Legislative Performance

SOTTO, Vicente III

Bills Authored:

§ An Act Requiring All Public Officials to File a Sworn Statement of Government Carriers, Firearms, Houses and Utilities, Security Services and Other Similar Privileges Assigned to Them or Their Office or Agency, and Providing Penalties Therefor

§ An Act Mandating the Creation of a Committee on Environmental Protection in Each Local Government Legislative Council

§ An Act to Establish a Motion Picture Development Fund, Under the Management and Disposition of the Film Academy of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Requiring That All Drugs and Medicines Containing Teratogenic and Dysontogenetic Substances, Addictive Dangerous Drugs, as Well as Foods Exposed to and/or With Residual Effects of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Other Substances Used in Food Production be Banned and Their Use in Products for Non-Human Use or Consumption be Adequately Advertised and Placed on the Labels in a Prominent Manner So as to Protect the Public

§ An Act Amending Section 10 of Republic Act No. 26, Entitled An Act Providing A Special Procedure for the Reconstitution of Torrens Certificates of Title Lost or Destroyed

§ An Act to Amend Article 39 of Act No. 3815, as Amended, the Revised Penal Code, Defining the Extent to Which Subsidiary Imprisonment Shall be Required

§ An Act Penalizing Any Person Who Induces or Causes Another to Use a Fictitious Name, or Conceals His True Name, or Usurp the Civil Status of Another Person, Amending for the Purpose Articles 178 and 348 of the Revised Penal Code

§ An Act Requiring That All Liquor Bottle Carry a Warning on the Bottle Itself or on the Label That Alcohol During Pregnancy is Hazardous to the Life and Health of the Unborn Child

§ An Act Limiting the Authority to Make or File Import Entry or Export Declaration With the Bureau of Customs to Duly-Licensed Customs Brokers, Customs Brokerage Corporations, Associations or Partnerships, Amending for the Purpose Sections Thirteen Hundred and one, Thirty-Four Hundred and One and Thirty-Four Hundred and Six of The Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as Amended

§ An Act to Promote the Development of the Philippine Music Industry, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing Financial Assistance to Employees Reporting for Work During Power Failure or Brown-Outs and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Amending Act No. 3815 as Amended, the Revised Penal Code, by Penalizing the Obstruction of the Apprehension of Suspects and the Investigation or Prosecution of Criminal Cases

§ An Act Prohibiting Telecommunications Fraud and Destruction of Telecommunications Facilities, Providing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Liberalizing the Licensing of Travel and Tour Agencies

§ An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7610 Otherwise Known as The Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Limiting Certain Liabilities of Recruitment or Manning Agencies

§ An Act Repealing Section 90 of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991, Prohibiting and Limiting the Practice of Profession by Elected Local Government Officials

§ An Act Establishing a National Program for Filipino Gifted and Science Oriented Children, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes

§ An Act to Develop Philippine Audiovisual Industry, Providing Incentives and Funding Therefor, Creating Levy Thereon and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Instituting a More Meaningful Monetary Incentive Award System in the Government

§ An Act to Implement the Constitutional Mandate of the State to Give Priority to Science and Technology Education, Providing for a Science and Technology Honor Section in All Public Schools, Colleges and Universities in the High School and Elementary Levels, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Requiring Local Governments to Plant Trees Along National and Local Highways Within its Territorial Boundaries and for Other Purposes

§ An Act to Promote Soil Conservation Management for Environmental Protection to Sustain and Maximize Agricultural Productivity

§ An Act Amending Article Seventy-Eight, Chapter One, Title Three, Book Three of the Labor Code, as Amended, by Giving Additional Protection to Handicapped Workers

§ An Act Creating the Philippine Overseas Workers Bank, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Regulating the Use of Text, Graphics, Multimedia and Other Similar Messaging Systems of Mobile Phones as Medium for Business Entity Advertisements and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Resetting the Elections of Barangay Officials to Synchronize With National and Local Elections on the Second Monday of May 2004, and Every Five (5) Years Thereafter, Amending for This Purpose Section 42 of Republic Act No. 7160 as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Expanding the Coverage of Incentives Extended to the National Athletes Amending for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 9064 Otherwise Known as National Athletes, Coaches and Trainers Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act to Encourage the Construction and Use of Solar Power to Generate Electricity

