OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

The 16th Congress

AMCHAM LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE JULY 31, 2013

OFFICERS OF THE SENATE

16th
FRANKLIN M. DRILON Senate President

RALPH RECTO Senate President Pro-Tempore JUAN PONCE ENRILE Minority Leader

ALAN PETER CAYETANO Majority Leader

C O N G R E S S

Senate Secretary Senate Sergeant at Arms

:Atty. Oscar G. Yabes :Ret. Maj. Gen. Jose V. Balajadia Jr.

CHAIRPERSONS OF KEY SENATE COMMITTEES

BAM AQUINO Trade & Commerce
Competition Bill Retail Trade Act Amendments

JOSEPH VICTOR EJERCITO Economic Affairs

Foreign Investment Act Amendments

JUAN EDGARDO SONNY ANGARA Ways and Means

Rationalization of Fiscal Incentives CMTA Amendments Tax Incentives Management & Transparency CCT/GPB on Freight

SERGIO R. OSMEA III Banks, Financial Institutions & Currencies

BSP Charter Amendments Banking Law Amendments Foreign Banks Estate Foreclosure

FERDINAND MARCOS Public Works

BOT law Amendments Right of Way Law Amendments

AQUILINO KOKO PIMENTEL III Justice & Human Rights

Justice Reform Bills Sandiganbayan Act/Ombudsman Acts Amendments Whistle Blowers/Witness Protection Bills Immigration Code Amendments

CHAIRPERSONS OF KEY SENATE COMMITTEES

GRACE POE Public Information & Mass Media
FOI Bill

16th C O N G R E S S

ANTONIO SONNY F. TRILLANES IV Civil Service & Government Reorganization

Bills Regulating Professions

LOREN B. LEGARDA Environment & Natural Resources

Sustainable Forest Management Land Use

CHAIRPERSONS OFOTHER SENATE COMMITTEES

COMMITTEES Accountability of Public Officers & Investigations (Blue Ribbon) CHAIRPERSONS Teofisto L. Guingona III Gregorio B. Honasan Cynthia Villar Antonio Sonny Trillanes IV Loren B. Legarda Miriam Defensor Santiago Manuel Lito M. Lapid Loren B. Legarda Pia Cayetano Aquilino Koko Pimentel Sergio R. Osmea Alan Peter S. Cayetano Francis Escudero Miriam Defensor Santiago Juan Edgardo Angara

Accounts Agrarian Reform

Agriculture and Food Amateur Sports Competitiveness Climate Change Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws Cooperatives Cultural Communities Education, Arts and Culture Electoral Reforms and Peoples Participation Energy Ethics and Privileges Finance Foreign Relations Games and Amusement

16th C O N G R E S S

CHAIRPERSONS OFOTHER SENATE COMMITTEES

COMMITTEES Government Corporations & Public Enterprises CHAIRPERSONS Cynthia Villar

Health and Demography Justice and Human Rights Labor, Employment & Human Resource Development Local Government National Defense and Security Peace, Unification and Reconciliation Public Order and Dangerous Drugs Public Services Rules Science and Technology Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development
Tourism Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement

Teofisto Guingona III Aquilino Koko Pimentel Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Antonio Trillanes IV Teofisto Guigona III Grace Poe Ramon Bong Revilla Jr Alan Peter Cayetano Ralph G. Recto Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay Manuel Lito Lapid Joseph Victor Ejercito

16th C O N G R E S S

Youth, Women and Family Relations

Pia S. Cayetano

OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FELICIANO BELMONTE JR
Speaker Quezon City, 4th Dt.

NEPTALI GONZALES JR.

Majority Leader Mandalutyon City, Lone Dt.
ATTY. MARILYN BARUA YAP

RONALDO ZAMORA
Minority Leader San Juan City, Lone Dt. Secretary General

DEPUTY SPEAKERS

HENEDINA ABAD Batanes, Lone Dt.

GEORGIDI AGGABAO Isabela, 4th Dt.

SERGIO APOSTOL Leyte, 2nd Dt.

PANGALIAN BALINDONG CARLOS PADILLA Lanao Del Sur, 2nd Dt. Nueva Vizcaya, Lone Dt.

ROBERTO PUNO Antipolo City, 1st Dt.

CHAIRPERSONS OF KEY HOUSE COMMITTEES

MARK VILLAR Trade & Industry Las Pias City, Lone Dt. Competition Bill Retail Trade Act Amendments ENRIQUE M. COJUANGCO Economic Affairs Tarlac, 1st Dt. Foreign Investment Act Amendments

ROMERO FEDERICO QUIMBO Ways & Means Marikina City, 2nd Dt. Rationalization of Fiscal Incentives CMTA Amendments Tax Incentives Management & Transparency CCT/GPB on Freight

NIEL TUPAS Justice Iloilo, 5th Dt. Justice Reform Bills Sandiganbayan Act/Ombudsman Acts Amendments Whistle Blowers/Witness Protection Bills Immigration Code Amendments

RONALD COSALAN Public Works & Highways Benguet, Lone Dt. BOT law Amendments Right of Way Law Amendments

CHAIRPERSONS OF KEY HOUSE COMMITTEES

ANDRES SALVACION JR. Civil Service & Professional Regulation Leyte, 3rd Dt.

Bills Regulating Professions

16th C O N G R E S S

FRANCISCO MATUGAS Natural Resources Surigao Del Norte, 1st Dt. Sustainable Forest Management

KAKA J. BAG-AO Special Committee on Land Use Dinagat Island, Lone Dt.

