In its second meeting under the Duterte administration yesterday, the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) approved the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) for the 17th Congress.
The CLA consists of 28 priority measures, 14 of which were recommended by the LEDAC Executive Committee as urgent last July to emphasize the necessity of having them passed into law within the year.
“We are pleased that the approved CLA responds to what the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 has laid out. In fact, 21 out of the 28 measures are identified as priority legislations in the PDP. This development only shows that the whole of government is moving forward in the same direction,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia said.
He also noted that the necessary bills have been filed for all the measures in both houses of Congress, and 10 are already in the advanced stages of legislation, as follows:
- Comprehensive Tax Reform
- National Land Use Act
- Rightsizing of the National Government
- Amendments to the NIA Charter RE: Free Irrigation Act
- Ease of Doing Business Act
- National Mental Health Care Delivery System
- Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Compliance
- Strengthening the Balik-Scientist Program
- Philippine Qualifications Framework
- Social Security Act Amendments
Pernia added that the Common Legislative Priorities of Congress (consisting of 39 common priorities of both Houses of Congress) and the President’s Legislative Agenda (consisting of 55 proposed legislations) were the bases of the prioritization.
Meanwhile, the full council, chaired by the President, also approved the LEDAC Organizational Structure that listed the composition of LEDAC, the Executive Committee, and the LEDAC Secretariat-Technical Working Group.
Widely represented, the LEDAC is the highest consultative and advisory body to the President on economic and development matters to integrate the legislative agenda with the national development plan.
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ANNEX: Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) approved by LEDAC Full Council (August 29, 2017)
- Federalism
- Unified National Identification System Act
- Security of Tenure Bill (End of Endo/Contractualization)
- National Mental Health Care Delivery System
- Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Compliance
- Utilization of the Coconut Levy Fund
- Comprehensive Tax Reform
- National Transport Act to address transport traffic crisis
- Budget Reform Act
- National Land Use Act
- Rightsizing of the National Government
- People’s Broadcasting Corporation Charter Bill
- Amendments to the Anti-Cybercrime Act
- Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill
- Strengthening the Balik-Scientist Program
- Philippine Qualifications Framework
- Amendments to Republic Act No. 7718, Otherwise Known as the Build-Operate-And-Transfer (BOT) Law
- Amendments to the Agricultural Tariffication Act of 1996
- Land Administration Reform Act
- Delineation of the Specific Forest Limits
- Amendments to the NIA Charter RE: Free Irrigation Act
- Amendment to Public Service Act
- Social Security Act Amendments
- Free Higher Education Act
- Ease of Doing Business Act/Fast Business Permit Act
- Government Procurement Reform Act Amendments
- Enhanced Universal Health Care Act
- Allowable/Recoverable System Loss Act
*Italicized measures are the 14 measures recommended by the LEDAC ExeCom as urgent, to emphasize the necessity of having them passed into law within the year
*In bold are the 10 measures in advanced stages of legislation. Free Higher Education Act was signed into law last August 2.