Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT MANDATING EACH CITY AND MUNICIPALITY TO CREATE A RIVER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL RIVERS, RIVER SYSTEMS, AND NATURAL WATERWAYS WITHIN ITS RESPECTIVE JURISDICTION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date filed
September 9, 1998
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB03477 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT MANDATING EACH CITY AND MUNICIPALITY TO CREATE A RIVER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL RIVERS, RIVER SYSTEMS, AND NATURAL WATERWAYS WITHIN ITS RESPECTIVE JURISDICTION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : The author explains that a great number of our rivers, 421 principal rivers and 384 river systems, are gradully vanishing, many are dying and the rest are suffering from physical damages. An efficient institutional machinery to implement our laws on the preservation and development of rivers must be created. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : JARAULA, CONSTANTINO G. | |
| DATE FILED : 1998-09-09 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
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| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00644 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2000-03-09 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: NATURAL RESOURCES | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval without amendments | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 1998-09-29 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2000-03-14 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2000-03-21 |
Abstract
The author explains that a great number of our rivers, 421 principal rivers and 384 river systems, are gradully vanishing, many are dying and the rest are suffering from physical damages. An efficient institutional machinery to implement our laws on the preservation and development of rivers must be created.
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