Bills and Resolutions
A list of bills and resolutions on the mass transit system in Metro Manila, proposed by the lower and upper houses of the Philippine legislature, was put together with the aim of providing a systematized and accessible resource for future researchers on the subject of Metro Manila mass transit history. The bills and resolutions gathered date back from the sixth to the seventeenth congress, with some accompanied by committee reports and minutes of the committee meetings, obtained from the library archives of both the Senate and House of Representatives.
For more information on how to access the following bills, please send an email to eidr.masstransit@up.edu.ph.
| CONGRESS | BILL/RESOLUTION NO. | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| 6th Congress | RA 4156 (PNR Charter) | An act creating the Philippine National Railways, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operation |
| 7th Congress | HR 1417 (Monorail) | Resolution urging the PNR to release for housing and development inoperative or dead tracts and lands beyond the five meter distance along operational or live tracts in Metro Manila and the National Housing Authority and the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation to coordinate efforts for the development and upgrading of these areas for distribution to actual occupants at affordable cost |
| 8th Congress | HB 18879 | Philippine National Railways Increased Capitalization Act of 1988 |
| HB 20780 | LRT Line 2 Act | |
| HB 24208 | An act increasing the capitalization of the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) to six billion pesos, further amending Article 6, Section 15 of Executive Order No. 603, S. 1980 | |
| HB 35130 | An act directing the Department of Transportation and Communications through the PNR to extend the present Metro Tren Rails from Bulacan to Bagong Silang in Kalookan City | |
| HB 31125 | An act reactivating the PNR – San Fernando, La Union line, and appropriating funds therefor | |
| HR 217 | Resolution directing the Committee on Transportation to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the discontinuance of rail service by PNR between Manila and San Fernando, La Union and vice-versa | |
| HR 1283 | Resolution requesting the President of the Philippines to suspend the second line construction of the LRT until a study of the Philippine Track System (PHILTRAK) as proposed by Mr. Francis R. Yuseco, Jr. is made | |
| HR 14 | Resolution directing the appropriate committee to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the actual status or situation of the PNR to determine among others whether or not its operations should continue, to improve services, to protect the government’s investment, as well as the rights and interests of its employees and that of the riding public, and to recommend such remedial measures as may be necessary under the circumstances | |
| HR 1508 | Resolution urging the Committee on Transportation and Communication to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the questionable losses of the LRT | |
| HR 1684 | Resolution urging the Insurance Commission and the PNR as well as the Departments of Finance and Transportation to help pursue and facilitate negotiations so that PNR may be able to tap part of the available P18-B investible funds under the custody of the country’s nsurance and surety companies under such terms as may be allowed by law | |
| HR 23 | Resolution directing the Committee on Transportation to conduct an inquiry into the operations and finances of the LRT in view of its reported losses for 1984, 1985, 1986 and projected loss for this year, to protect government investment, the riding public as well as its employess and to recommend such measures as may be necessary to prevent further losses and improve service | |
| HR 644 | Resolution urging the managemt of the PNR to improve its commuuter train services for the benefit of the riding public specially workers, employees, and students residing outside of the metropolitan area | |
| HR 1417 | Resolution urging the PNR to release for housing and development inoperative or dead tracts and lands beyond the five meter distance along operational or live tracts in Metro Manila and the National Housing Authority and the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation to coordinate efforts for the development and upgrading of these areas for distribution to actual occupants at affordable cost | |
| HR 964 | Resolution urging the President, as a matter of national priority, to rehabilitate and extend the PNR to the north and to extend the railroad line to Cagayan Valley on a turn-key basis utilizing foreign capital | |
| 9th Congress | HR 630 | Resolution urging the Department of Transportation and Communication and the LRTA to speed up the implementation of an LRT south line from Baclaran, Paranaque to the Rosario-Gen. Trias-Dasmarinas area of Cavite which is presently experiencing rapid economic growth and industrialization |
| HR 460 | Resolution directing the House Committee on Transportation and Communications to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation so as to determine the viability of the LRT and the problems being encountered by it including the fare policy that it is implementing following reports of an impending fare increase | |
