Entitled:
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA), AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2006 ]
9/7/2006	Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives EDCEL C. LAGMAN, RODRIGUEZ D. DADIVAS, ROSELLER L. BARINAGA, LORETTA ANN P. ROSALES, MARIO "MAYONG" JOYO M. AGUJA, ET. AL., as authors;
9/11/2006	Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; and FOREIGN RELATIONS;
11/9/2006	Returned jointly by the Committee(s) on LOCAL GOVERNMENT; and FOREIGN RELATIONS per Committee Report No. 156, recommending that it be considered in SBN-2501;
11/13/2006	Submitted said Committee Report to the Senate;
11/13/2006	CONSIDERED IN SBN-2501.
[ 2007 ]
1/22/2007	Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2501 and HBN-5498, and has designated Senators Revilla, Lapid and Jinggoy P. Ejercito Estrada as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
1/29/2007	House of Representatives agreed to the request of the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2501 and HBN-5498, and has designated Representatives Lagman, Baterina, Barinaga, De Guzman and Magtubo as its conferees on January 24, 2007; House of Representatives designated Representatives Aguja and Rosales as additional conferees (See: O.B. dated February 5, 2007);
1/31/2007	Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-5498 in consolidation with SBN-2501 be approved as reconciled;
1/31/2007	Sponsorship speech of Senator Jinggoy P. Ejercito Estrada on the Conference Committee Report;
1/31/2007	Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate;
2/5/2007	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on January 31, 2007;
2/21/2007	Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of HBN-5498 and SBN-2501, received by the Senate for the signature of Senate Secretary Yabes and Seante President Villar;
3/6/2007	Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of HBN-5498 and SBN-2501, already signed by the Senate Secretary and Senate President, sent back to the House of Representatives;
4/10/2007	Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and became;
4/10/2007	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9422