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HON. TEODORO “TED” G. MONTORO
AASENSO Party-list
Vice Chair, Committee on Cooperatives Development
Member, Committees on Transportation, Appropriations,
Labor and Employment, and 8 other committees
 
BILLS FOR THE POOR, WORKING CLASS ADVANCE IN THE HOUSE
 
Five bills directly involving workers, laborers, and farmers are at advances stages of progress through the legislative mill: HB 6152 (compressed work week); HB 5670 (free irrigation service); HB 5240 (national land use policy); HB 6112 (safety devices in PUVs); and HB 5745 (coconut trust fund).
 
As party-list representative of the working class, I worked with my colleagues in the House and pushed for these bills. These bills address long-standing and persistent issues that have beset workers.
 
When the compressed work week gets implemented, some workers can have three full days of quality time for family and rest.
 
The free irrigation service is one of the priorities of the Duterte administration and has strong multi-partisan support. It will benefit hundreds of thousands of farmers and their families.
 
National land use legislation has long-eluded government and advocates for agrarian reform, but has finally gathered enough momentum to pass the House on third reading and is now with the Senate.
 
Safety devices on PUVs will help save many lives. The next challenge is to make it affordable for PUV operators and drivers.
 
Finally, the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Trust Fund, an issue imbued with Martial Law history.
 
These are five very significant bills. I ask the public to stand with the House in finally making these bills part of the laws of our land.
 
Aside from these five bills, there are also five more bills which directly address poverty. The Magna Carta of the Poor (HB 5811) was recently sent to the Senate.  (END)


REFERENCES:
 
HB06152
AN ACT INCREASING THE NORMAL WORK HOURS PER DAY UNDER A COMPRESSED WORK WEEK SCHEME, AMENDING ARTICLES 83,87 AND 91 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES Status: Approved by the House on 2017-08-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2017-08-29 and received by the Senate on 2017-08-29
 
HB05670
AN ACT STRENGTHENING ASSISTANCE TO ALL FARMERS BY PROVIDING FREE IRRIGATION SERVICE FEE AND ALL OTHER SIMILAR OR RELATED FEES OR CHARGES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3601, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 552, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1702, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION ACT AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8435, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Status: House requested for a conference committee on 2017-08-14
 
HB05240
AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Status: Approved by the House on 2017-05-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2017-05-09 and received by the Senate on 2017-05-09
 
HB06112
AN ACT MANDATING THE INSTALLATION OF SAFETY MONITORING DEVICES IN PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF Status: Approved on Third Reading on 2017-08-29
 
HB05745
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE COCONUT FARMERS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND AND PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION
Status: Unfinished Business (Period of Amendments)

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