| HB 9056 | Railway Policy Act of 1993 | |
| HB 7234 | An act providing for the sale of all abandoned lots of the PNR in the province of Pampanga | |
| HB 6532/8231 | An act increasing the capitalization of the LRTA from three billion to twelve billion by further amending Article 6, Section 15 of Executive Order No. 603, Series of 1980 | |
| HB 2757 | An act providing for the establishment of a LRT, monorail and such other appropriate modern mass transit system and for other purposes | |
| HB 2345 | An act to expand and extend the railroad lines of the PNR to the province of Zambales under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme and other purposes | |
| RA 7718 (BOT Law) | An act amending certain sections of RA 6957, entitled “An act authorizing the financing, construction, operation and maintenance of infrastucture projects by the private sector, and for other purposes” | |
| 10th Congress | HR 814 | Resolution urging the House Committee on Transportation and Communications to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, on the recent railway accidents that resulted in the death of four persons |
| HR 351 | Resolution urging the Department of Transportation and Communication and the PNR to accelerate the restoration of the PNR, Southline | |
| HR 1468 | Resolution of the House of Representatives urging the Department of Transportation and Communication to award/sell at a minimum cost to the actual occupants the lot in the name of the PNR in the city of Baguio | |
| HR 1439 | Resolution requesting the Committee on Transportation and Communications of the House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the propriety and legality of the LRTA’s bidding procedures and decision to awad the contract for the construction of certain portions of the LRT-2 project to Hanjin-Itochu, a Korean company, despite receiving a lower bid price | |
| HR 1396 | Resolution authorizing the privatization of the PNR | |
| HR 1369 | Resolution requesting the appropriate committee of the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, on the PNR trains collision on September 22, 1997 in Barangay Buli, Muntinlupa City | |
| HB 6638 | An act to increase the capitalization the PNR, further amending RA 4156, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providind for the necessary funds for its operation” | |
| HB 5746 | An act increasing the capitalization of the LRTA from three billion pesos to twelve billion pesos, further amending Section 15, Article 6 of Executive Order No. 693, Series of 1980, as amended | |
| HB 3739 | An act directing the PNR to privatize its idle assets and for other purposes | |
| HB 2636 | An act to hasten the development of rail-based transportation system in the Philippines | |
| HB 1516 | Not available | |
| HB 6119 | An act authorizing the sale of idle lands of the PNR and allocating the proceeds for the implementation of the priority projects of the national government | |
| 11th Congress | HR 712 | Resolution urging the PNR to establish reflectorized sign boards and painted signs on the structures of railroad crossings |
| HR 39 | Resolution urging the appropriate committee to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation with a view to facilitating early rehabilitation of our railway system in Luzon and the construction of similar systems elsewhere in the country especially Mindanao | |
| HR 336 | Resolution requesting the President of the Republic of the Philippines to direct the appropriate agency or agencies of the government to extend the coverage of the LRT to the Malabon-Navotas areas in the National Capital Region | |
| HR 1728 | A resolution directing the Committee on Transportation and Communications to immediately conduct an investigation in aid of legislation concerning a scam allegedly committed in the operations of the LRT, causing losses to government of billions of pesos | |
| HR 1541 | Resolution commending and exressing gratitude to the Japanese people through the East Japan Railway Company for donating to the Filipino people throught the PNR 23 train coaches and various spare parts and equipment worth P60 million and to the East Japan Railway Union and the Nagong Kapisanan ng mga Manggagawa sa PNR-ITF (Railwaymen’s Union of the Philippines) for successfully negotiating the donation | |
| HR 1194/1216/1244 | Resolution requesting the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Communications to conduct and inquiry in aid of legisltaion in the EDSA MRT maintenance program | |
| HB 8086 | An act mandating the establishment of a monorail system in the western part of Metro Manila from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to downtown Manila, Makati and Pasay via Roxas Boulevard through build-operate-transfer scheme, joint venture or other legally-feasible arrangements under existing laws | |
| HB 5343 | An act creating the Rail Network Authority, defining its powers and functions, providing funds therefor and for other purposes | |
| HB 1167 | An act to hasten the development of rail-based transportation system in the Philippines | |
