AN ACT INCLUDING AMONG THE AREAS CLOSED TO MINING APPLICATIONS THOSE DECLARED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AS NO MINING ZONES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INSTITUTING INDEPENDENT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR ALL MINING PROJECTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, AND TO LOOK INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995, PARTICULARLY THE COMPLIANCE OF EXISTING GRANTEES OF EXPLORATION PERMITS AND CONTRACTORS UNDER MINERAL AGREEMENTS TO SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, AND THE IMPACT OF THESE MINING AGREEMENTS TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE, AND COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY AND THE PITFALLS, IF ANY, OF THE REPUBLIC ACT 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995, WITH THE INTENTION OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED ABUSIVE PRACTICES IN THE GRANT AND USE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF MINING PERMITS UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942 OR THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995 WITH THE END VIEW OF PREVENTING SUCH ABUSIVE PRACTICES