During the 6th Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting led by Marcos, House Speaker Martin Romualdez reported that the Lower House has approved on third and final reading 26 out of the 28 LEDAC Common Legislative Agenda priority measures.

“And we are confident that before the year ends, we shall have finished all by December or six months in advance,” Romualdez said, referring to the proposed amendments to the Foreign Investors’ Long Term Lease Amendments Act and the Agrarian Law.

Meanwhile, Senate President Chiz Escudero expects five of the administration’s priority measures to be finished and enacted before the end of the year.

“It will be the same, with respect to those two bills, but in addition would be the UHC Law Amendments, the EPIRA Law Amendments, and the New Department of Water Bill which has been approved in the House but has not yet been approved by the Senate; awaiting completion of a reconciled version emanating from the Executive branch,” Escudero said in the same briefing.

“When we resume, we expect to be able to pass on the part of the Senate about 3 to 5 more of these measures totaling therefore an additional of 13 before we go on formal break and end the 19th Congress,” he added.

Romualdez, meanwhile, acknowledged the leadership of Escudero, which he said paved the way for “more cohesion and coordination with the House of Representatives.”

Escudero also thanked Romualdez for his “hard work.”

Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/25/congress-leaders-vow-to-pass-more-marcos-priority-bills-before-yearend-1533