| HR 1731 | Resolution directing the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development to urge the President of the Philippines to convert and devote the non-performing assets of the PNR in the province of Cavite as sites of socialized housing projects of the government to be granted to low income earning familes of the province, particularly those presently living within these properties | |
| HB 926 | An act increasing the capitalization of the LRTA from 3 billion pesos to 12 billion pesos by further amending Article 6, Section 15, of Executive Order No. 603, Series of 1980, as amended | |
| 12th Congress | HR 269 | A resolution urging the Department of Transportation and Communication, the LRTA and the Metro Rail Transit Corporation to implement the interconnection of the LRT and MRT at the Monumento Station in Caloocan City |
| HR 1295 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives requiring the Department of Transportation and Communications, the LRTA and the Metrorail Corporation to provide more coaches for LRT-1 and courteous services to the commuting public in LRT-1 and MRT-3 | |
| HR 1137 | Resolution requesting the Department of Transportation and Communications to immediately provide the House of Representatives with an up-to-date and comprehensive report on the MRT Line 4 project | |
| HB 5051 (3206) | An act accelerating the development of a national railway system, creating for the purpose of the National Railway Authority, prescribing its power, functions and duties | |
| HB 1153 | A resolution directing the Committee on Transportation and Communications to immediately inquire as to what problems abound in the LRT operations and similarly situated projects resulting in increase in government expenditures | |
| 13th Congress | HB 471 | An act restoring, rehabilitating and modernizing the old and existing lines of the PNR, the north lines from Manila to San Fernando, La Union, the south lines from Manila to Legaspi City, the construction of the Sorsogon extension line from Cumon, Daraga, Albay to Matnog, Sorsogon via Bulan, Sorsogon, the construction of the railway extension from Calamba City to Bantangas City, and the allocation of 70 million US dollars as equity of the Republic of the Philippines from the General Appropriations Act for the fiscal year 2002 for the use of the official development assistance |
| HB 3178 | An act providing for the establishment of the North East Luzon Railway System, under the build-operate-transfer scheme, connecting the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Viscaya, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan and the National Capital Region, appropriating fund therefor and for other purposes | |
| HB 265 | Not available | |
| SRN 82 | Resolution directing the appropriate senate committees to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, into the operations of the MRT-3 and the financial obligations of the Metro Rail Transit Corporation (MRTC) to the government and the alleged need to increase MRT-3 fare | |
| SRN 175 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Public Services and Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation on the PNR train tragedy in Padre Burgos, Quezon | |
| SRN 268 | Resolution directing the Senate Committees on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises; and Public Services to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the reported hazard in the LRT line 2 with the end in view of ensuring the provision of safe and convenient means of transportation to the public | |
| SRN 365 | Resolution directing the appropriate senate committees to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the MRT line-7 and other build-operate-transfer projects that seek to establish an urban transportation system in Metro Manila to ensure that the government properly coordinate and harmonize the implementation of these projects | |
| SRN 434 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the Southrail project | |
| SBN 6 | An act accelerating the development of a national railway system, creating for the purpose the National Railway Authority, prescribing its powers, functions and duties | |
| SBN 63 | An act accelerating the development of a national railway system, creating for the purpose the National Railway Authority, prescribing its powers, functions and duties | |
| SBN 462 | An act creating the Mass Transit Authority and appropriating funds therefor | |
| SBN 470 | An act creating the Rail Network Authority, defining its powers and functions, providing funds therefor and for other purposes | |
| SBN 779 | An act ensuring safety of persons and property along road passages crossing railroad tracks, providing liabilities for damages thereon, and for other purposes | |
| SBN 876 | An act restoring, rehabilitating and modernizing the old and existing lines of the PNR, extending further these lines as provided under RA No. 6366 to provide a viable public railway transport and appropriating funds necessary therefor | |
