From the 1986 to the present day, there have been 76 bills authored -- in both the Senate and the House of Representatives -- to establish a railway system in Mindanao. This post serves as an index for these efforts, and is broken into the following segments:

 

Administration       Congress       Legislator       Initiative
Corazon C Aquino
25 February 1986 – 30 June 1992                  
HoR       8th       Cornelio P. Maskarino       HB25846: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railway System (1989)
        8th       Fabian S. Sison       HB19743: An Act Establishing a Railway System in Mindanao (1988)
        8th       Antonio H. Cerilles       HB03788: Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Authority (1987)
Fidel V Ramos
June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998                  
HoR       10th       Hermina M. Ramiro       HB06443: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (1996)
        10th       Simeon A. Datumanong       HB00983: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corp (1995)
        10th       Erasmo B. Damasing       HB00106: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (1995)
        9th       Mamintal M. Adiong       HB12370: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railway System (1994)
        9th       Hilarion J. Ramiro       HB12275: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (1994)
        9th       Simeon A. Datumanong       HB04903: Act To Create the Mindanao Railways Corp (1992)
        9th       Antonio H. Cerilles       HB00998: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Authority (1992, 9th Congress)
        8th       Antonio H. Cerilles       HB35377: Act Establishing a Railway System in Mindanao (1992)
Joseph E Estrada
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001                  
HoR       11th       Roan I. Libaros       HR00722: Resolution for a railway connecting Butuan City to the rest of Mindanao
        11th       Rafael P. Nantes       HR00039: Rehabilitation of PNR and establishment of Mindanao railway
        11th       Heherson T. Alvarez       HB07579: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation
        11th       Alex G. Bascug       HB04424: Railway in Misamis Oriental, Agusan Del Norte, and Agusan Del Sur
        11th       Mamintal M. Adiong       HB02890: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railway System (1998)
        11th       Augusto H. Baculio       HB01653: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (1998)
        11th       Aurora E. Cerilles       HB01182: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Authority (1998)
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
January 20, 2001 – June 30, 2010                  
Senate       14th       Richard "Dick" J. Gordon       Senate Bill No. 2097: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2008)
        14th       Manny Villar       Senate Bill No. 1950: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2007)
        14th       Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr.       Senate Bill No. 1164: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2007)
        14th       Ramon A. Revilla Jr.       Senate Bill No. 813: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2007)
        14th       Edgardo J. Angara       Senate Bill No. 217: Mindanao Railway Corporation (2007)
        13th       Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr.       Senate Bill No. 1542: Mindanao Railways Corp (2004)
        13th       Manuel B. Villar Jr.       Senate Bill No. 741: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2004)
        13th       Sergio R. Osmena III       Senate Bill No. 237: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2004)
        13th       Juan M. Flavier,
Edgardo J. Angara
      Senate Bill No. 22: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2004)
HoR       14th       Antonio H. Cerilles       HB02656: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Authority (2007)
        14th       Rufus B. Rodriguez       HB01855: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railway Corporation (2007)
        14th       Pedro P. Romualdo       HB01246: An Act Establishing the Mindanao Railway System (2007)
        14th       Juan Edgardo M. Angara       HB00158: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railway System (2007)
        13th       Agusto H. Baculio       HB04920: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Office (2005)
        13th       Antonio H. Cerilles       HB03595: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Authority (2005)
        13th       Rodolfo "Ompong" G. Plaza       HB01929: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2004)
        13th       Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo       HB00694: An Act Establishing the Mindanao Railway System (2004)
        12th       Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo       HB05106: An Act Establishing the Mindanao Railway System
Benigno Simeon C Aquino III
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016                  
Senate       16th       Aquilino Koko III L. Pimentel       Senate Bill No. 3095: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2016)
        15th       Edgardo J. Angara       Senate Bill No. 165: Mindanao Railways Corporation
        15th       Manny B. Villar       Senate Bill No. 1248: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2010)
HoR       16th       Mark A. Villar       HB05736: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2015)
        16th       Rufus B. Rodriguez       HB04059: Sell the Lumbia Airport in CDO to fund the Mindanao Railway (2014)
        16th       Rufus B. Rodriguez       HB03055: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2013)
        15th       Roger G. Mercado       HB04239: Act to link Luzon, major islands in Visayas, and Mindanao by rail (2011)
        15th       Rufus B. Rodriguez       HB03607: A proposal to sell the Lumbia Airport in CDO to fund the Mindanao Railway System (2010)
        15th       Aurora E. Cerilles       HB01354: Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Authority (2010)
        15th       Pedro P. Romualdo       HB00580: Act Establishing the Mindanao Railway System (2010)
        15th       Juan Edgardo M. Angara       HB00561: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2010)
Rodrigo R Duterte 
June 30, 2016 - June 30, 2022                  
Senate       18th       Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III       Senate Bill No. 687: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2019)
        18th       Emmanuel "Manny" D. Pacquiao       Senate Bill No. 554: Mindanao Railways Act of 2019
        18th       Sonny Angara       Senate Bill No. 327: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2019)
        18th       Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri       Senate Bill No. 308: Mindanao Railways Development Act of 2019
        17th       Emmanuel "Manny" D. Pacquiao       Senate Bill No. 1150: Mindanao Railways Act of 2016
        17th       Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. Angara       Senate Bill No. 137: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2016)
        17th       Juan Miguel F. Zubiri       Senate Bill No. 120: Mindanao Railways Act of 2016
        17th       Aquilino Koko III L. Pimentel       Senate Bill No. 112: Mindanao Railways Corporation (2016)
        17th       Richard J. Gordon       Senate Bill No. 103: Mindanao Railway Act (2016)
HoR   18th   Romeo S Momo   House Bill 8151: An Act Providing for a 30-Year National Infrastructure Program
    18th   Edgar Mary Sarmiento   HB09468: The Future of Mobility in the Philippines 2045 Act
    18th   Alfred Vargas   HB07117: Restructuring the Philippine National Railway System, Creating the National Railway Development Authority, Philippine Railway Corporations
    18th   Manual Jose M. Dalipe   HB06178: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation
        18th       Leonardo L. Babasa Jr.       HB03055: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation
        18th       Rufus B. Rodriguez       HB01828: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2019)
        18th       Divina Grace C. Yu       HB01459: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2019)
        17th       Pepito M. Pico       HB08711: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2018)
        17th       Emmeline Aglipay-Villar       HB04987: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2017)
        17th       Manuel F. Zubiri       HB03909: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Authority (2016)
        17th       Divina Grace C Yu       HB03159: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2016)
        17th       Mark A. Villar       HB02066: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2016)
        17th       Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo       HB01653: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2016)
        17th       Maximo B. Rodriguez Jr.       HB00358: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation
        17th       Celso L. Lobregat       HB00123: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation

Ferdinand R Marcos

June 30, 2022 - June 30, 2028 

Senate   19th   Juan Miguel Zubiri   SB604: Mindanao Railways Development Act of 2022
HoR   19th   Salvador A. Pleyto   HB01181: An Act Adopting a 30-year National Infrastructure Program
    19th  

Rufus B. Rodriguez

  HB01828: An Act Creating the Mindanao Railways Corporation (2022)
    19th   Romeo S. Momo   HB01975: An Act Providing for a 30-Year National Infrastructure Program
    19th   Bernadette Herrera   HB04585: An Act Providing for a 30-Year National Infrastructure Program