Senate approves Bayanihan 2 bill on 3rd reading

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AS PROMISED, the Senate on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, approved the Bayanihan 2 bill on third reading with 22 affirmative votes and one negative vote.

Only Senator Francis Pangilinan voted against the measure.

Senate Bill 1564, or Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, will extend the special powers granted to President Duterte under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, or Republic Act No. 11469, to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

The bill provides for a P140-billion standby fund.

The approved version of SB 1564 includes amendments inserted by Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., as follows:

  • Provision of an emergency subsidy to affected low-income households in areas under enhanced community quarantine and to households with returned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs);
  • Provision of one month emergency subsidy to low-income households who are qualified but were not given subsidy as mandated under Section 4c of the Republic Act No. 11469; and
  • Provision of Covid-19 special risk allowance for all public health workers on a monthly basis for every month that they have been serving during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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