AN ACT CREATING THE BENHAM RISE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (BRDC), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE RISE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (PRDA), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT RENAMING THE BENHAM RISE AS 'PHILIPPINE RISE' OR TALAMPAS NG PILIPINAS,' NAMING THE UNDERSEA FEATURES THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENTS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ENERGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE TO CONDUCT SHORT- AND LONG-TERM SCIENTIFIC/MARINE RESEARCH STUDIES AND EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES ON THE BENHAM RISE, A 13-MILLION-HECTARE UNDERWATER TERRITORY OFF EASTERN LUZON, AND SUBMIT TO THE SENATE RELEVANT LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS INDICATING FULL POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE WITH CHINA ALLOWING CHINESE VESSELS TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS IN THE BENHAM RISE AREA WITHIN THE COUNTRY'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO UPHOLD THE COUNTRY'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND ASSERT ITS EXCLUSIVE SOVEREIGN RIGTHS OVER THE BENHAM RISE AREA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SUSPICIOUS MARITIME ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN BENHAM RISE, AND THE FAILURE OF THE PRESIDENT TO DISCLOSE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH SAID FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AFFECTING NATIONAL SECURITY

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATE OF MARITIME RESEARCH BY FILIPINO SCIENTISTS AND THE PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN THE PHILIPPINE RISE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNDUE PREFERENCE GIVEN TO CHINA IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN BENHAM RISE, OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS PHILIPPINE RISE, THEREBY GIVING THEM ACCESS TO STRATEGIC INFORMATION THAT WOULD ENDANGER OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, ESPECIALLY VIA THE PHILIPPINE SEA, AND POSSIBLY POSE LARGER SECURITY ISSUES OVER SURROUNDING AREAS, INCLUDING THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN REGION

RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (UP-MSI), THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY’S PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURE, AQUATIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (DOSTPCAARRD) AND THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL ON INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (DOST-PCIEERD) TO CONDUCT EXPLORATION STUDIES ON THE BENHAM RISE AND THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA OVER WHICH THE PHILIPPINES HAS SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION, WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF ACCOUNTING, IN FULL, THE EXTENT OF AQUATIC, MINERAL, OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN THE TERRITORIES AND STRENGTHENING THE CLAIM OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE AREAS

AN ACT CREATING THE BEHNHAM RISE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (BRDA), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES