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AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO FARMERS WHO SUFFER FROM RECURRENT DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES, TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND FINANCING, AND TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY, BY MAKING INSURANCE MANDATORY FOR PALAY AND OTHER ESSENTIAL CROPS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 4 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1467, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8175, OR THE 'REVISED CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION (PCIC) ACT OF 1995,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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EXPANDED CROP INSURANCE ACT OF 2019
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July 1, 2019
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2
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Entitled: AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO FARMERS WHO SUFFER FROM RECURRENT DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES, TO SUSTAIN AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND FINANCING, AND TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY, BY MAKING INSURANCE MANDATORY FOR PALAY AND OTHER ESSENTIAL CROPS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 4 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1467, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8175, OR THE ‘REVISED CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION (PCIC) ACT OF 1995,’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2019 ] 7/1/2019 Introduced by Senator FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN; 7/23/2019 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; and GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES; 9/3/2019 (Pursuant to Adopted Resolution No. 9: Merging of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, and the Committee on Agrarian Reform, SBN-35 shall now be referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND AGRARIAN REFORM) (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)