Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2022
Date Read
July 26, 2022
Bill Status
Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2022-07-26
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00196 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to create a new Department which shall be the sole policy-making and advisory body on disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management and build better forward as a post-recovery and post-rehabilitation mechanism.Proposes among others the abolition of the existing National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, while the assets and personnel of the Office of Civil Defense under the DND shall be transferred to the proposed Department. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROMUALDO, JURDIN JESUS M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Cari (000 2023-02-09) | 2. Adiong (000 2023-02-15) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ON 2022-07-26 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON DISASTER RESILIENCE |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Seeks to create a new Department which shall be the sole policy-making and advisory body on disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management and build better forward as a post-recovery and post-rehabilitation mechanism.Proposes among others the abolition of the existing National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, while the assets and personnel of the Office of Civil Defense under the DND shall be transferred to the proposed Department.
Significance