The proposed abolition of the travel tax has been included among the 21 priority legislative measures approved by President Bongbong Marcos, placing the bill on a fast-track list the administration wants passed by June. The approval was given during the Third Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council full meeting of the 20th Congress held at Malacañang.
The Presidential Communications Office said the President reviewed and approved the list of priority measures presented during the LEDAC meeting. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the measures were identified for passage within the current congressional session, with the administration aiming to have them enacted before the President’s next State of the Nation Address.
The Travel Tax Abolition bill is one of the measures formally included in the priority list, placing it alongside other proposals that the administration and congressional leaders agreed to advance within a set legislative timetable. The Palace did not release further details on the bill’s provisions but confirmed it is among the 21 measures targeted for action.
Other priority measures include proposals expanding protection against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children, addressing fake news and digital disinformation, and legislation related to elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Governance and transparency bills were also included, alongside social, education, health, energy, agriculture, and public resource measures.
The Palace said the approval of the 21 priority bills reflects coordination between the executive and legislative branches to move agreed measures forward within the current session of Congress, with the Travel Tax Abolition bill now formally part of that timetable.
