Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT REQUIRING PRIVATE CONTRACTORS DOING PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS TO EMPLOY INDIGENTS WHO ARE IN THE ROSTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE
Date filed
August 13, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 2336, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING PRIVATE CONTRACTORS DOING PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS TO EMPLOY INDIGENTS WHO ARE IN THE ROSTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE | |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: With this amendment, we will be able to give jobless indigents in different areas where the project will be undertaken the opportunity to work and earn a living in a decent and honest way. Considering the increase in the number of the unemployed, there is a need for the government to require contractors awarded public works prohects by the government to hire not only from those qualified unemployed bona fide and actual residents in the place where the projects is located but also tohire indigents who are in the rosters of the DSWD. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SINGSON, ERIC D. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-08-13 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Espino | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Del Mar (016 ) | 2. Syjuco (063 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS ON 2001-08-20 |
Abstract
Rationale: With this amendment, we will be able to give jobless indigents in different areas where the project will be undertaken the opportunity to work and earn a living in a decent and honest way. Considering the increase in the number of the unemployed, there is a need for the government to require contractors awarded public works prohects by the government to hire not only from those qualified unemployed bona fide and actual residents in the place where the projects is located but also tohire indigents who are in the rosters of the DSWD.
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