Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE COORDINATING COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date filed
August 20, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 2558, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE COORDINATING COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: Our country is haunted by environmental problems which is multi-faceted. Among them are forest denudation, unabated illegal fishing which destroys marine life, loss of soil fertility, water and air pollution and inadequate water disposalsystem, to name a few. These problems deprive the future generations of a health environment, all because of economic development. These geo-political and economic developments uerscore the urgent need for a surveillance and monitoring system to arrest the emerging threat to our national security and environment and prevent unredeemable losses. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LOBREGAT, CELSO L. |
| DATE FILED : 2001-08-20 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| COMMITTEE ACTION: jt.ref'l as per J.3(7-24-2 002); p.12 |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ON 2001-08-27 |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS, NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Abstract
Rationale: Our country is haunted by environmental problems which is multi-faceted. Among them are forest denudation, unabated illegal fishing which destroys marine life, loss of soil fertility, water and air pollution and inadequate water disposalsystem, to name a few. These problems deprive the future generations of a health environment, all because of economic development. These geo-political and economic developments uerscore the urgent need for a surveillance and monitoring system to arrest the emerging threat to our national security and environment and prevent unredeemable losses.
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