| SBN 1850 | An act consolidating the PNR and the Light Rail Transit Authority into the National Railway Authority to integrate and revitalize railway transportation in the Philippines, authorizing the issuance of bonds therefor to build an adequate and efficient national railway transportation system, and for other purposes | |
| 14th Congress | HB 700 | Resolution urging her excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to hasten the modernization of the PNR Southline from Manila to Legaspic City and the construction of the Sorsogon extension line from Cumon, Darag, Albay to Matnog, Sorsogon via Bulan, Sorsogon |
| HB 4862 | Philippine Railway Act of 2008 | |
| HB 2643 | National Railways Act | |
| HB 2315 | Philippine Railway Act of 2007 | |
| HB 1111 | An act restoring, rehabilitating and modernizing the old and existing lines of the PNR, the north lines from Manila to San Fernando, La Union, the south lines from Manila to Legaspi City, the construction of the Sorsogon extension line from Cumon, Daraga, Albay to Matnog, Sorsogon via Bulan, Sorsogon, the construction of the railway extension from Calamba City to Bantangas City, and the allocation of 90 million US dollars as equity of the Republic of the Philippines from the General Appropriations Act for the fiscal year 2002 for the use of the official development assistance | |
| HB 1029 | National Railways Act of 2007 | |
| HB 1017 | Philippine National Railway Act of 2007 | |
| SRN 210 | Resolution directing the appropriate senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged onerous North Luzon Railway Corporation (North Rail) project, and to institute measures to protect government procurement process | |
| SRN 299 | Resolution directing the appropriate senate committees to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the alleged overpricing of the US$932-million Southrail project, with the end in view of determining the accountable public officials and for the purpose of amending the government procurement reform law, BOT law, and ODA law | |
| SRN 302 | Resolution directing the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged overpricing of the Southrail project, rehabilitating the railway system from Manila to Bicol, with the end in view of providing remedial legislation that will further strengthen the pertinent provisions of RA No. 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act, and RA No. 3019 or the Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act | |
| SRN 316 | Resolution strongly censuring PNR General Manager Jose Ma. I. Sarasola II for withholding the copy of the memorandum of agreement between the PNR and China National Technical Import-Export Cooperation on the construction of the Southrail project and instructing the Senate to compel submission of said document in the interest of ferreting out the truth on charges of corruption surrounding the project | |
| SRN 344 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the estimation and financing of the resettlement cost of the Northrail project, looking into the processes of contracting official development assistance (ODA), with the end in view of determining measures that will complement the objectives of RA No. 8182, otherwise known as the Official Development Assistance Act of 1996 | |
| SRN 378 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the relocation of families affected by the Northrail-Southrail linkage project | |
| SBN 352 | Philippine Railways Modernization Act of 2007 | |
| SBN 701 | National Railways Act | |
| SBN 816 | National Railways Act | |
| SBN 1389 | National Railways Act of 2007 | |
| SBN 1410 | National Railway Act | |
| SBN 1926 | National Railways Act | |
| SBN 2274 | Philippine National Railway Act of 2008 | |
| SBN 2579 | Philippine National Railway Act of 2008 | |
| 15th Congress | HR 3032 | Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in upholding the interest of the Filipino people against fare hikes and privatization of the LRT and the MRT |
| HR 2146 | Resolution urging the Committee on Transportation to inquire into the status, problems, and other concerns in the services, management, and operations of the PNR to make it more efficient, effective, safe and reliable for the benefit of the riding public | |
| HR 1713 | Resolution directing the Committees on Agrarian Reform and Transportation to jointly review the planned construction of intermodal bus-train station/depot and other sttaions of MRT-7 including its effects on the livelihood and welfare of farmers and urban poor residents in the affected areas and if warranted, terminate the contract regarding the project | |
| HR 1003 | Resolution directing the Committee on Transportation to conduct and inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the collision of two LRT Line 1 coaches that resulted to the disruption of operations and damage to its facilities and to recommend appropriate action | |
| HB 5807 | Student Fare Discount Privilege Act of 2012 | |
| HB 3945 | Insurance for Railway Passengers Act | |
| HB 3578 | Philippine National Railway Act of 2010 | |
| HB 1044 | National Railways Act | |
| HB 266 | Philippine National Railway Act of 2010 | |
