Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES AND PROCEDURES TO GOVERN THE EXPEDITIOUS GRANT OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP, REPATRIATION AND SUBSEQUENT PLACEMENT UNDER FOSTER FAMILY CARE OR ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN UNACKNOWLEDGED AND/OR ABANDONED BY THEIR PARENTSOVERSEAS
Date filed
May 8, 2002
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 4770, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES AND PROCEDURES TO GOVERN THE EXPEDITIOUS GRANT OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP, REPATRIATION AND SUBSEQUENT PLACEMENT UNDER FOSTER FAMILY CARE OR ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN UNACKNOWLEDGED AND/OR ABANDONED BY THEIR PARENTSOVERSEAS | |
| ABSTRACT : "Save the Abandoned Filipino Child Overseas (SAFCO) Act of 2002". Rationale: This bill has been occasioned by the vexing challenges posed by the peculiar and distressing plight of a Filipino child known today only as Batang X. > Batang X -- the child who has opened our eyes to the need for this legislative initiative -- is a child, of pre-school age, who now lives in a Safe House somewhere in the Middle East. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SYJUCO, AUGUSTO JR. L | |
| DATE FILED : 2002-05-08 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Umali (087 ) | 2. Ylagan (087 ) |
| 3. Villanueva (087 ) | 4. Bacani (022 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2002-05-15 |
Abstract
"Save the Abandoned Filipino Child Overseas (SAFCO) Act of 2002". Rationale: This bill has been occasioned by the vexing challenges posed by the peculiar and distressing plight of a Filipino child known today only as Batang X. > Batang X -- the child who has opened our eyes to the need for this legislative initiative -- is a child, of pre-school age, who now lives in a Safe House somewhere in the Middle East.
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