The Department of Energy proposal for the passage of a bill that would grant the agency authority to suspend the collection of excise tax on petroleum products has won the support of key members of the House Committee on Energy.
Oil price hike holdup Chaired by Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo,
There are four pending bills in the House of Representatives that seek to amend Republic Act No. 8479 or the “Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998".
The said House measures that seek amendments to certain provisions of RA 8479 are House Bill 8764, HB 5172, HB 4550 and HB 7928. The sai
More House solons call for termination of EO reducing pork import tariffs
Published April 19, 2021 11:30am Twenty-two lawmakers from the House of Representative expressed support over the joint resolution seeking for the termination of President Rodrigo Duterte s Executive Order No. 128, which reduces the tariff rate for pork imports. Representatives Michael Gorriceta, Ria Christina Fariñas, Leo Rafael Cueva, Onyx Crisologo, Evelina Escudero, Pablo Ortega, Godofredo Guya, Sergio Dagooc, Presley De Jesus, Adriano Ebcas, Len Alonte, Joseph Bernos, Luis Ferrer, Estrellita Suansing, Horacio Suansing, Raymond Mendoza, Greg Gasataya, Alex Advincula, Vilma Santos-Recto, Ed Christopher Go, Diego Ty, and Allan Ty became co-authors of the joint resolution.
With 208 affirmative and zero negative votes, House Bill 8145 was approved on third and final reading.
Endorsed by the House Committee on Energy for immediate plenary approval, HB 8145 will amend Section 73 of Republic Act No. 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act.
Section 73 provides for social pricing mechanism called the lifeline rate for the benefit of marginalized electricity end users for ten years since RA 9136 was enacted in 2001.
Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo, chairman of the energy panel, said the most recent amendment to RA 9136 puts an end to the lifeline rate this year.
HB 8145 consolidated four bills filed separately by six congressmen. The authors include Reps. Wesley Gatchalian (NPC, Valenzuela City); Godofredo Guya (RECOBODA Partylist); Presley de Jesus (Philreca); Adriano Ebcas (Ako Padayon Pilipino); Joy Tambunting (PDP-Laban, Paranaque City) and Sergio Dagooc (APEC Partylist)