Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT TO PREVENT AND CONTROL MARINE POLLUTION FROM SHIPS AND FIXED AND FLOATING DRILLING RIGS AND OTHER PLATFORM, PROVIDE PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
September 24, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02661 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO PREVENT AND CONTROL MARINE POLLUTION FROM SHIPS AND FIXED AND FLOATING DRILLING RIGS AND OTHER PLATFORM, PROVIDE PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : "Pollution from Ships Act of 2007" | |
| ABSTRACT : The measure seeks to formulate a comprehensive marine environment protection program to prevent and control pollution from Philippine ships, all ships operating within our territorial seas and all fixed and floating drilling rigs and other flatforms. It also aims to implement the provisions of the MARPOL 73/78 which is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ARAGO, MARIA EVITA R. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-09-24 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Alcala (031 ) | 2. Romualdo (010 ) |
| 3. Climaco (018 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2008-02-06 | |
| 2. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-02-21 | |
| 3. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-09-21 | |
| 4. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-09-24 | |
| 5. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-09-29 | |
| 6. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-10-21 | |
| 7. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2009-05-20 | |
| 8. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2009-05-20 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB07187 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY ON 2007-10-01 |
Abstract
The measure seeks to formulate a comprehensive marine environment protection program to prevent and control pollution from Philippine ships, all ships operating within our territorial seas and all fixed and floating drilling rigs and other flatforms. It also aims to implement the provisions of the MARPOL 73/78 which is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.
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