AN ACT STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY INCREASING THE SHARE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 284 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SOLIDARITY FUND OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS FOR DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INSTRUMENTALITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AND GOVERNMENT OWNED AND CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS (GOCCS) AND PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS TO USE SECURITY WATER-MARKED PAPER IN ALL RECEIPTS AND INVOICES, PERMITS, LICENSES, CLEARANCES, OFFICIAL PAPERS OR DOCUMENTS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DIRECT REMITTANCE TO THE HOST LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ITS FORTY PERCENT (40%) SHARE OF THE PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM THE UTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL WEALTH, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 293 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN NATION-BUILDING THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF A STRATEGIC VOLUNTEERISM-BASED MULTISECTORAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK IN ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO INCORPORATE THE CONCEPT OF SMART CITIES IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

AN ACT REQUIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO EARMARK A PORTION OF THEIR INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENTS FOR FREE MEDICINES TO INDIGENT PATIENTS IN THEIR LOCALITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO MANDATE THE CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PURCHASE RICE DIRECTLY FROM FILIPINO FARMERS FOR THEIR AID AND RELIEF PROGRAMS IN TIMES OF CALAMITIES

AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CLASSROOM LEARNING BY EMPOWERING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO DEVELOP PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS THAT MEASURE HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AND ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE AUDIT AND REVIEW OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES THEREBY ENSURING COMPLIANCE TO THE STANDARDS SET BY THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE ON STRUCTURAL SAFETY AND INTEGRITY SO AS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AGAINST AVOIDABLE DAMAGES TO PROPERTY AND LOSS OF LIVES

AN ACT DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE (PESO), AND THE OPERATION OF JOB PLACEMENT OFFICE IN SUCS AND NGOS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 3, 6, 7, AND 9 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8759, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE ACT OF 1999

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PROVIDE CHRISTMAS INCENTIVES TO JOB ORDER AND CONTRACT OF SERVICE WORKERS, BY UTILIZING LOCAL FUNDS

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9184, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM ACT, WITHDRAWING FROM ITS APPLICATION ALL REFERENCES TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FINANCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE IMPENDING IMPLEMENTATION BY THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE MANDANAS RULING TO ENSURE THE PROPER AND ORDERLY DEVOLUTION OF BASIC SERVICES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 13 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON THE VACCINATION PROGRAM TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY ON THE PROCUREMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR THROUGH THE MULTI-PARTY AGREEMENTS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RAMPING UP VACCINATION IN THE RURAL AREAS AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND ACHIEVING HERD IMMUNITY AGAINST COVID-19 FOR THE COUNTRY

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 285 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, PROVIDING FOR GOVERNMENT UNITS RE-ALLOCATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMPLIANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) WITH REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 ON SEGREGATION OF WASTES, WITH THE END VIEW OF ENACTING AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE PROTOCOL ON PROPER AND EFFECTIVE SEGREGATION AND DISPOSAL OF COVID-19-RELATED HEALTH CARE WASTES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING BARANGAYS TO ENTER INTO OFFICIAL CONTRACTS WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO UNDERTAKE THE DELIVERY OF BASIC SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT TO BARANGAY RESIDENTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO SUPPORT THE OPPOSITION OF FARMERS, THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION (NIA), AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF DOLORES AND TIAONG, QUEZON TO THE LUMBO SPRING BULK WATER SUPPLY PROJECT DUE TO ITS CRITICAL IMPACT ON QUEZON PROVINCE'S WATER SUPPLY AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S THRUST TOWARDS FOOD SECURITY

AN ACT MANDATING THE APPOINTMENT OF COOPERATIVES OFFICERS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 487 (A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON NATURAL RESOURCES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MINING CONTROVERSY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BROOKE’S POINT, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, WITH THE PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING THE POLICY QUESTIONS RAISED IN THIS RESOLUTION AND RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LAWS OR THE ENACTMENT OF NEW LAWS, AND/OR THE REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES WHICH TEND TO DEFEAT OR WEAKEN THE LOCAL AUTONOMY, JURISDICTION, AND GENERAL WELFARE POWERS GRANTED TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS BY THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND VARIOUS LAWS AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS FOR SUPERVISED VISITATION CENTERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOUCES TO LEAD THE CONDUCT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF RELEVANT NATIONAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN RELATION TO THEIR COMPLIANCE TO EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUED ECOSYSTEMS DECLINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION WITH THE END VIEW OF INTRODUCING MEASURABLE INDICATORS AND TARGETS AND ENCOURAGING PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY OF ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

