in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last year including the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentive for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer (FIST) Act, Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act, and Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2).

He is also looking forward to the approval by the Senate of the proposed Internet Transactions Act and the creation of the Department of Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos, both of which were already passed by the House.

The proposed Internet Transactions Act would ensure an effective regulation of commercial activities through the internet in the promotion of consumer and intellectual property rights, data privacy, fair advertising and competition.

“We need the Internet Transactions Act mainly because of all the online transactions that are happening right now, and it would actually lead to the protection of consumers and the buying public online,” Velasco pointed out.

He also underscored the need to create a department dedicated to protect the welfare of the “modern-day heroes”, which keeps the economy afloat through their remittances.

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