Land Use

CHAIRPERSONS OF HOUSE COMMITTEES

TEDDY BRAWNER BAGUILAT JR. Agrarian Reform Ifugao, Lone Dt. VICENTE BELMONTE JR. Dangerous Drugs Iligan City, Lone Dt.

BENHUR L. SALUMBANGON Aquaculture & Fisheries Resources Cebu, 4th Dt. ANDRES SALVACION JR. Civil Service & Professional Regulation Leyte, 3rd Dt.

MARK LLANDRO MENDOZA Agriculture & Food Batangas, 4th Dt.

16th C O N G R E S S

KIMI S. COJUANGCO Basic Education & Culture Pangasinan, 5th Dt.

MYLENE GARCIA-ALBANO Constitutional Amendments Davao City, 2nd Dt.

ENRIQUE M. COJUANGCO Economic Affairs Tarlac, 1st Dt.

CRESENTE C. PAEZ Cooperatives Development Party List-COOP NATCCO

EUFRANIO ERIGUEL M.D Health La Union, 2nd Dt.

CHAIRPERSONS OF HOUSE COMMITTEES

JOEL ROY DUAVIT Information Communication & Technology Rizal, 1st Dt.
ROMERO FEDERICO QUIMBO Ways & Means Marikina City, 2nd Dt.

PEDRO B. ACHARON JR. Local Government South Cotabato, 1st Dt.

AURORA ENERIO-CERILLES Welfare of Children Zamboanga Del Sur, 2nd Dt.

16th C O N G R E S S

MARLYN PRIMICIAS-AGABAS Revision of Laws Pangasinan, 6th Dt.

AMADO S. BAGATSING Ecology Manila, 5th Dt.

VICTOR J. YU Science & Technology Zamboanga Del Sur, 1st Dt.

JORGE T. ALMONTE Ethics & Privileges Misamis Occidental, Ist Dt.

ISIDRO S. RODRIGUEZ JR Southern Tagalog Development Rizal, 2nd Dt.

AL FRANCIS BICHARA Foreign Affairs Albay, 2nd Dt.

CHAIRPERSONS OF HOUSE COMMITTEES

ELPIDIO BARZAGA JR. Games & Amusement Cavite, 4th Dit. OSCAR S. RODRIGUEZ JR. Good Governance & Public Accountability Pampanga, 3rd Dt. KAKA J. BAG-AO Special Committee on Land Use Dinagat Island, Lone Dt.

MARCELINO R. TEODORO Legislative Franchises Marikina City, 1st Dt.

16th C O N G R E S S

JESUS N. SACDALAN Government Enterprises & Privatization North Cotabato, 1st Dt.

WINSTON CASTELO Metro Manila Development Quezon City, 2nd Dt.

ROMEO M. ACOP Government Reorganization Antipolo City, 2nd Dt.

ARNULFO F. GO Mindanao Affairs Sultan Kudarat, 2nd Dt.

KARLO ALEXEI NOGRALES Labor & Employment Davao City, 1st Dt.

NEPTALI GONZALES Rules Mandaluyong, 2nd Dt.

CHAIRPERSONS OF HOUSE COMMITTEES

NIEL TUPAS Justice Iloilo, 5th Dt. NANCY CATAMCO National Cultural Communities North Cotabato, 2nd Dt.

ELEANDRO JESUS MADRONA Accounts Romblon, Lone Dt.

RODOLFO BIAZON National Defense & Security Muntinlupa City, Lone Dt.

16th C O N G R E S S

ISIDRO UNGAB Appropriations Davao City, 3rd Dt.

FRANCISCO MATUGAS Natural Resources Surigao Del Norte, 1st Dt.

RAUL DEL MAR Inter-parliamentary Relations & Diplomacy Cebu City, 1st Dt. TUPAY LOONG Muslim Affairs Sulu, 1st Dt.

WALDEN BELLO Overseas Workers Affairs Akbayan Citizens Action Party

RONALD COSALAN Public Works & Highways Benguet, Lone Dt.

CHAIRPERSONS OF HOUSE COMMITTEES

ARTURO ROBES Social Services San Jose Del Monte City Lone Dt. AGAPITO H. GUANLAO Special Committee on Food & Security Butil, Farmers Party

RENE RELAMPAGOS Tourism Bohol, 1st Dt.

ALFREDO B. BENITEZ Housing & Urban Development Negros Occidental, 3rd Dt.

16th C O N G R E S S

MARK VILLAR Trade & Industry Las Pias City, Lone Dt.

CARLO V. LOPEZ Human Rights Manila, 2nd Dt.

HERMINIA ROMAN Veterans Affairs & Welfare Bataan, 1st Dt.

JIM HATAMAN-SALLIMAN Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation & Unity Basilan, Lone Dt.

MAXIMO DALOG North Luzon Growth Quadrangle Mountain Province, Lone Dt.

BENJAMIN D. ASILO Peoples Participation Manila, 1st Dt.

CHAIRPERSONS OF HOUSE COMMITTEES

ROGELIO J. ESPINA Population & Family Relations Biliran, Lone Dt.

16th
MANUEL S. AGYAO Rural Development Kalinga, Lone Dt.

LINABELLE RUTH R. VILLARICA Women & Gender Equality Bulacan, 4th Dt.

C O N G R E S S

PRIORITY BILLS IDENTIFIED IN SONA 2013

1. Uniformed Personnel Pension Law Amendments

2. SSS Pension Scheme amendments 3. Bangsa Moro Basic Law 4. Amend Cabotage Law 5. Fiscal Incentives Rationalization

6. Land Administration Reform Act

7. Government Procurement Law amendments

8. Amend Civil Service Code (PD 1)

9. General Appropriations Act of 2013