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FULL TITLE : AN ACT DECLARING THE METRO MANILA TRAFFIC CRISIS AS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EMERGENCY POWERS, PRESCRIBING URGENT RELATED MEASURES NECESSARY AND PROPER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS SUCH PREDICAMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00038 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DECLARING THE METRO MANILA TRAFFIC CRISIS AS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, GRANTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EMERGENCY POWERS, PRESCRIBING URGENT RELATED MEASURES NECESSARY AND PROPER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS SUCH PREDICAMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Metro Manila Traffic And Transport Crisis Act Of 2016 | |
| ABSTRACT : Grants emergency powers to the President of the Philippines to be able to utilize all necessary government resources, exercise or employ executive actions and measures, necessary and incidental, unhampered by existing laws, regulations and procedures, in order to address the Metro Manila traffic crisis. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : YAP, ARTHUR C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Antonio (019 2016-09-06) | 2. Montoro (024 2016-09-20) |
| 3. Marcoleta (045 2016-11-16) | 4. Lobregat (046 2016-11-21) |
| 5. Sy-Alvarado (046 2016-11-21) | 6. Lazatin (048 2016-11-23) |
| 7. Kho (048 2016-11-23) | 8. Nava (074 2017-02-22) |
| 9. Lanete (084 2017-05-02) | 10. Savellano (004 2017-07-31) |
| 11. Lopez (M.L.) (008 2017-08-08) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2016-09-15 | |
| 2. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2016-09-21 | |
| 3. Scheduled for meeting/hearing on 2017-05-10 | |
| 4. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2017-05-10 | |
| 5. Committee Report filed on 2017-09-19 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB06425 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION ON 2016-07-26 |
Abstract
Grants emergency powers to the President of the Philippines to be able to utilize all necessary government resources, exercise or employ executive actions and measures, necessary and incidental, unhampered by existing laws, regulations and procedures, in order to address the Metro Manila traffic crisis
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