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

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED OVERPRICED IMPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, INCLUDING AND PARTICULARLY RICE IMPORTS BY THE PHILIPPINES FROM VIETNAM, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT INTER-GOVERNMENT COMMODITY TRADE DEALS CONCLUDED BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE MOST BENEFICIAL AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO FILIPINO CONSUMERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT RELATIVE TO RICE IMPORTATION INCLUDING THE PROCESS OF PROCUREMENT WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING PUBLIC FUNDS AGAINST OVERPRICING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE COUNTRY'S DOMESTIC RICE PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY, IN LIGHT OF THE IMPENDING GLOBAL RICE CRISIS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO REFORM THE GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDIZED RICE PROGRAM