AN ACT INSTITUTING THE EXPANDED BALIKBAYAN PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6768, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9174, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DECLARING THE REASONABLE IMPORTATION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS FOR THE PERSONAL USE AND CONSUMPTION OF THEIR FAMILIES AS EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF IMPORT DUTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INSTITUTING THE EXPANDED BALIKBAYAN PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6768, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9174, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS' NEW POLICY OF OPENING BALIKBAYAN BOXES SENT BY OVERSEAS FILIPINOS TO THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS PLANS TO INTRUSIVELY INSPECT AND FURTHER TAX BALIKBAYAN BOXES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON BUREAU OF CUSTOMS POLICIES AND PROCESSES CONCERNING THE INSPECTION AND CLEARANCE OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES SHIPPED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) ON THE STRINGENT INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNDUE BURDEN SUFFERED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFWS) DUE TO THE FOLLOWING POLICIES: RANDOM INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES AND PACKAGES BY THE CUSTOMS BUREAU AND POST OFFICE; TIME CONSUMING PROCESS OF SECURING OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES; AND THE SHUTDOWN OF REMITTANCE FIRMS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AMONG OTHERS, WITH A VIEW OF MAKING LIVES OF OFWS AND THEIR FAMILIES EASIER AND LESS BURDENSOME IN GENERAL, AND IN PARTICULAR WHAT GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO ASSIST, HELP AND BE A BIG BROTHER TO OFW'S

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON WAYS AND MEANS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND PLANNED STRICTER RANDOM INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS WITH THE INTENTION OF STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-SMUGGLING CAMPAIGN AND THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTIES AND THE RIGHTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC) IN MONITORING AND SCREENING THE BALIKBAYAN BOXES ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTIONALIZING PRACTICAL POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS, ENSURING THAT THE RESOURCES OF THE BOC ARE MAXIMIZED TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF ITS MANDATE OF CURBING SMUGGLING

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AND THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SECURITY AND RELIABILITY OF LETTERS, PARCELS OR BALIKBAYAN BOXES BEING SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS OF HANDLING THE SAME AND THE REGULATION THEREOF IN ORDER THAT THESE MAY BE BENCHMARKED, APPLIED AND IMPLEMENTED LOCALLY BY THE GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE COURIERS AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS

AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM DUTIES AND TAXES 'BALIKBAYAN BOXES' CONTAINING PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW), OTHER FILIPINOS RESIDING ABROAD AND RESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES RETURNING FROM ABROAD