Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR THE POOR
Date filed
July 2, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 4, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR THE POOR | |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: More than a bill of rights of the poor, it declares that Government must now take the side of the poor because the issue of poverty has now become a critical question of survival ; that Government intervention, given the present situation, is the only realistic route to take to uplift the poor, while long term measures, strategies and solutions for poverty reduction are being put in place, and that government must invest heavily in anti-poverty programs for the economic empowerment of the poor. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DEL MAR, RAUL V. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Ecleo (002 ) | 2. Failon (004 ) |
| 3. Libanan (009 ) | 4. Cuenco (009 ) |
| 5. Zialcita (016 ) | 6. Lopez (022 ) |
| 7. Ledesma (022 ) | 8. Echiverri (024 ) |
| 9. Monfort (085 ) | 10. Nantes (057 ) |
| 11. Syjuco (041 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICES ON 2001-07-24 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Abstract
Rationale: More than a bill of rights of the poor, it declares that Government must now take the side of the poor because the issue of poverty has now become a critical question of survival ; that Government intervention, given the present situation, is the only realistic route to take to uplift the poor, while long term measures, strategies and solutions for poverty reduction are being put in place, and that government must invest heavily in anti-poverty programs for the economic empowerment of the poor.
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