Section 19Sec./Art. 19

Consolidation and Merger of Agencies and Functions. The following agencies are hereby consolidated and merged into and constituted as the Department, and their powers and functions subsumed to the Department which shall assume and perform all their powers and functions:

(a) The POEA, as created under Executive Order No. 247 and Republic Act No. 8042, as amended;

(b) The Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (OUMWA) of the DFA as provided under Republic Act No. 8042, as amended;

(c) All Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) under the DOLE;

(d) The International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) under the DOLE;

(e) The National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) under the OWWA;

(f) The National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) under the DOLE; and

(g) The Office of the Social Welfare Attach (OSWA) under the DSWD.