| SRN 58 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Public Services to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the reported looming increase in fare rates at the MRT-3 and the two lines of the LRT, with the end view of determining the property of such planned hikes and ensuring a safe, reliable and affordable mass transit system | |
| SRN 328 | Resolution directing the Committee on Public Services and other appropriate senate committees to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the provisional fare hike of the Mass Rail Transit systems | |
| SRN 349 | Resolution directing the appropriate senate committee/s to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the ownership, control and operation of the MRT-3 with the end in view of enacting legislative measures to address the same | |
| SRN 602 | Resolution expressing the sense of the Senate for the deferment of the implementation to increase the fares of the LRT and MRT and toll fees in the country’s expressways | |
| SRN 892 | Resolution calling for the Senate Committee on Public Services and other appropriate senate committees, to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the planned MRT fare increase to take effect on 2013, in view of the strong opposition from the riding public in general | |
| SBN 155 | An act allocating five percent (5%) of annual value-added tax collections to reconstruct and rehabilitate the existing 479-kilometer PNR line from San Fernando, La Union to Legazpi City, Albay amending for the purpose the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended | |
| SBN 206 | Philippine National Railways Act of 2010 | |
| SBN 476 | Philippine Railways Modernization Act of 2010 | |
| SBN 493 | National Railways Act | |
| SBN 1237 | National Railways Act | |
| SBN 1380 | National Railways Act of 2010 | |
| SBN 2028 | Philippine National Railway Act of 2010 | |
| 16th Congress | HR 522 | Resolution demanding the national government to create and install a clear and rational disaster plan that puts premium on disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction in the wake of the recent 7.2 magnitude eathquake in Bohol and the onslaught of Supertyphoon Yolanda in Central Visayas |
| HR 470 | Resolution requesting government financial institutions to set aside 20% of their total loan portfolio for business rehabilitation in areas hardly affected by Typhoon Yolanda | |
| HB 5850 | An act promoting rail reforms in the PNR, amending for the purpose certain provising of RA 4156 entitled “An act creating the PNR, presccribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operation” | |
| HB 5313 | Rail Regulatory Board Act of 2015 | |
| HB 4182 | An act renaming Camp Edilberto Evangelista into Camp Montalvan in honor of a Kagay-anon and Mindanaoan war hero who fought against the Japanese to ensure that the Philippines retains its independence | |
| HB 4135 | An act privatizing the PNR, its manner of transfer, payment, maintenance and for other purposes | |
| HB 4089 | An act extending the corporate life of the PNR for another 50 years, further amending for the purpose RA 4156, as amended, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations | |
| HB 3642 | An act amending Section 2 of the Revised Penal Code (Act No. 3815 amended) expanding the criminal jurisdiction of the Philippine courts to offense committed against overseas Filipino workers | |
| HB 3582 | An act converting the Villasis-Asingan Provincial Road connecting the municiaplaties of Villasis and Asingan, Province of Pangasinan into a national road and providing funds therefor | |
| HB 3421 | An act amending RA 4156, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, funcstions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations”, as amended by RA 6366 and Presidential Decree 741 | |
| HB 3395 | An act extending the corporate life of the PNR originally created under RA 4156, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, funcstions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations” as amended | |
| HB 3333 | An act extending the corporate life of the PNR for another 50 years, amending for the purpose RA 4156, as amended, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations”, as amended | |
| HB 3267 | An act extending the corporate life of the PNR for another 25 years, amending for the purpose Presidential Decree 741, amending certain sections of RA 4156, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operation, as amended by RA 6366” | |
| HB 3084 | An act increasing the bed capacity of the Bulalacao Community Hospital in the Municipality of Bulalacao, Province of Oriental Mindoro, from ten to thirty beds, and appropriating funds therefor | |
| HB 2477 | Compulsory Teaching of Ethics Act of 2013 | |
| HB 2497 | Student Fare Discount Privilege Act of 2013 | |
| HB 1881 | Day Care Centers Rehabilitation and Improvement Act of 2013 | |
| HB 1867 | Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Higher and Technical Education Act | |
| HB 1818 | An act providing for the automatic retention by the batangay of its 50% share in the community tax collected by said barangay, amending Section 164 of the Local Government Code of 1991 | |
| HB 1103 | An act amending Section 2 of Act No. 4102, as amended, otherwise knows as the Indeterminate Sentence Law | |
