Section 37Sec./Art. 37

Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on E-Governance. - A Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on E-Governance (JCOCEG) shall be constituted to monitor and ensure the effective implementation of this Act, identify the deficiencies, limitations, and challenges in the current legal framework, and propose necessary amendments or supplementary legislation to address them.

The JCOCEG shall be composed of three (3) members from the Senate and three (3) members from the House of Representatives, in addition to the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology and the Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Information and Communications Technology who shall jointly chair the JCOCEG.

the minority in the Senate and the House of Representatives shall each have at least one (1) seat in the JCOCEG as Co-Vice Chairpersons.

The Secretariat of the JCOCEG shall come from the existing Secretariat personnel of the Committee on Science and Technology of the Senate and the Committee on Information and Communications Technology of the House of Representatives.

The JCOCEG shall conduct a hearing at least once every quarter to review the implementation of this Act and identify other necessary legislation.

The JCOCEG shall cease to after five (5) years from the effectivity of this Act.