WORKING SENATOR

Author of 252 bills and resolutions, 140 of which he principally authored, including bills which propose:

1. Upgrading the Salary of Public School Teachers (SBN 404),
2. Scholarship to Underpriviledged but Deserving Students (SBN 395),
3. Creation of Pre-Need Protection Fund (SBN 2288),
4. Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SBN 1786),
5. Sectoral Representatives in Local Legislative Councils (SBN 2432),
6. Protection of Mangrove Forest (SBN 2264),
7. Unemployment Welfare Program (SBN 408),
8. Newborn Screening Test (SBN 1946),
9. Patient Rights Act (SBN 2528),
10. Household Helpers Act (SBN 2618),
11. Alternative Dispute Resolution Act (SBN 2411),
12. Transparency and Access to Official Information (SBN 2631),
13. Prohibiting Pyramid Schemes (SBN 2512),
14. Magna Carta for Social Workers (SBN 2033).

13 BILLS AUTHORED

1. RA 9161
   “Rental Regulation Act”
2. RA 9163
   “National Service Training Program” (“ROTC ACT”)
3. RA 9165
   “Dangerous Drugs Act”
4. RA 9166
   “Increasing the rate of base pay of the Armed Forces of the Philippines”
5. RA 9174
   “Balikbayan Program”
6. RA 9177
   “Shawwal as National Holiday”
7. RA 9184
   “Government Procurement Act”
8. RA 9208
   “Trafficking in Persons”
9. RA 9225
   “Dual Citizenship Act”
10. RA 9238
    “Amendment to VAT LAW”
11. RA 9239
    “Optical Media Act”
12. SBN 2723
    “Domestic Violence” (Conference Committee Approved by the Senate)
13. SBN 2730
    “Philippine Deposit Insurance Act” (Conference Committee Approved by the Senate)

BILLS AS MAIN AUTHOR- PENDING SIGNATURE OF THE PRESIDENT (PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES)

1. EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2003
2. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONACT OF 2003 (Passed by both Houses)
3. NEWBORN SCREENING TEST
4. QUARANTINE ACT

LAWS CO-AUTHORED IN SENATE

1. RA 9160
   “Money Laundering Law”
2. RA 9175
   “Chain Saw Act”
3. RA 9188
   “Increasing the percentage Distribution of General and Flag Ranks in the AFP”
4. RA 9201
   “National Human Rights Consciousness Week”
5. RA 9211
   “No Smoking Act”
6. SBN 2636
   “Benigno S. Aquino Day” (Passed by both Houses)

BILLS SPONSORED

1. RA 9174
   “Balikbayan Program”
2. SBN 2395
   “Expanded Senior Citizens Actof 2003” (Pending Signature of the President)

Chairman of 3 Senate Committees:

1. Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development
   Senate committee which has power and general jurisdiction over all matters relating to the implementation of the provisions of the Constitution on social justice.
2. Committee on Tourism
   Senate committee which has power and general jurisdiction overa all matters relating to tourism and the tourist industry.
3. Committee on Cultural Communities
   Senate committee in charge of all matters relating to cultural communities.

Sen. Noli De Castro also successfully chaired and defended for two consecutive years (2002 and 2003) the General Annual Appropriations Act as Vice-Chairman for the Office of the President and other Executive Offices, Office of the Vice President, and Department of Tourism.

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