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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 79BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 79 - AN ACT
CREATING THE COMMISSION ON FILIPINOS OVERSEAS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1.
Creation and Composition. — There is hereby created a Commission on
Filipinos Overseas, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, under
the Office of the President.
The Commission shall be composed of five (5) members to be appointed by
the President (Prime Minister) of the Philippines, one of whom shall be
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as ex-officio member: Provided, That
the President (Prime Minister) may appoint other ministries as
ex-officio members: Provided, further, That in the absence of any
ex-officio member, said member may designate his deputy to act in his
stead. The President (Prime Minister) shall designate the
chairman and the vice-chairman of the Commission from among its members.
Sec. 2. Definition of "Filipinos Overseas". — For
purposes of this Act, the term "Filipinos Overseas" shall mean
Filipinos who are permanent residents abroad, including Filipino
emigrants who are either already citizens of foreign countries or are
still Filipino citizens awaiting naturalization, recognition, or
admission, and their descendants.
Sec. 3. Powers and Functions. — The Commission
shall have the following powers and functions:
a. Provide advice and assistance to the President
(Prime Minister) of the Philippines and the Batasang Pambansa in the
formulation of policies and measures affecting Filipinos overseas;
b. Formulate, in coordination with agencies
concerned, an integrated program for the promotion of the welfare of
Filipinos overseas for implementation by suitable existing agencies;
c. Coordinate and monitor the implementation of such
an integrated program;
d. Initiate and directly undertake the implementation
of special projects and programs, whenever necessary, to promote the
welfare of Filipinos overseas with respect to their interests and
activities in the Philippines;
e. Serve as a forum for preserving and enhancing the
social, economic and cultural ties of Filipinos overseas with their
motherland;
f. Provide liaison services to Filipinos overseas
with appropriate government and private agencies in the transaction of
business and similar ventures in the Philippines;
g. Promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the
objectives of this Act;
h. Call upon any agency of the Government, including
government-owned or controlled corporations, to render whatever
assistance is needed in the pursuance of the objectives of this Act; and
i. Perform such other related functions as may be
directed by the President (Prime Minister) or assigned by law.
Sec. 4. Organization. — The Commission shall be
assisted by a Secretariat which shall be organized and staffed in
accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Eleven
hundred and seventy-seven. The Commission is authorized, whenever
necessary and subject to the approval of the President (Prime
Minister), to establish offices in suitable places abroad, or to
appoint service attaches in the Philippines Embassy or consulate
located thereat, or to designate representatives from among resident
Filipinos staying in these places.
Sec. 5. Compensation. — The ex-officio members if
the Commission shall be entitled to per diems for meetings attended,
not exceeding two hundred fifty pesos per meeting and not exceeding on
thousand pesos a month. The other members of the Commission and the
officials and employees of the Commission shall be compensated pursuant
to the provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Nine hundred
eighty-five and Presidential Decree Numbered Twelve hundred and
eighty-five, as the case may be.
Sec. 6. Abolition of Office of Emigrant Affairs. —
The Office of Emigrants Affairs in the Ministry of Labor and Employment
is abolished and its pertinent functions are transferred to the
Commission, including applicable funds, records, property and equipment
and the necessary personnel that have been allotted and assigned to the
Office of Emigrant Affairs from the Ministry of Labor and Employment
and/or other entities.
Sec. 7. Appropriations. — The appropriations
authorized under Batas Pambansa Blg. 40 for the Office of Emigrant
Affairs shall be used for the operational expenses of the Commission
for the current year, to be augmented as may be necessary from the fund
for organizational changes provided in Batas Pambansa Blg. 40.
Subsequently, its appropriation shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriations Act.
Sec. 8. Repealing Clause. — All laws, orders,
proclamations, rules, regulations, or parts thereof which are
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.
Sec. 9. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect
upon its approval.
Approved: June 16,
1980.
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