AN ACT CURBING THE PRACTICE OF IMPOSING UNFUNDED MANDATES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA, AND ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, AND LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE DISTRIBUTION OF AMUSEMENT TAX COLLECTED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) IN METRO MANILA AND IN SUCH OTHER PLACES WHERE ALL OR ANY FILM FESTIVAL ENTRY IS EXHIBITED SIMULTANEOUSLY DURING THE FILM FESTIVAL PERIOD STARTING FROM 2002 UP TO THE PRESENT

AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 17(B), PARAGRAPH (V) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, ALSO KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, ON THE OBLIGATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO MAINTAIN BARANGAY ROADS, BRIDGES AND WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE TO AUTHORIZE THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL SOCIAL FUND TO AUGMENT THE RESOURCES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF DRUGS-USERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES SUBJECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

AN ACT PROHIBITING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS FROM APPLYING FOR LOANS TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND LENDING INSTITUTIONS FROM APPROVING IT OR RELEASING THE PROCEEDS ONE YEAR BEFORE ELECTIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CAPABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PLAN, IMPLEMENT, AND ENFORCE ANTI-DRUG ABUSE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ERADICATING THE DRUG MENACE HAUNTING OUR LOCALITIES

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCLUDING MUNICIPAL WATERS IN THE COMPUTATION OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT'S INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT; AND NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXISTING MECHANISMS AND MEASURES ON THE PRE-POSITIONING OF NECESSARY GOVERNMENT EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES IN AREAS NEAREST TO THE REMOTEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END GOALS OF INTENSIFYING INTER-LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION TO CREATE QUICK RESPONSE TEAM TO CATER TO NEARBY AREAS HIT BY CALAMITIES AND TO REINVIGORATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SHARE IN THE NATIONAL TAXES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S) TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENHANCING ITS PROVISIONS TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFECTIVE IN PROMOTING LOCAL AUTONOMY, AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

AN ACT MANDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO ALLOCATE FOR OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND LIVELIHOOD COMPONENT IN FAVOR OF THE HOST LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT IN WHICH THEIR SOCIALIZED HOUSING FOR RESETTLEMENT PROJECT IS LOCATED, AMENDING FOR SAID PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO LOOK INTO THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM SPECIFIC FOR MUSLIM FILIPINOS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW IS UPHELD AND PROMOTED

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY APPOINTMENT OF A COOPERATIVES OFFICER IN EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; AND FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLOCATIONS AND UTILIZATIONS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND (SEF) BY VARIOUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, WITH THE END GOALS OF MAXIMIZING THE ALLOCATION AND UTILIZATION OF SAID FUND AND RATIONALIZING THE POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE FUND’S COVERED PROJECTS AND/OR ITEMS

AN ACT REQUIRING MULTI-HAZARD MAPS AND FLOOD HAZARD MAPS IN EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE REPORTED LOW AWARENESS AND NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LAWS ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWD) IN SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) WITH THE END GOAL OF FORMULATING MEASURES AND POLICIES TO MONITOR AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SAID LAWS

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PEOPLE'S COUNCIL IN EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE DISBANDMENT AND DEACTIVATION OF ALL LGU-SPONSORED PARAMILITARY PERSONNEL UNDER THE SPECIAL CAFGU ACTIVE AUXILIARY COMPANY (SCAAC) WITHIN THE AREA OF MINDANAO EFFECTIVE BEGINNING THE START OF FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY (COC) UNTIL AFTER THE LIFTING OF ELECTION BAN DURING THE 2019 MID-TERM ELECTIONS, AND EVERY ELECTIONS THEREAFTER

AN ACT REVERTING TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THE DISCHARGE OF BASIC HEALTH SERVICES DEVOLVED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS), REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PERTINENT SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FAILURE OF MOST LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO BUILD ‘BAHAY PAG-ASA’ CENTERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS AND ON REPORTS THAT EXISTING CENTERS ARE ‘WORSE THAN PRISONS’ AND OPERATED UNDER ‘SUBHUMAN CONDITIONS’ DESPITE ADEQUATE FUNDING UNDER THE LAW

AN ACT AMENDING TITLE V - BOOK III OR REPUBLIC ACT 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1999, PROPOSING A PERMANENT ITEM FOR DISASTER OFFICER IN EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FINANCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REVENUE BASE FOR DETERMINING THE ‘JUST SHARE IN THE NATIONAL TAXES’ OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON THE SAME, AND CONSIDERING THAT SUCH REVENUES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO FULFILL THEIR MANDATES UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE