House Bill No. 1866, 13th Congress of the Republic

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01866
FULL TITLE : AN ACT INSTITUTING A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SHORT TITLE : Instituting a Congressional Medal of Honor
ABSTRACT : This bill establishes a Congressional Medal of Honor to recognize members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) who, whether in times of peace or of war have, through their heroic and selfless deeds, distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty. Aside from a Medal, this recognition will also involve the promotion of the soldier or police officer to the next higher rank, and shall include the grant of P100,000.00 to the awardee or to his or her next-of-kin.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SALAPUDDIN, GERRY A.
DATE FILED : 2004-07-28
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Figueroa (013 )	2. Abayon (041 )
AUTHORS(Final/Third Reading) :
1. Nograles	2. Escudero
3. Defensor	4. De Guzman
5. Castro	6. Gozos
7. Lagman	8. Mitra
9. Remulla	10. Amin
11. Gullas	12. Cerilles
13. Antonino	14. Fuentebella
15. Garcia	16. Garcia
17. Arroyo	18. Floirendo
19. Dadivas	20. Defensor
21. Miranda	22. Tañada
23. Mandanas	24. Abalos
25. Abante	26. Marañon
27. Bautista	28. Gonzalez
29. Hizon	30. Carmona
31. Amante	32. Arroyo
33. Madamba	34. Durano
35. Cagas	36. Bueser
37. Cua	38. Taliño-santos
39. Reyes	40. Susano
41. Diaz	42. Barbers
43. Paras	44. Garin
45. Cayetano	46. Agarao
47. Suplico	48. Plaza
49. Villanueva	50. Antonino-custodio
51. Guingona	52. Hataman
53. Angara	54. Aquino
55. Noel
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00030
SUBMITTED ON 2004-09-22
SUBMITTED BY: RULES
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval without amendments
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2004-08-09
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2004-10-25
DATE CALENDARED : 2004-10-25
SECOND READING INFORMATION
FINAL LIST OF AUTHORS : Nograles, Escudero, Defensor, De Guzman, Castro, Gozos, Lagman, Mitra, Remulla, Amin, Gullas, Cerilles, Antonino, Fuentebella, Garcia, Garcia, Arroyo, Floirendo, Dadivas, Defensor, Miranda, Tañada, Mandanas, Abalos, Abante, Marañon, Bautista, Gonzalez, Hizon, Carmona, Amante, Arroyo, Madamba, Durano, Cagas, Bueser, Cua, Taliño-santos, Reyes, Susano, Diaz, Barbers, Paras, Garin, Cayetano, Agarao, Suplico, Plaza, Villanueva, Antonino-custodio, Guingona, Hataman, Angara, Aquino, Noel
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2006-12-20
REMARKS : On Dec. 20, 2006, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure; approved the amendments contained in the Ctte. Rpt., if any; and approved the same on Second Reading.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2007-01-22
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2007-01-29
HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:123 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2007-01-31
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2007-01-31
REMARKS :

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Entitled:

AN ACT INSTITUTING A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2007 ]

1/31/2007 Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives GERRY A. SALAPUDDIN, CATALINO V. FIGUEROA, HARLIN C. ABAYON, PROSPERO C. NOGRALES, ET. AL., as authors;

1/31/2007 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY;

This bill establishes a Congressional Medal of Honor to recognize members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) who, whether in times of peace or of war have, through their heroic and selfless deeds, distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty. Aside from a Medal, this recognition will also involve the promotion of the soldier or police officer to the next higher rank, and shall include the grant of P100,000.00 to the awardee or to his or her next-of-kin.'

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Entitled:
AN ACT INSTITUTING A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2007 ]
1/31/2007	Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives GERRY A. SALAPUDDIN, CATALINO V. FIGUEROA, HARLIN C. ABAYON, PROSPERO C. NOGRALES, ET. AL., as authors;
1/31/2007	Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY;