CONGRESS TACKLES TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD PROPOSAL
For: CustomsWeek Desk
attn: Inday Varona
c/o Bobby Nazareno
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by: Terence Mordeno Grana
A BODY that will assess the current operational procedures and formulate the transportation safety improvement standards in the country is proposed in the House of Representatives. House Bill (HB) No. 3296 or the Transportation Safety Act, filed by Capiz Representative (Rep.) Manuel Roxas II, which seeks to create a single government entity to be known as the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB), has been the subject of the committee deliberations in Congress. The NTSB will be vested with the power to investigate accidents and prosecute violators of transportation safety rules and regulations.
In a meeting held early last week, the House Committee on Transportation and Communications, chaired by Northern Samar Rep. Rodolfo Tuazon, decided to create a task force that will draft the substitute bill of HB 3296. It was agreed in that meeting that the Director for Planning and Programming of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will head the task force which will be composed of representatives from the Air Transportation Office (ATO), Air Safety Foundation (ASF), Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), Maritime Industry Administration (MARINA), Philippine Coast Guard, Land Transportation Office (LTO), and the Manila Railroad Company.
Rep. Tuazon said that the DOTC, CAB, and ATO expressed their support for the passage of the proposal, however, Tuazon added that these agencies noted the provision in the bill which gives the Department of Justice (DOJ) the power to prosecute conflicts with another provision in the measure that gives the same power to the NTSB.
Cognizant of the conflict, the Committee consequently proposed that the bill be amended so that the NTSB will only have the power to recommend prosecution of cases arising from transportation accidents.
Another apprehension expressed by the members of the Committee on the reservations on the NTSB’s power to prosecute was that, since the composition of the board’s members belong to the transport industry, it would be difficult for it to investigate accidents and pursue cases against the violators and the possibility that pressure would be exerted from within the industry to prevent prosecution of its own member may take place.
The Committee finally resolved that the proposed changes will be considered by the task force in the drafting of the substitute bill.
attn: Inday Varona
c/o Bobby Nazareno
--------------------------
by: Terence Mordeno Grana
A BODY that will assess the current operational procedures and formulate the transportation safety improvement standards in the country is proposed in the House of Representatives. House Bill (HB) No. 3296 or the Transportation Safety Act, filed by Capiz Representative (Rep.) Manuel Roxas II, which seeks to create a single government entity to be known as the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB), has been the subject of the committee deliberations in Congress. The NTSB will be vested with the power to investigate accidents and prosecute violators of transportation safety rules and regulations.
In a meeting held early last week, the House Committee on Transportation and Communications, chaired by Northern Samar Rep. Rodolfo Tuazon, decided to create a task force that will draft the substitute bill of HB 3296. It was agreed in that meeting that the Director for Planning and Programming of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will head the task force which will be composed of representatives from the Air Transportation Office (ATO), Air Safety Foundation (ASF), Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), Maritime Industry Administration (MARINA), Philippine Coast Guard, Land Transportation Office (LTO), and the Manila Railroad Company.
Rep. Tuazon said that the DOTC, CAB, and ATO expressed their support for the passage of the proposal, however, Tuazon added that these agencies noted the provision in the bill which gives the Department of Justice (DOJ) the power to prosecute conflicts with another provision in the measure that gives the same power to the NTSB.
Cognizant of the conflict, the Committee consequently proposed that the bill be amended so that the NTSB will only have the power to recommend prosecution of cases arising from transportation accidents.
Another apprehension expressed by the members of the Committee on the reservations on the NTSB’s power to prosecute was that, since the composition of the board’s members belong to the transport industry, it would be difficult for it to investigate accidents and pursue cases against the violators and the possibility that pressure would be exerted from within the industry to prevent prosecution of its own member may take place.
The Committee finally resolved that the proposed changes will be considered by the task force in the drafting of the substitute bill.
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