Date: May 19, 2008
Budget request for fiscal year 2008-09 before the House of Representatives.
Date: May 19, 2008
Budget request for fiscal year 2008-09 before the House of Representatives.

To implement the Plan to Quantify Unpaid Work in Puerto Rico; create the Special Committee to Quantify Time Use in Puerto Rico; order the Committee to carry out a Time Use Survey; establish the functions, purpose and composition of the Committee; and order the Committee to quantify the magnitude of unpaid work, analyze the gender disparity in participation in unpaid work, study demographic and social variables that affect the disparity of participation in unpaid work, and quantify the value of unpaid work within the Gross National Product; and for other related purposes.
To order the Committee on Social Welfare and Family Affairs of the Senate of Puerto Rico to carry out a comprehensive study on the development, implementation and operation of the concept of Collaborative Housing (Co-housing) in Puerto Rico.

To amend articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; and to add a new article 19A to Act No. 134 of June 28, 1969, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Explosives Act”, with the purpose of establishing a modern, agile and harmonized regulatory framework for manufacturing, use, possession, storage, sale, transfer and disposal of explosives and regulated substances; restructure the pricing scheme to reflect actual costs associated with the issuance of permits, supervision, inspection and oversight operations; and for other related purposes.