Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS WORKERS, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Date filed
July 1, 2013
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00191 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS WORKERS, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Department Of Overseas Workers Act | |
| ABSTRACT : Creates the Department of Overseas Workers which is mandated to take full charge in the deployment or repatriation, when the need arises, of our Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), and which agency is made accountable to the OFWs. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ARENAS, ROSE MARIE "BABY" J. | |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Revilla (002 2013-07-23) | 2. Mercado-Revilla (011 2013-08-13) |
| 3. Co (017 2013-09-04) | 4. Batocabe (017 2013-09-04) |
| 5. De Venecia (020 2013-09-16) | 6. Hernandez (021 2013-09-17) |
| 7. Cortuna (025 2013-11-18) | 8. Piamonte (025 2013-11-18) |
| 9. Velarde (025 2013-11-18) | 10. Dela Cruz (025 2013-11-18) |
| 11. Cagas (025 2013-11-18) | 12. Reyes (025 2013-11-18) |
| 13. Señeres (025 2013-11-18) | 14. Bello (S.) (025 2013-11-18) |
| 15. Acedillo (025 2013-11-18) | 16. Romualdez (025 2013-11-18) |
| 17. Alejano (025 2013-11-18) | 18. Villanueva (025 2013-11-18) |
| 19. Escudero (025 2013-11-18) | 20. Almario (025 2013-11-18) |
| 21. Paquiz (025 2013-11-18) | 22. Turabin-Hataman (025 2013-11-18) |
| 23. Suarez (025 2013-11-18) | 24. Gerona-Robredo (025 2013-11-18) |
| 25. Ermita-Buhain (025 2013-11-18) | 26. Kho (025 2013-11-18) |
| 27. Tambunting (033 2013-12-09) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ON 2013-07-23 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS |
Abstract
Creates the Department of Overseas Workers which is mandated to take full charge in the deployment or repatriation, when the need arises, of our Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), and which agency is made accountable to the OFWs.
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