NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE 
S. B. No. 1167
RECEIVED BV:
Introduced by Senator SONNY ANGARA
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING RESOURCE CENTERS FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURAL 
COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO ENHANCE AND ENSURE 
DELIVERY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES, APPRORIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
There are 14-17 million estimated indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) and 
indigenous peoples (Ips) mainly concentrated in Northern Luzon (33%) and in 
Mindanao (61%). The Constitution mandates that the State shall recognize, protect, 
promote and fulfill the rights of the indigenous peoples.
In 1997, Republic Act No. 8371 or the 'Indigenous Peoples Rights Act'{IPRk) 
was enacted fulfilling the State's constitutional duty to recognize the millions of ICCs 
and IPs in the country. However, despite the IPRA and the various international aids 
given to them, ICCs and IPs remain among the most disadvantaged and poorest in 
our country. In fact, according to the World Bank, while Indigenous Peoples comprise 
only 6 percent of the global population, they account for nearly 20 percent of world's 
extreme poor.
Government has to remedy the miserable conditions of our ICCs and IPs. It is 
imperative to establish Resource Centers in all ICCs/IPs which are ethnographically 
located as determined by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). 
These centers shall enhance the delivery of basic, social, technical and legal services 
to the ICCs and IPs. Therefore, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
SONNY ANGARA


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator SONNY ANGARA
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING RESOURCE CENTERS FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURAL 
COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO ENHANCE AND ENSURE 
DELIVERY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES, APPRORIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the 'Resource Centers for
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Indigenous Peoples Act of2022."
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby the policy of the State to provide
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Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)/Indigenous Peoples (IPs) equal access to
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basic services and ensure protection of their rights, taking into consideration their
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customs, traditions, values and beliefs. Towards this end, there is a need to set up
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Resource Centers in all ethnographic regions to enhance the delivery of government's
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basic services and enable them to be recognized and counted and have freedom to
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engage in participatory development programs, projects and activities.
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Sec. 3. Establishment of Resource Centers for ICCs/IPs. - There shall be
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established ICCs/IPs Resource Centers, hereinafter referred to as the "Center", in
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strategic places as determined by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
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(NCIP), hereinafter referred to as the "Commission", taking into consideration their
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ethnological locations.
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Sec. 4. Staff and Components of the ICC/IP Resource Centers. - The
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Commission shall designate in every Center a Chief Coordinating Officer. Concerned
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government departments and agencies and local governments shall assign staff
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members to the Resource Centers.
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Sec. 5. Composition and Functions of the Center. - The Center shall be
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composed of the following three (3) major service areas and their respective functions,
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namely:
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(a) Statistical Service Area - documentation and recognition of ICCs/IPs, their
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indigenous knowledge, systems and practices, political structures and
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customary laws through census, appraisal and baseline reports and libraries;
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(b) Human Development Index Service Area - addresses problems of ICCs/IPs and
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provide basic and necessary services through link-ups with concerned
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government department and agencies, such as training programs, grant of
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scholarships, employment, livelihood and enterprises and health services; and
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(c) Domains Management Service Area - promotion of participatory programs,
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projects and activities for ICCs/IPs to effectively deliver their responsibility of
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maintaining ecological balance, restore denuded areas, observe laws, and
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ensure the implementation of the Ancestral Domains Sustainable Development
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and Protections Plans and such other existing programs.
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Sec. 6. Monitoring Progress and Impiementation and Impact of this Act - The
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Commission shall submit to Congress every three (3) years or as determined in the
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implementing rules and regulations, an annual report of its accomplishments.
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Sec. 7. Funding. - The initial funding requirements for the implementation of
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this Act shall be charged against the current appropriations of the agencies concerned.
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Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued implementation shall be
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included in the agencies' yearly budgets under the General Appropriations Act.
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Sec. 8. Impiementing Ruies and Reguiations (IRR). - Within ninety (90) days
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after the approval of this Act, the Commission, in coordination with the following
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concerned government agencies, to wit: Local Government Units (LGUs), Philippine
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Statistics Authority (PSA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD),
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Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of
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Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Commission on Human
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Rights (CHR), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Labor and Employment
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(DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Health (DOH),
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agriculture
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(DA), Land Management Bureau (LMB), Land Registration Authority (LRA), and such
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other concerned agencies, shall issue the necessary Rules and Regulations for the
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effective implementation of this Act.
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Sec. 9. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act is
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subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions hereof which are
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not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
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Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, acts, presidential decrees, executive
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orders, presidential proclamations, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof
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which are contrary to or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby
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repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
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Sec. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,