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AN ACT REDEFINING THE TERM VETERAN THEREBY AMENDING FURTHER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED
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REDEFINING THE TERM VETERAN
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| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB04451 | |
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA09396 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REDEFINING THE TERM 'VETERAN' THEREBY AMENDING FURTHER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6498 AS AMENDED | |
| SHORT TITLE : Redefining the Term 'Veteran' | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to retionalize the conferment of a veteran status to military personnel by extending the total cumulative active service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines from six years, as provided in the present law, to the time of his retirement or sooner separated due to death or disability. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VILLAR, CYNTHIA A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2005-06-09 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Biazon | 2. Dumpit |
| 3. Gidaya | 4. Solis |
| 5. Macarambon | 6. Garcia |
| 7. Roman | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Abayon (053 ) | 2. Villarosa (067 ) |
| COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB01967 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Committee Report filed on 2005-06-09 | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00903 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2005-06-09 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: VETERANS AFFAIRS AND WELFARE | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval without amendments | |
| SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB01218, HB02339, HB02560 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2005-07-26 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2005-07-26 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2005-08-10 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2006-04-05 | |
| REMARKS : On April 05, 2006, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2006-05-15 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2006-05-29 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:135 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2006-05-31 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2006-05-31 | |
| CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION | |
| DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2006-08-29 | |
| CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : HOUSE | |
| DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2006-11-13 | |
| REMARKS : | |
| CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Dumpit, Gidaya, Biazon, Mandanas, Villar | |
| CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : Biazon, Gordon, Lim | |
| DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2007-01-29 | |
| DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2006-12-19 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2007-02-19 | |
| DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2007-03-18 | |
| PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A | |
| REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA09396 | |
| ORIGIN : SENATE | |
| REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT REDEFINING THE TERM 'VETERAN' THEREBY AMENDING FURTHER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED |
Senate Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT REDEFINING THE TERM "VETERAN" THEREBY AMENDING FURTHER REPUBLIC ACT NO, 6948, AS AMENDED [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ] [ 2006 ] 5/31/2006 Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, ROZZANO RUFINO B. BIAZON, TOMAS M. DUMPIT, ERNESTO S. GIDAYA, JOSE G. SOLIS, BENASING O. MACARAMBON JR., VINCENT J. GARCIA, ANTONINO P. ROMAN, HARLIN C. ABAYON and CATALINO V. FIGUEROA, as authors; 5/31/2006 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on RULES; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 8/29/2006 House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4451 and SBN-1967 and designated Representatives Dumpit, Gidaya, Biazon and Mandanas as its conferees; 11/7/2006 House of Representatives elected Representative Villar as additional conferee to the Bicameral Conference Committee (See: O.B. dated November 13, 2006); 11/13/2006 Senate agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1967 and HBN-4451, designating
Senators Biazon, Lim and Gordon as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;12/19/2006 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1967, in consolidation with HBN-4451, be approved as reconciled; 12/19/2006 Sponsorship speech of Senator Biazon on the Conference Committee Report; 12/19/2006 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; [ 2007 ] 2/5/2007 Conference Committee report approved by the House of Representatives on January 29,2007; 2/13/2007 Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of SBN-1967 and HBN-4451, already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives, received by the Senate; 2/19/2007 Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of SBN-1967 and HBN-4451, already signed by Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Villar, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines; 3/18/2007 Consolidated with SBN-1967, which was approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and became; 3/18/2007 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9396
Abstract
The bill seeks to retionalize the conferment of a veteran status to military personnel by extending the total cumulative active service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines from six years, as provided in the present law, to the time of his retirement or sooner separated due to death or disability.'
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