Kalahati ng priority bills ng administrasyong-Marcos Jr., lumusot sa Kamara

By Chona Yu January 25, 2023 - 05:14 PM

Sampu sa 20 priority bills sa State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong  Marcos Jr. ang naipasa na ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso.

Ayon kay Presidential Communications Office Sec. Cheloy Garafil, base sa ulat ng Presidential Legislative Liason Office,  nai-transmit na sa Senado ang 10 panukalang batas.

Kabilang sa mga sinertipiakahang urgent bill ng Pangulo ang Fiscal Year 2023 General Appropriations Bill, Amendments to Republic Act (RA) No. 11709 (AFP Professionalism), Maharlika Investment Fund, Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at National Service Training Program.

Naaprubahan  na rin ang Tax Package 4: Passive Income and Financial Intermediary Taxation Act (PIFITA), Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) Bill, Tax Package 3: Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act (HB No. 6558), Internet Transaction Act or the E-Commerce Law and Condonation of Unpaid Amortization and Interests of Loans of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries.

Lusot na rin sa Kamara ang pagtatatag ng Medical Reserve Corps, Philippine Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Virology Institute of the Philippines at pag-amyenda sa Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law.

Mahalaga ayon sa Palasyo ang mga panukalang batas para sa mga programa ng administrasyon partikular na ang 8-point socioeconomic agenda.

Nakabinbin pa ngayon 10 SONA priority bills ang pagtatatag ng Department of Water Resources (DWR), E-Government/Governance Act, Government Rightsizing Program (GRP), National Land Use Act, Budget Modernization, Natural Gas Industry Enabling Law, EPIRA (RA 9136) Amendments, MUP Pension Reform, at National Defense Act.

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