AN ACT IMPOSING TARIFFS ON IMPORTED RICE, CREATING THE RICE INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REPLACING THE QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE WITH TARIFFS, LIFTING THE QUANTITATIVE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE, AND CREATING THE RICE COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9496, AND AS FURTHER AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10848, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING FARMER ORGANIZATIONS TO UNDERTAKE RICE IMPORTATIONS, PROVIDING FUND ASSISTANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED NEED TO SUPPORT THE LIFTING OF QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE TO BETTER ATTAIN NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY AND TO REVIEW FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE AGRICULTURAL TARIFFICATION ACT OF 1996

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPOSED RESCISSION OF THE QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING ACCESSIBLE RICE SUPPLY IN THE COUNTRY AND PROTECTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF FILIPINO RICE FARMERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRESENCE OF IMPORTED RICE WITHOUT THE NECESSARY IMPORT PERMIT AT THE VARIOUS PORTS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE TIMING AND MANNER OF RICE PROCUREMENT BY THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA)

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE THE VERACITY OF PERSISTENT ALLEGATIONS THAT THERE EXISTS A MAFIA/SYNDICATE IN GOVERNMENT RICE PROCUREMENT AND IMPORTATION PROGRAM AND A ‘RICE CARTEL’, WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF ENSURING SUFFICIENCY OF AVAILABLE STAPLE FOOD, STRENGTHENING FOOD SECURITY IN THE COUNTRY AND PUTTING AN END TO SUCH ILLEGAL/CORRUPT PRACTICES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUE OF RICE SMUGGLING AND PROCUREMENT POLICY SHIFTS ON RICE IMPORTATION, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY IMPLEMENTS MECHANISMS AND POLICIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT AND DULY SAFEGUARDED AGAINST CORRUPTION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE INEQUITABLE ANTI-SMALL FARMERS PROVISIONS OF MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. AO-2018-05-001 ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA) COUNCIL REGARDING IMPORT ALLOCATIONS FOR WHITE RICE, WITH THE END GOAL OF ENSURING THAT PREFERENCES AND ADVANTAGES SHALL BE ACCORDED BY STATE POLICIES, MEASURES AND LAWS TO OUR FARMERS AND THEIR GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPORTATION OF RICE INFESTED WITH ‘BUKBOK’ OR WEEVILS RESULTING IN INFERIOR QUALITY OF RICE AND DELAYED DELIVERY OF AFFORDABLE RICE TO THE PROVINCES, WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF QUALITY RICE, PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUNISHING INDIVIDUALS FOR RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF FILIPINOS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED CLAIMS THAT THE COST OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY'S LATEST RICE IMPORTATION FROM VIETNAM WAS DISADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT BY P457 MILLION

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO ASSESS AND CONDUCT A CRITICAL REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, OF THE RICE SUFFICIENCY POLICY OF THE COUNTRY, THE FEASIBILITY OF ABOLISHING THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY'S MONOPOLY OF RICE IMPORTATION AND/OR THE RESTRUCTURE OF OVERHAUL OF THE SAID AGENCY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO IMPORT 1.2 MILLION TONS OF RICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE ALLEGED EXCESSIVE PURCHASE AND IMPORTATION OF RICE BY THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY, THE RICE SPOILAGE AND WASTAGE IN NFA WAREHOUSES DUE TO OVER IMPORTATION, AND OTHER ALLEGED CORRUPT PRACTICES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FOOD SUPPLY AND PURCHASE AND IMPORTATION PROTOCOLS OF THE NFA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO LOOK INTO THE OVER IMPORTATION OF RICE AND TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF PAST ANOMALOUS SITUATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATUS OF RICE SUPPLY IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF OBTAINING A TRANSPARENT RICE IMPORTATION PROGRAM TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE CONCERNED STAKEHOLDERS - PARTICULARLY THE CONSUMERS AND FARMERS ALIKE

AN ACT RESERVING TO GOVERNMENT THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO IMPORT RICE TO FURTHER ENSURE FOOD SECURITY AND PROTECT DOMESTIC PRODUCERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 4, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE NATIONAL GRAINS AUTHORITY ACT', AS AMENDED

AN ACT RESERVING TO GOVERNMENT THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO IMPORT RICE TO FURTHER ENSURE FOOD SECURITY AND PROTECT DOMESTIC PRODUCERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 4, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL GRAINS AUTHORITY ACT, AS AMENDED

AN ACT REPLACING QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE WITH TARIFFS AND CREATING THE RICE COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER 8178, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES