Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING THE PERIOD OF COLLECTION AND UTILIZATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND (ACEF), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT REPLACING QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT RICE, WITH TARIFFS, CREATING THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND (ACEF)
Date filed
September 15, 2015
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
23
Session Type
Document Certification
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by SENATE (2/1/2016)

Committee Details

Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
251

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
9/16/2015 Sponsorship Speech Villar, Cynthia A.
9/23/2015 Co-Sponsorship Speech Recto, Ralph G.
12/8/2015 Remarks
12/8/2015 Interpellation Osmena III, Sergio R.
12/14/2015 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
12/14/2015 Period of Interpellation Closed
12/14/2015 Period of Individual Amendments
12/14/2015 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
2/3/2016 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Villar, Cynthia A.

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT AMENDING THE PERIOD OF COLLECTION AND UTILIZATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND (ACEF), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT REPLACING QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT RICE, WITH TARIFFS, CREATING THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2015 ]
9/15/2015 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD and FINANCE with Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO, GRACE L. POE and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR as author(s) per Committee Report No. 251, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-2131, taking into consideration SRNos. 495, 549 and 1452;
9/16/2015 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
9/16/2015 Sponsor: Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
9/16/2015 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
9/16/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
9/23/2015 Cosponsorship speech of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
12/8/2015 Interpellation of Senator SERGIO R. OSMENA III;
12/8/2015 Remarks of the Chair;
12/14/2015 Period of interpellation closed;
12/14/2015 Period of committee amendments closed;
12/14/2015 Period of individual amendments;
12/14/2015 Period of individual amendments closed;
12/14/2015 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
[ 2016 ]
1/7/2016 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
1/18/2016 Approved on Third Reading;
1/18/2016 In favor: (20) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
1/18/2016 Against: N o n e ;
1/18/2016 Abstention: N o n e ;
1/20/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
2/1/2016 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2951 and HBN-6162, designating Senators Villar, Recto and Ejercito as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
2/3/2016 House of Representatives informing the Senate that Representatives Mendoza, Guanlao, Teves, Escudero, Gomez and Tejada were designated as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2951 and HBN-6162 on February 1, 2016;
2/3/2016 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2951 and HBN-6162, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-2951 in consolidation with HBN-6162, be approved as reconciled;
2/3/2016 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
2/3/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; (Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on February 11, 2016);
2/4/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on February 2, 2016;
4/6/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2951 and HBN-6162, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
4/19/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2951 and HBN-6162, received by the Senate, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
4/19/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2951 and HBN-6162, received by the Senate already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
4/26/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2951 and HBN-6162, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND (ACEF), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9496, ENTITLED: AN ACT REPLACING QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT RICE, WITH TARIFFS, CREATING THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
5/31/2016 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-6162 by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III on May 23, 2016 and became
5/31/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10848.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10848 (SBN-2951/HBN-6162) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on June 14, 2016)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry re conducted committee meetings/hearings, conducted technical working group, is prepared by the Committee concerned/Committee Affairs Bureau)
5/23/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD and FINANCE;

President's Action

Approved by the President
Date Received by the President
Date Signed by the President