Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT REVERTING FISHPONDS WHICH HAVE BEEN UNUTILIZED OR ABANDONED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (5) YEARS TO FOREST LANDS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 43 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.705 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "THE REVISED FORESTRY REFORM CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2022
Date Read
July 26, 2022
Bill Status
Substituted by HB07754
Mother Bill Status
Approved by the House on 2023-05-29, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-30 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-30
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00157 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REVERTING FISHPONDS WHICH HAVE BEEN UNUTILIZED OR ABANDONED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (5) YEARS TO FOREST LANDS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 43 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.705 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “THE REVISED FORESTRY REFORM CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES†| |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to shorten the period to revert fishponds to forest lands from five (5) years to THREE (3) YEARS only.Proposes that the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall jointly set guidelines for determining abandoned, undeveloped or underutilized fishponds . . . which shall be reverted into forestlands and to be rehabilitated. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BASCUG, ALFELITO "Alfel M.", PLAZA, EDDIEBONG G. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Romualdo (000 2022-09-15) | 2. Villanueva (E.) (000 2023-01-30) |
| 3. Cari (000 2023-02-01) | 4. Tan (K.M.) (000 2023-02-28) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB07754 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2022-07-26 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Seeks to shorten the period to revert fishponds to forest lands from five (5) years to THREE (3) YEARS only.Proposes that the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall jointly set guidelines for determining abandoned, undeveloped or underutilized fishponds . . . which shall be reverted into forestlands and to be rehabilitated.
Significance