AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, INCREASING PENALTIES FOR SMUGGLING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, THEREBY AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1464, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE

AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE COMPUTATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT (IRA), ALL THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES COLLECTED BY THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 284 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT SECURING THE PHILIPPINE'S BORDERS TO MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST THE ENTRY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS INTO THE COUNTRY

AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE COMPUTATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT (IRA), ALL THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES COLLECTED BY THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 284 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS FROM THE COVERAGE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6758, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS FROM THE COVERAGE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6758, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A MECHANISM FOR THE MANDATORY AND EXPEDITED DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED IMPORTED GOODS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR AND UNDERPRIVILEGED IN TIMES OF CALAMITIES AND OTHER NATIONAL EMERGENCIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY AND ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FAILURE OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS TO DISPOSE OF THE ALMOST FOUR MILLION KILOS OF FROZEN MEAT THAT THREATENS THE FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY, HEALTH AND SANITATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE END VIEW OF PROPOSING APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL INTERVENTIONS AND LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FAILURE OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS TO COMEUP WITH THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10845 OR THE ACT DECLARING LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURAL SMUGGLING AS ECONOMIC SABOTAGE THAT THREATENS THE VIABILITY OF THE LOCAL FARMERS PARTICULARLY RICE AND SUGAR PRODUCERS AND DIMINISHES GOVERNMENT REVENUE COLLECTION EFFORTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE P6.4 BILLION WORTH OF SHABU SHIPMENT FROM CHINA, ON THE POSSIBLE MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE, AND NONFEASANCE OF BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC) OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS IN REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10863 OR THE CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION AND TARIFF ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN CONNECTION TO THE PRESENT CONTROVERSY INVOLVING SEVERAL PERSONALITIES UNDER THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED SHIPMENT OF PHP 6.8 BILLION WORTH OF ‘SHABU’ SMUGGLED INTO THE COUNTRY AND THE POSSIBLE LACK OF COORDINATION AMONG THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, THE PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT OF NO PENDING CRIMINAL CASES INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE ON OFFICERS OF REVENUE GENERATING AGENCIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON HOW A SHABU SHIPMENT WORTH PHP 6.8 BILLION MANAGED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE MANILA INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER PORT AND SLIP THROUGH THE INSPECTION OF BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE’S ORDER TO THE MILITARY TO TEMPORARILY TAKE OVER THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFECT TO THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY OF THE UNABATED RAMPANT CORRUPTION IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AND ITS INADEQUACY TO FULLY MAXIMIZE ITS POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FOR AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PURSUIT OF REVENUE GENERATION, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, AND TRADE FACILITATION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON); WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PURPORTED ‘PADRINO SYSTEM’ PREVAILING IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING LEGISLATIVE REFORMS TO ADDRESS THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE 5-20 SCHEME AT THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS IS COSTING THE GOVERNMENT MILLIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT AT LEAST 40 OFFICIALS AND PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC) ARE STILL WORKING AND RECEIVING SALARIES DESPITE HAVING EXPIRED JOB CONTRACTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MOUNTING POLITICAL PRESSURES THAT REPORTEDLY PROMPTED THE RESIGNATION OF FORMER CUSTOMS COMMISSIONER JOHN SEVILLA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED ILLEGAL AND ANOMALOUS EFFORTS IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC) TO RAISE CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S CANDIDATES FOR THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FAILURE OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS TO ADDRESS REVENUE LEAKAGES AND THE POSSIBLE MEASURES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS TO PLUG SUCH LEAKAGES AND IMPROVE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRE-SHIPMENT INSPECTION SCHEME, AND THE NAGGING PROBLEM OF PORT CONGESTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS' NEW POLICY OF OPENING BALIKBAYAN BOXES SENT BY OVERSEAS FILIPINOS TO THEIR FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) ON THE STRINGENT INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; AND WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNDUE BURDEN SUFFERED BY OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFWS) DUE TO THE FOLLOWING POLICIES: RANDOM INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES AND PACKAGES BY THE CUSTOMS BUREAU AND POST OFFICE; TIME CONSUMING PROCESS OF SECURING OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES; AND THE SHUTDOWN OF REMITTANCE FIRMS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AMONG OTHERS, WITH A VIEW OF MAKING LIVES OF OFWS AND THEIR FAMILIES EASIER AND LESS BURDENSOME IN GENERAL, AND IN PARTICULAR WHAT GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO ASSIST, HELP AND BE A BIG BROTHER TO OFW'S

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON WAYS AND MEANS; AND LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND PLANNED STRICTER RANDOM INSPECTION OF BALIKBAYAN BOXES BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS WITH THE INTENTION OF STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-SMUGGLING CAMPAIGN AND THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTIES AND THE RIGHTS OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC) IN MONITORING AND SCREENING THE BALIKBAYAN BOXES ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTIONALIZING PRACTICAL POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS, ENSURING THAT THE RESOURCES OF THE BOC ARE MAXIMIZED TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF ITS MANDATE OF CURBING SMUGGLING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS TAXED A MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP BELT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS SEIZED FIVE TONS OF UNDERVALUED SODIUM CYANIDE IN ORIENTAL MINDORO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED OMISSION OR INACTION (NON-FEASANCE) BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC) INTO THE REPORTED RAMPANT SMUGGLING IN THE PORT OF DAVAO CITY, ITS ABUSE OF AUTHORITY IN THE RESCISSION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT RESULTING IN INJURY TO A PRIVATE ENTITY, AND OTHER REPORTS OF MALFEASANCE AND MISFEASANCE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC INTEREST

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED 1,910 MISSING CONTAINER VANS IN THE PORTS OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS RESULTING TO HUGE REVENUE LOSS TO THE GOVERNMENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PLUGGING THE LOOPHOLES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED