AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MECHANISMS TO ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE COLLEGE AND POST-GRADUATE TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS FOR THE POOR, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED IMPOSITION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND TARIFFS ON IMPORTED BOOKS BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, IN VIOLATION OF THE FLORENCE AGREEMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED IMPOSITION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS ON IMPORTED BOOKS, WHICH RESTRICTS THE IMPORTATION OF BOOKS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON WAYS AND MEANS; AND EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ISSUED DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ORDER NO. 17-09 DATED MARCH 24, 2009, IMPOSING A TARIFF OF 1% TO 5% ON IMPORTED BOOKS, FOR BEING CONTRARY TO AN EXISTING INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION OF THE COUNTRY AND A CIRCUMVENTION, IF NOT A DEROGATION, OF REPUBLIC ACT NOS. 8047 AND 9337, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FINDING A REMEDIAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM