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HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS MEASURES (NATIONAL/LOCAL) AUTHORED/COAUTHORED BY CHO ROCO (96)
As of 2003-09-18

Part II: Local Significance
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House Bills and Resolutions
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HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS MEASURES (NATIONAL/LOCAL) AUTHORED/COAUTHORED BY CHO ROCO (96) As of 2003-09-18

Part I: National significance
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Of the 96 or so legislative measures (bills and resolutions) filed by Cong. Cho Roco of the Second District of Camarines, nine have been approved into law. These are:

Local

HB02932: AN ACT ENTITLED `AN ACT DECLARING JUNE 18 OF EACH YEAR AS NAGA CITY CHARTER DAY AND A SPECIAL NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF NAGA IN ORDER TO COMMEMORATE THE CHARTER ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAID CITY' THEREBY REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT 9089, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Republic Act No. 9210 enacted on June 11, 2003

National

HB03083: AN ACT DEFINING AND PUNISHING MONEY LAUNDERING, PROVIDING FOR APPROPRIATE MECHANISMS FOR ITS DETECTION, PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION AND CREATING THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TASK FORCE, DEFINING ITS POWER AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001)
Date Filed: 2001-09-19
Republic Act No. 9160 Enacted on 2001-09-29

HB03570: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ABSENTEE VOTING AND REGISTRATION FOR QUALIFIED FILIPINOS ABROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Filed: 2001-10-16
Republic Act No. 9189 Enacted on 2003-02-13

HB03593: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) FOR ALL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Date Filed: 2001-10-24
Republic Act No 9163 Enacted on 2002-01-23

HB04403: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF SPECIAL PURPOSE ASSET VEHICLES TO ALLOW INVESTMENT IN, AND ACQUISITION OF NON-PERFORMING ASSETS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (The Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) Act of 2002 )
Date Filed: 2002-02-14
Republic Act No. 9182 Enacted on 2002-12-23

HB04432: AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND MINORS, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2002)
Date Filed: 2002-02-19
Republic Act No. 9208 Enacted on 2003-05-26

HB04433 AN ACT INSTITUTING THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425, AS AMENDED (The Dangerous Drus Act of 2002)
Date Filed: 2002-02-20
Republic Act No. 9165 Enacted on 2002-06-07

HB04738: AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY (REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8560), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE GEODETIC ENGINEERING ACT OF 1998," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Filed: 2002-05-02
Republic Act No. 9200 Enacted on 2003-03-28

HB05238: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND THREE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Republic Act No. 9206 enacted on 2003-04-23
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Camarines Sur Rep. Sulpicio Roco today flatly and categorically denied that he had extorted money from a certain Maria Rowena Sambeli-Enesio allegedly in exchange for business and textbook contracts with the Department of Education.

The congressman, who is a younger brother of presidential hopeful and former Senator Raul Roco was reacting to a report which stated that Enesio has filed before the Ombudsman a complaint against him and two other relatives.

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Cong. Cho Roco has been named one of the Most Oustanding Neophyte Congressmen for the year 2002, repeating a feat he achieved in the previous year.

The award is jointly sponsored by the Berhad Lending Investments, Reserve Soldiers Union and the
Makati Graduate School.

Cho Roco also exemplified excellence as Mayor of Naga City, premier city of Bicol. Under his three-year watch, City Hall garnered major distinctions capped by AsiaWeek's naming of Naga as one of the Most Improved Cities.

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The Commission on Audit (COA) should take action on possible violations committed by the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur when it constructed infrastructure projects in Naga City without even the courtesy of consulting the local government unit concerned. This, if the local branch of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) would hesitate to pursue appropriate legal action against the Provincial Capitol.

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Congresman Cho Roco of the Second District of Camarines Sur says no to the war against Iraq. This, as his brother, former Senator and resigned Department of Education Secretary Raul Roco reminded President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that the constitution renounces war as an instrument of national policy.

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Once House Bill 5606 becomes a law, government will have to be more careful in how much it borrows. The bill, filed recently in the lower house, provides limits on public debt in order to ensure long term financial sustainability through fiscal discipline.

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QUEZON CITY - Representative Cho Roco (Aksyon Demokratiko, 2nd District, Cam. Sur) is opposed to the passage of a bill that would grant the private sector authority to import rice, at the same time levying tariffs instead of imposing quantitative restrictions on rice imports. This surfaced in the ongoing hearings on House Bill 3339, introduced by House Speaker Jose De Venecia and Cong. Benjamin A. Cruz, before the House Committee on Agriculture, Food & Fisheries of which Roco is a member.

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QUEZON CITY – As the debate on Constitutional amendments between the two chambers of nation’s legislature threatens to split it further, contenders on both sides may be forgetting one crucial question: what do the people have to say on the matter?

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Congressman Sulpicio ‘Cho’ Roco of the second district of Camarines Sur has filed as co-author a bill that would ensure additional employment opportunities for all Filipinos.

House Bill 5404, introduced by Representatives Vicente A. Sandoval of the 1st District of Palawan and Federico S. Sandoval II of the lone district of Malabon City-Navotas, provides that all government infrastructure projects costing P1 million and below shall be implemented by the local government units where the projects are located.

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