We Heal As One Act. Senate Bill No. 1413.

The Malacañang draft called the bill Bayanihan Act of 2020. The House retained this title in House Bill No. 6616 but the Senate opted to call the bill “We Heal As One Act” in Senate Bill No. 1413.

Both HB 6616 and Senate Bill 1418, the Senate substitute bill which was eventually passed on third reading, now refer to the bill as the “Bayanihan To Heal As One Act.”

EMERGENCY POWERS OR AUTHORITY?

While Sotto had expressly denied that the President asked for “emergency powers,” the Malacañang draft expressly stated in section 3 that “it is imperative to grant [the President] emergency powers subject to such limitations as hereinafter provided.”