EIGHT priority measures under the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) have reached advanced stages at the committee level in the House of Representatives, having been approved by their respective main panels and now pending comments from the Committee on Appropriations.
Upon the guidance of Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III, House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” A. Marcos of Ilocos Norte said Monday the progress reflects steady movement in the House’s legislative work, even as LEDAC convened last Tuesday to take stock of priority measures still in the pipeline.
“These committee-level approvals show that the House is doing the hard work early under the leadership of Speaker Dy – building consensus, refining policy and making sure the measures we bring to the floor are ready,” Marcos said.
“Our focus remains on bills that directly affect education, health, food security and social protection – areas where legislation translates into real impact for Filipino families.”
Approved by their main committees and now awaiting fiscal and funding-related comments are eight LEDAC priority measures: the bill modernizing the Bureau of Immigration; the proposed National Land Use Act; the measure creating an Independent People’s Commission; the Presidential Merit Scholarship Program; amendments to the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act; amendments to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act; amendments to the Magna Carta for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, and a proposal resetting the elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), all of which are pending comments with the Committee on Appropriations.
The BARRM bill secured a place among the four key measures endorsed during last Tuesday’s LEDAC meeting under the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA), signaling its importance in the administration’s reform priorities.
Joining it in the CLA were Majority Leader Marcos’ proposed abolition of the travel tax, the Expanded OSAEC and CSAEM Act of 2026, and a bill aimed at curbing fake news and digital disinformation.
Marcos noted that these developments build on earlier legislative gains by the House, where 12 of the 52 LEDAC priority measures have already been approved on third and final reading.
He said the continued movement of LEDAC bills through the committee process reflects a disciplined legislative push aligned with the administration’s priorities.
“We’ve already shown that when the House treats time as a responsibility, we can deliver. Out of 52 priority measures, 12 are already approved on third reading, and now eight more are moving closer to plenary action. That’s progress, and we intend to sustain it,” Marcos stressed.
Marcos emphasized that the House continues to prioritize legislation that directly responds to pressing household needs, especially in the areas of education access, public health services, food affordability, and social protection.
“The goal is to pass sound, well-vetted laws that people can actually feel in their daily lives, whether in the classroom, at the health center, or at the dinner table,” Marcos said.
Marcos emphasized that the House will continue to prioritize LEDAC measures touching on education, health and food systems as sessions resume, with committee-level work serving as the backbone for more efficient and focused plenary deliberations in the coming weeks.
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