Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT TO ENHANCE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY BY CREATING THE NATIONAL FOOD CORPORATION IN PLACE OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY, CREATING THE NATIONAL RICE BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
April 23, 2002
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 4698, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO ENHANCE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY BY CREATING THE NATIONAL FOOD CORPORATION IN PLACE OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY, CREATING THE NATIONAL RICE BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : This bill seeks to restructure NFA to make them more responsive to its mandate and to focus on clearly defined regulatory and trading functions. To intensify government efforts in the stabilization of palay farm gate prices, the National Rice Boardis hereby created thus will help improve the productivity and income of farmers. Lastly, the approval of this bill will promote efficiency in rice trading and servicing consumer food requirements. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : CUA, JUNIE E. | |
| DATE FILED : 2002-04-23 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Ylagan (082 ) | 2. Del Mar (091 ) |
| 3. Bueser (002 ) | 4. Almario (062 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| COMMITTEE ACTION: chge of Ctte. ref'l from Gov't Enterp.;Go v't Reorg.;App rop. as per J.60; p.70(Mar. 10 & 11, 2003) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION ON 2002-05-06 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION, APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
This bill seeks to restructure NFA to make them more responsive to its mandate and to focus on clearly defined regulatory and trading functions. To intensify government efforts in the stabilization of palay farm gate prices, the National Rice Boardis hereby created thus will help improve the productivity and income of farmers. Lastly, the approval of this bill will promote efficiency in rice trading and servicing consumer food requirements.
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