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AN ACT EXPANDING THE USE OF THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED
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MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995
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June 30, 2016
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Entitled: AN ACT EXPANDING THE USE OF THE LEGAL ASSITANCE FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995", AS AMENDED [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2016 ] 6/30/2016 Introduced by Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO; 8/1/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN RELATIONS; and FINANCE; [ 2017 ] 2/1/2017 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 2/7/2017 Letter from Senator MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY dated February 6, 2017, requesting that she be made co-author of SBN-157, received by the LBIS; (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)