| HB 1013 | An act creating the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council | |
| HB 503 | Philippine National Railway Act of 2013 | |
| HB 250 | An act increasing the personnel economic relief allowance granted to government employees to P4,000 and appropriating funds therefor | |
| HB 90 | The Magna Carta for Barangays | |
| HB 42 | Insurance for Railway Passengers Act | |
| SRN 18 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Public Services to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the reported looming increase in fare rates at the MRT-3 and the two lines of the LRT, with the end in view of determining the property of such planned hikes and ensuring a safe, reliable and affordable mass transit system | |
| SRN 839 | Resolution directing the appropriate senate committee to investigate, in aid of legislation, the MRT-3 incident last August 13, 2014 and thereby including the re-examination of the current public and mass transport system in the country for the purpose of planning for the next half century | |
| SRN 840 | Resolution directing the proper senate committees to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the increasing incidents of train malfunction arising from inadequate maintenance of the MRT-3 with the intention of promoting a passenger-first mentality to public transport authorities and operators | |
| SRN 841 | Resolution directing the appropriate senate committees to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, the frequent accidents caused by the inefficient operations and maintenance of the MRT line 3 with the end view of ensuring the safety of its passengers | |
| SRN 863 | Resolution directing the proper senate committees to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the operation and maintenance of PNR to ensure the safety of its passengers | |
| SRN 872 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee, to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation, on the reported MRT accident that injured 38 passengers | |
| SRN 902 | Resolution directing the proper committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the legality and cost efficiency of constructing the LRT common station beside Trinoma Mall instead of SM North Edsa | |
| SRN 994 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the increasing incidence of suicide attempts at overhead light train systems in Metro Manila | |
| SRN 996 | Resolution urging the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the viability of rehabilitating and modernizing the PNR for the purpose of considering radical transformation as a tread to curtail congestion | |
| SRN 1024 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the report that an audit team of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railways has given the MRT line 3 an unsatisfactory performance rating | |
| SRN 1067 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the report that the operator of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway warned of the possibility of train derailment in Metro Manila’s MRT line 3 | |
| SRN 1105 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the fare hike implemented by the LRT and the MRT | |
| SRN 1154 | Resolution directing the Senate Committees on Public Services; and Economic Affairs to look into the implementation of the increase in fares for the MRT and LRT system with the end view of ensuring the provision of a cost-effective and efficient rail transit system in Metro Manila | |
| SRN 1164 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the report that the LRT suffered a ticket shortage | |
| SRN 1192 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee On Public Services to conduct an inquiry and critical review, in aid of legislation, of the country’s policies on rail transit with the end in view of crafting possible legislation towards an integrated rail transit framework which will ensure safe, efficient, accessible, and affordable public rail transit system and will serve as an instrument in national socio-economic development | |
| SRN 1253 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the impending fare hike implemented by the PNR | |
| SRN 1344 | Resolution directing the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the report that the derailment of the PNR is caused by stolen parts | |
| SRN 1511 | Resolution urging the proper senate committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, concerning the delay in construction of MRT-7 due to change in location of the proposed common station | |
| SRN 1724 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Public Services, and other appropriate committee/s, to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the sufficiency of warning signals and effective physical barriers installed at the railways operated by the PNR | |
| SBN 446 | An act creating the Special Mass Transit System Support Fund, reallocating the disposition of monies collected from the motor vehicle user’s charge, amending for the purpose Sections 7 and 8 of RA No. 8794, otherwise known as the Motor Vehicle User’s Charge Act of 2000 | |
| SBN 611 | Bawas Traffic Act of 2013 | |
