HB 2602
House·20th Congress·Filed Jul 30, 2025
An Act Expanding the Use of the Legal Assistance Fund and the Agarang Kalinga at Saklolo Para Sa Mga OFWS Na Nangangailangan (Aksyon) Fund, Amending for the Purpose Section 26 of Republic Act No. 8042, Otherwise Known as the "Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995," as Amended, and Section 14 of Republic Act No. 11641, Otherwise Known as the "Department of Migrant Workers Act"
In plain language
The bill proposes to let two existing funds (the Legal Assistance Fund and the Aksyon Fund) pay for a broader set of legal and consular services for overseas Filipinos, to speed up urgent payments for foreign lawyers, and to require the foreign affairs and migrant‑workers departments to work together, especially where there is no Philippine office.
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