AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF SMUGGLED SUGAR

AN ACT AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 18, SERIES OF 1986, TO EXPAND THE COMPOSITION OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION (SRA) SUGAR BOARD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED FAILURE OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION (SRA) IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT 10659 OR THE SUGARCANE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2015 TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IN GENERAL AND THE SMALL FARMERS AND WORKERS IN PARTICULAR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2015, PARTICULARLY ON THE REPORTED FAILURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO INCLUDE THE MANDATORY APPROPRIATION OF TWO BILLION PESOS IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND THE NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROGRAMS UNDER SIDA

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION TO MITIGATE THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE PHILIPPINE SUGAR INDUSTRY BY CONVERTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S TARIFF-RATE QUOTA (TRQ) ALLOCATIONS FOR LOCAL INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUED INCAPACITY OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION (SRA) IN STRENGTHENING THE SUGAR INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT ORDER OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION TO ALLOW THE IMPORTATION OF SUGAR EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE HARVEST AND MILLING SEASON, AS WELL AS IMPORTATION PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CRAFTING POLICY THAT WILL ENSURE SUPPORT FOR FARMERS AND FOOD SECURITY INSTEAD OF IMPORT DEPENDENCY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE APPARENT UNDERSPENDING OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY (SRA) OF THE SUGAR DEVELOPMENT ACT FUND (SIDA) THEREBY DEPRIVING THE SUGAR FARMERS AND THE INDUSTRY A CHANCE TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD MARKET