LEGISLATIVE HISTORY/
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
ON THE ENACTMENT OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8479
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DATE |
PARTICULARS |
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February 1,
2000 |
The
Supreme Court denies Hon.
Enrique T. Garcia, Jr.’s motion for
reconsideration with
finality. |
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January 4,
2000 |
Hon.
Garcia files a motion for reconsideration before the
Supreme Court. |
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December
17, 1999 |
By
a vote of 14-0 and 1 abstention, the
Supreme
Court dismisses the Petition of Hon.
Garcia. |
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June 16,
1999 |
Hon.
Garcia files an Urgent Reiteration of Application for Temporary Restraining
Order before the
Supreme Court. |
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December
10, 1998 |
DOE and
BOI jointly issue the
Guidelines
for Registration and Incentives Availment. |
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June 19,
1998 |
DOE
issues Supplementary Implementing Rules (Department
Circular No. 98-06-009). |
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March 14,
1998 |
President
Fidel V. Ramos issues Executive Order No. 471
declaring full deregulation of the downstream oil industry. |
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March 11,
1998 |
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February
17, 1998 |
Hon.
Garcia files Petition (G. R. No. 132451) before the
Supreme Court seeking to declare
the law unconstitutional. |
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February
10, 1998 |
Signed
into law by the President as Republic Act No. 8479. |
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February 6,
1998 |
House approves the Bicameral
Conference Committee Report (viva voce vote). |
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February 6,
1998 |
Meeting
between the bicameral panels with the
Senate
President (Hon. Neptali A. Gonzales) and the
Speaker of the House (Hon. Jose De Venecia, Jr.), Office of the
Senate President. |
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January 23,
1998 |
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January 22,
1998 |
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January 21,
1998 |
Meeting
of the Bicameral Conference Committee, Rembrandt Hotel (including Executive
Session with BSP
Governor Gabriel Singson). |
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January 20,
1998 |
Meeting
of the Bicameral Conference Committee, Rembrandt Hotel. |
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January 19,
1998 |
Meeting
of the Bicameral Conference Committee, Sulo Hotel. |
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January 14,
1998 |
Meeting
of the Bicameral Conference Committee, EDSA Plaza
Hotel. |
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January 12,
1998 |
Constitution
of the House Panel to the bicameral
conference committee (Hon. Tiņga; Hon. Exequiel B.
Javier; Hon. Leopoldo E. San Buenaventura; Hon.
Felicito C. Payumo; Hon. Antonio E. Bengson III;
Hon. Eduardo R. Gullas; Hon. Herminio S. Aquino;
Hon. Margarito B. Teves; Hon. Edcel C. Lagman; Hon. John R. Osmeņa;
Hon. Garcia; Hon. Joker P. Arroyo; and Hon. Alfredo Amor
E. Abueg, Jr.).
Approval
by the House on Third Reading (157
yeas; 8 nays; 0 abstentions).
Approval
by the House on Second Reading (viva
voce vote).
Period
of Individual Amendments (Hon. Osmeņa; Hon. Wigberto E. Taņada; Hon. Lagman; Hon. Roilo Golez).
Period
of Committee Amendments. |
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January 10,
1998 |
Period
of Interpellations (Hon. Arroyo; Hon. Lagman; Hon. Golez; Hon. Taņada). |
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January 9,
1998 |
Hon.
Marcial C. Punzalan, Jr., in a Memo to Speaker De Venecia
and Hon. Tiņga, suggests that legislative action on the deregulation bill be
suspended, in view of the lingering economic crisis. |
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January 9,
1998 |
Period
of Interpellations (Hon. Arroyo). |
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December
18, 1997 |
Motion
to Reconsider approval of the bill on Second Reading is approved; Bill is
reconsidered. |
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December
18, 1997 |
Approval
by the House on Second
Period
of Individual Amendments (Hon. Manuel A. Roxas, II;
Hon. Osmeņa; Hon. Teves; Hon. Arroyo).
Period
of Committee Amendments; amendments withdrawn |
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December
17, 1997 |
Period
of Interpellations (Hon. Erasmo B. Damasing, Jr.; Hon. Garcia). |
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December
16, 1997 |
Period
of Interpellations (Hon. Osmeņa). |
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December
15, 1997 |
Period
of Interpellations (Hon. Garcia). |
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December
11, 1997 |
Bill
is certified by the President as a priority administration measure. |
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December
10, 1997 |
Period
of Interpellations (Hon. Arnulfo P. Fuentebella; Hon. Punzalan). |
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December 9,
1997 |
Period
of Sponsorship in the
House
(Sponsorship Speech delivered by Hon. Tiņga). |
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December 4,
1997 |
Committee on Energy submits Committee
Report and files the substitute bill in consolidation of all the bills filed
(Committee Report No. 1312 on House Bill No. 10363). |
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December 1,
1997 |
In
Executive Session, House Committee on
Energy approves draft Committee Report. |
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November
26, 1997 |
House Committee on Energy holds
hearings on the bills filed seeking to deregulate the downstream oil
industry. |
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November
20, 1997 |
House Committee on Energy holds
hearings on the bills filed seeking to deregulate the downstream oil
industry. |
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November
1997 |
House
Bills filed to reenact the Oil Deregulation Law declared unconstitutional (HB 10270 by Hon. Hernando B. Perez; HB
10292 by Hon. Roxas; HB
10302 by Hon. Tiņga; HB 10309 by Hon. Punzalan; and
HB 10313 by Hon. San Buenaventura). |
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November 5,
1997 |
Supreme Court declares
Republic Act No. 8180 unconstitutional. |
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