| SBN 621 | Special Mass Transit System Support Fund Act of 2013 | |
| SBN 625 | An act to reconstruct and rehabilitate the existing 479-kilometer PNR line from San Fernando, La Union to Legazpi City, Albay, providing funds from the annual value-added tax collections, amending for the purpose the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended | |
| SBN 668 | National Railways Act of 2013 | |
| SBN 828 | Philippine National Railways Act of 2013 | |
| SBN 1477 | National Railways Act | |
| SBN 1831 | An act extending the corporate life of the PNR for another fifty (50) years, further amending for this purpose RA No. 4156, entitled ‘An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations’, as amended | |
| SBN 2016 | Philippine Railways Modernization Act of 2013 | |
| SBN 2441 | Insurance for Railway Passengers Act | |
| SBN 2690 | An act promoting the revitalization, rehabilitation and modernization of the PNR, amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA No. 4156 entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operation” | |
| SBN 3094 | Train Protection Act | |
| 17th Congress | HR 522 | Resolution urging the proper House Committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the progress and status of railroad projects by the PNR |
| HR 470 | Resolution directing the Committee on Transportation to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the Department of Transportation’s decision to adopt former DOTC Secretary Abaya’s proposed compromise of establishing two railway terminals, or the Line 1-Line 3-Line 7 unified station between SM North Edsa and Trinoma, in an apparent attempt to appease competing business interests, but is viewed by many as disadvantageous to public convenience and interest | |
| HB 4182 | An act promoting the revitalization, rehabilitation and modernization of the PNR, amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA 4156 entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations” | |
| HB 3642 | Student Fare Discount for Trains Act of 2016 | |
| HB 3582 | An act extending the corporate life of the PNR by another 25 years, amending for this purpose Presidential Decree 741, amending certain sections of RA 4156, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operation, as amended by RA 6366” | |
| HB 3084 | Rail Regulatory Board Act of 2016 | |
| HB 2477 | Student Fare Discount Privilege Act of 2016 | |
| HB 1867 | An act promoting the revitalization, rehabilitation and modernization of the PNR, amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA 4156 entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations” | |
| HB 2037 | An act amending RA 4156, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties” | |
| HB 1103 | Metro Rail Transit Regulatory Authority Act of 2016 | |
| HB 250 | An act amending RA 4156, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operations”, as amended by RA 6366 and President Decree No. 471 | |
| HB 90 | Insurance for Railway Passengers Act | |
| SRN 33 | A resolution directing the Committee on Public Services to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the mass transit roadmap of the government, with the end in view of determining its viability and ensuring a safe, reliable, efficient and affordable public transit system | |
| SRN 278 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Public Services to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the need for transparency in the concept, design, and construction of the Php 2.8 billion common station project for the LRT-1, MRT-3, and MRT-7 that will allegedly benefit commercial establishments but the cost is reportedly mostly shouldered by the government | |
| SRN 355 | Resolution directing the Senate Committee on Public Services to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the reported inefficient management and maintenance of the MRT-3 resulting in increasing incidents of train malfunctions, and the reported need to examine the newly delivered Dalian trains due to allegations that it will remain unusable until 2018 | |
| SBN 127 | Philippine Railways Modernization Act of 2016 | |
| SBN 152 | An act promoting the revitalization, rehabilitation and modernization of the PNR amending for the purpose certain provisions of RA No. 4156 entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operation” | |
| SBN 266 | Special Mass Transit System Support Fund Act of 2016 | |
| SBN 370 | An act promoting the rehabilitation and revitalization of the PNR, amending for the purpose RA No. 4156, as amended, entitled “An act creating the PNR, prescribing its powers, functions and duties, and providing for the necessary funds for its operation” | |
| SBN 644 | Philippine Nation Railways Act of 2016 | |
| SBN 814 | Bawas Traffic Act of 2016 | |
| SBN 844 | An act creating the Special Mass Transit System Support Fund, reallocating the disposition of monies collected from the motor vehicle user’s charge, amending for the purpose Sections 7 and 8 of RA No. 8794, otherwise known as the Motor Vehicle Users Charge Act of 2000 | |
| SBN 945 | An act institutionalizing the grant of student fare discount privileges on land, water, air and rail transport utilities and for other purposes |