WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE OF THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, PHILIPPINES.
THE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE (BIS) IS ONE OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE PLENARY AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE HOUSE.
BASICALLY, THE BIS IS RESPOSIBLE IN THE PROCESSING OF THE BILLS, RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE MEASURES, SPECIFICALLY, ON THE REGISTRATION, REPRODUCTION AND CALENDARING AS WELL AS THE MONITORING OF THESE MEASURES.
THIS IS WHERE A SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION, REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, INDEXING AND MONITORING OF ALL THE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND THE PREPARATION OF THE DAILY ORDER OF BUSINESS AND CALENDAR OF BUSINESS ARE DONE.
THE BIS IS COMPOSED OF TWO SECTIONS OR GROUPS – THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDARING SECTION/GROUP (LCS) AND THE INDEXING AND MONITORING SECTION/GROUP (IMS).
THE LCS RECEIVES AND REGISTERS ALL THE LEGISLATIVE MEASRES SUCH AS BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, COMMITTEE REPORTS, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS, MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATIONS, PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS; IT IS WHERE THE DAILY ORDER OF BUSINESS AND CALENDAR OF BUSINESS ARE PREPARED; IT ALSO CAUSES THE REPRODUCTION OF ALL THE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES BEING TAKEN UP ON THE FLOOR AS WELL AS AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. AFTER APPROVAL ON SECOND READING OF THE BILLS, THE AMENDMENTS DURING THE PLENARY DELIBERATRIONS ARE ALSO ENGROSSED BY OUR ENGROSSMENT OFFICERS HERE IN THE LCS. IT IS WHERE THE ENROLLED FORMS OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ARE ALSO PREPARED BEFORE THESE ARE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ITS ACTION.
THE LCS ALSO PREPARES THE MANUSCRIPTS AND CAUSES THE PRINTING OF THE LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS, IN COORDINATION WITH THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
IT ALSO SENDS TO THE ARCHIVES ALL THE FINISHED BUSINESS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE DELIBERATION OF THE MEASURES.
ON THE PART OF THE IMS, THIS IS WHERE THE ELECTRONIC STATUS OF THE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AND THE MEASURES RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE ARE PREPARED AND MAINTAINED; THE PREPARATION AND UPDATE OF THE ELECTRONIC INDICES ARE DONE AND MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO SUBJECT MATTER, AUTHOR, COAUTHOR AND COMMITTEE REFERRAL AS WELL AS THE CLASSIFICATION REGISTRY OF THE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS LIKE SECTORAL, ADMINISTRATION, CERTIFIED BILLS AND OF LOCAL AND OF GENERAL APPLICATION.
THE REGISTRY OF APPROVED BILLS RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE ARE ALSO MAINTAINED HERE.
THE PREPARATION AND UPDATE OF THE HISTORY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE READY FOR PUBLICATION AS REFERENCE MATERIALS ARE ALSO BEING DONE BY THE IMS.
THE IMS IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE IN THE PREPARATION OF THE WEEKLY ABSTRACT OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AND THE UPDATE OF THE CUMULATIVE STATUS OF THE MEASURES.
IT IS WHERE THE REQUESTS AND INQUIRIES OF THE MEMBERS, CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ARE RESPONDED TO.
ALL THE DATA OF THE MEASURES ARE ENCODED IN THE COMPUTER, THUS, WE HAVE OUR BILL INFORMATION SYSTEM. WE HAVE OUR DATABASE ENCODED AND BEING INPUTED HERE IN THE IMS.
