Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DEFINING THE ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3046, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5446
Date filed
February 5, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB06087 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING THE ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3046, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5446 | |
| SHORT TITLE : Archipelagic Baselines Law of the Philippines | |
| ABSTRACT : "Archipelagic Baselines Law of the Philippines". The bill establishes new basepoints to serve as bases from which to draw the 12-mile territorial sea, the 24-mile contiguous zone and the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone as provided under the UNCLOS (United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea) and to serve as well in defining the territory of the Philippine Archipelago. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : CUENCO, ANTONIO V. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-02-05 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Chatto | 2. Cari |
| 3. Solis | 4. Golez |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Codilla (001 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 02238 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2007-02-05 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: FOREIGN AFFAIRS | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval | |
| SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB01973 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2007-02-06 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2007-02-06 |
Abstract
"Archipelagic Baselines Law of the Philippines". The bill establishes new basepoints to serve as bases from which to draw the 12-mile territorial sea, the 24-mile contiguous zone and the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone as provided under the UNCLOS (United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea) and to serve as well in defining the territory of the Philippine Archipelago.'
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