Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO SPEED UP THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE REMAINING UNCLASSIFIED LANDS, THE RECLASSIFICATIO N OF THOSE CLASSIFIED LANDS THAT ARE NO LONGER SERVING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEENCLASSIFIED; AND THOSE THAT WERE MISCLASSIFIED; PROVIDING THE STRATEGIES AND TIME FRAME THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
August 7, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 2143, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO SPEED UP THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE REMAINING UNCLASSIFIED LANDS, THE RECLASSIFICATIO N OF THOSE CLASSIFIED LANDS THAT ARE NO LONGER SERVING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEENCLASSIFIED; AND THOSE THAT WERE MISCLASSIFIED; PROVIDING THE STRATEGIES AND TIME FRAME THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: It is the policy of the State to attain a desirable ecological balance that will preserve the country's valuable forest ecosystem, prevent environmental disaster and sustain for the succeeding generations the natural wealth of the nation.The completion of the classification and reclassificatio n of the lands of the public domain is therefore necessary in order for the government to determine the boundaries of permanent forestlands and other areas of the public domain for the propermanagement, protection and conservation of the forest resources. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : KINTANAR, SIMEON L. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-08-07 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Espino | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Nograles (013 ) | 2. Del Mar (015 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2001-08-13 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
"Rationale: It is the policy of the State to attain a desirable ecological balance that will preserve the country's valuable forest ecosystem, prevent environmental disaster and sustain for the succeeding generations the natural wealth of the nation.The completion of the classification and reclassificatio n of the lands of the public domain is therefore necessary in order for the government to determine the boundaries of permanent forestlands and other areas of the public domain for the propermanagement, protection and conservation of the forest resources."
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