§ An Act Providing for the Inclusion of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, Commonly Known as 'Shabu', `Ice,' 'Meth' or by Any Other Name Under the Definition and Classification of Dangerous and Prohibited Drugs, Amending for This Purpose Article 1, Section 2 (E) (1) of Republic Act No. 6425, Otherwise Known as The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972

§ An Act Fixing the Rates of Interest Upon Loans and Forbearances by Amending Certain Sections of Act No. Twenty-Six Hundred and Fifty-Five (2655), as Amended

§ An Act Revising the School Calendar for the Health, Safety and Welfare of School Children and Student Youth, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Instituting the National Traffic Engineering Center, Defining its Functions, Providing Appropriations Therefor and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Amending Section 140 (A) of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Creating the Philippine Overseas Workers Bank, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Amending Section 325 (A) of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Creating the National Nuclear Radiation Safety Board and Defining its Scope, Functions and Powers

§ An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered forty Eight Hundred and Forty-Six (R.A. No. 4846), as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act

§ An Act Providing for the Promotion of Bio-Organic Farming in the Philippines

§ An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation Prescribing its Powers, Functions and Duties, and Providing for the Necessary Funds for its Operation

§ An Act Increasing the Penalties for Infidelity in the Custody of Prisoners Amending for the Purpose Articles 223 and 224, Chapter Five, Title Seven, Book Two of Republic Act No. 3815, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Revised Penal Code, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Establishing a National Policy and Program Guidelines for Dormitories and Boarding Houses for Local Governments and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing for the Elections of the Sectoral Representatives to the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod, and Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Fixing the Dates Thereof, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing for Educational Benefits for the Minor Children of Soldiers and Policemen Who Are Killed by Insurgents or Slain in the Line of Duty and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Providing for Free Medicine and Other Basic Medical Supplies to Any Private Person or Individual Injured or Wounded During a Military or Government Operation

§ An Act to Require All Cigarette Manufacturers and Distributors to Scientifically Determine and Truthfully Print, on Each Box or Pack of Cigars or Cigarettes That they Distribute or Sell Within the Country, the Levels of Nicotine, Tar and Carbon Monoxide That Could be Inhaled in Smoking a Stick of Cigar or Cigarette and Provide Penalties for Violations Thereof

§ An Act Requiring Every officer and Enlisted Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to Undergo an Orientation Course on the Culture, Language, Dialect, Way of Living, Habit, Tradition and the Like of the Cultural Communities Where They Are Deployed or to be Posted

§ An Act Increasing the Yearly Allocation for Scientific and Technological Activities

§ An Act Creating the Bakery Industry Development Board as an Attached Agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, Amending for That Purpose Title X, Book IV of Executive Order No. 292, the Administrative Code of 1987, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Creating the Philippine Civil Aviation Authority, Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Establishing a National Accrediting Agency for Teacher Education Institutions

§ An Act Repealing Batas Pambansa Bilang 42, Otherwise Known as An Act Amending the Charter of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office

§ An Act to Establish Structural Reforms in the Information and Communications Sector to Promote the Development, Delivery and Use of Convergent Services

§ An Act to Ordain and Institute the Maritime Code of the Philippines

§ An Act to Separate the Scheduled Synchronized Elections of the Sangguniang Kabataan Officials With the Barangay Officials by Resetting Sangguniang Kabataan Elections to the First Monday of November 2002, and Every Five (5) Years Thereafter, Further Amending for the Purpose Section 532 (A) of Republic Act No. 7160, as Amended by RA 7808, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 1991

§ An Act Amending Article Eleven Hundred Fifty-Five of Republic Act Numbered Three Hundred and Eighty-Six, Otherwise Known as The Civil Code of the Philippinespt Rice, With Tariffs, Creating the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, and for Other Purposes

§ An Act Creating the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Defining its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposesge and Gallantry in Action, in Battle or in Combat and, Upon Such Non-Commissioned Officers and Private Citizens Who Have Distinguished themselves, by Their Gallantry in Action and Other Soldier-Like Qualities

§ An Act Providing for Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Amending Republic Act No. 7160, as Amended, Otherwise Known as The Local Government Code of 199, and for Other Purposes Related Purposes

§ An Act to Promote the Development of Philippine Domestic Shipping, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair, by Providing incentives Therefor and by Deregulating Philippine Domestic Shipping, and for Other Purposes