Republic of the Phitippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST REGULAR SESSION

House Bill No, 3.2.0)

Introduced by: Hon. Pedro B. Acharon Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill intends to expand the coverage of RA 9064, otherwise known as the
“The Sports Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001". As proposed, the amendment will
enlarge the coverage of the terms “International Competitions” and "National Athletes”
and an increase in the monetary benefits to conform to the concerns of some quarters in
the field of sports.

It is worthy to note that RA 9064 is a legislative milestone in terms of giving
incentives to our athletes who have brought glory and honor to our country.
Regrettably, nut all athtetes may avail of the grant provided by law, only those athletes
who won in an international sports competition sanctioned by the International
Olympic Committee fall within the ambit of the provision.

With the prevalent exposure of Filipino athletes in international contests, there
is an increasing number of successful conquests that showcased their skills and talents

to the world. Our country finds recognition as a consequence in every triumphant stint

which these Filipino athletes hurdle. It is thus appropriate for the state to recognize
their efforts by extending similar grants such as those extended by RA 9064. As


proposed, the term “international competitions” shail incarporate other international

sports competition sanctioned by other sports organizations or federations.

Further, it is proposed under this bill to include under the term to expand as well
the coverage of term “national athietes”. The bill will include athletes with disability

who represented the country in international Paralympics competitions. During the

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Republic Act No. 7277, otherwise known as the “Magna Carta for Disabled
Person” declared as a matter of policy that the State shall develop their skills and
potentials to enable them to compete favourably for available opportunities. In line
with this policy, this bill seeks to equalize opportunities for differently-abled athletes
who win in international competitions through the grant of the same cash and non-
monetary benefits and incentives given to regular national athletes.

In view of the foregoing, the prompt approval of this bill is earnestly requested.

HON. PEDRO B. AGHARON JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
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Introduced by : Honorable Pedro B. Acharon Jr.

AN ACT

EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF COVERED INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND PROVIDING
FOR THE INCLUSION OF ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY ~ABLED
ATHLETES IN THE GRANTING OF CASH AND OTHER NON-MONETARY BENEFITS AND
INCENTIVES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO.9064, AND
APPROPIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION. 1 Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall
be defined as follows:

{C) {nternational Competitions - shall refer to WORLD, ASIAN, ASEAN/SOUTHEAST
ASIAN AGE-GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS AND international sports competitions which
are sanctioned by the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS (IF), International Olympic
Committee (IOC), INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE {IPC) ASEAN OR
ASIAN PARA GAMES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SPORT FOR THE
DISABLED (IOSD), or held every four (4) OR TWO (2) YEARS OR HELD ANNUALLY
including qualifying championships in team sports wherein only one (1) or two (2)
countries may qualify for the Olympics or World championships.

Competitions granting prize money or those held in honor of any personality or sponsor
shall not be included; ’

(D) NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES
~SHALL REFER TO ATHLETES WHO ARE FILIPINO CITIZENS, MEMBERS OF THE
NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED, RECOGNIZED AND
ACCREDITED BY THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION (PSC), AND THE
NATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMISSION, AND WHO HAVE REPRESENTED THE
COUNTRY IN INTRENATIONAL COMPETITIONS.

SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows:


SEC4, Benefits and Privileges for National Athletes, NATIONAL
ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES, coach and
trainer who is currently registered as such before the PSC shali be entitled to
the following:

{a) The grant of twenty percent (20%) discount from afl establishments
relative to the utilization of transportation services, hotels, and other
lodging establishments, restaurants and recreation centers and purchase of
medicine and sports equipment anywhere in the country:

{b) minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees charged by
theaters, cinema houses and concert halls, circuses, carnivals, and other
similar places of culture, leisure and amusement;

(c) Free medical and dental consultations in private or public hospitals and
similar establishments anywhere in the country and medical insurance
program to be provided by the Philippine Health (nsurance Corporation
(PHIC).

{d) A comprehensive social security program to be formulated by the Social
Security System within one hundred eighty(180) days from the approval of
their Act;

(e) Priority in existing livelihood programs being undertaken by various
government agencies subject to the guidelines and qualifications by the
implementing body; and

(f) Priority in national housing programs, affordable “pabahay” loans and other
housing opportunities subject to the guidelines and qualifications set by the
National Housing Authority (NHA) or the Home Development Mutual Fund
(HOME).

Such privately- owned establishments shall enjoy tax credits equivalent to the
discounts extended to the athletes.

‘The Bureau of International Revenue (BIR} shall, as soon as possible, provide for
the rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act.”

SEC. 3. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC, 5 Scholarships. - A national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH
DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE, wha wins in an international
competition or any one qualified member of his/her immediate family within
the fourth civil degree of consanguinity shall be entitled to scholarship benefits
in the form of tuition fees in state colleges and universities in order to complete
a college or university degree. The winning national athlete, NATIONAL
ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE shall likewise
be given priority in the availment of state college and university scholarship
prants.


Likewise, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the
Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) shail give
priority to winning national athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY
OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES, who seek scholarship grants and study
under their programs subject to the qualifications for all applicants.

Private colleges and universities shall likewise be encouraged to adopt a similar

program in their institutions for winning national athletes, AND NATIONAL
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES.”

‘SEC. 5.

SEC.4, Section 6 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC, 6, Retirement Benefits, - Any national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE
WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY - ABLED ATHLETE, coach and trainer who
wins in an international competition or has coached or trained such winning
APRS OPH eM SAN MceNeha farnp Sart aroun equnvatenP to twenty hve
(25%) of his/her total cash incentives computed from the start of his/her active
sports career as a member of the national training pool or national coaches and
trainers pool up to the last day or retirement from active competition or
training as certified by the PSC, Such lump sum amount shall be extended sixty
{60} days after the filling of the retirement papers.

Section 7 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC.7 Death Benefits, - Upon the death of any national athlete, NATIONAL
ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY -ABLED ATHLETE, coach and
trainer, his/her primary beneficiaries sball be entitled to a lump sum benefit of
Thirty thousand pesos (P30,000.00) to cover for his/her funeral services:
Provided, That if he/she has no primary beneficiaries, his/her secondary
beneficiaries shall be entitled to said benefits.

For purposes of this Act, primary beneficiaries shall refer to the legitimate
spouse, legitimate or illegitimate children. Secondary beneficiaries shall refer to
the parents, and in their absence, to the brothers or sisters of such athlete, coach
and trainer.”

SEC.6. Section 8 of the same Actis hereby amended to read as follows;

SEC, 8 Cash Incentives for National Athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES.- National athletes,
NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES
wha win gold, silver and bronze _medals in international competitions shall be
entitled to cash awards in the following amounts:


A. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

{a) For Gold Medalist
(1) Five million pesos (5,000,000.00) for Olympic AND/OR
PARALYMPIC Games;
(2) Two million five hundred thousand pesos (P2,500,00) for ALL
quadrennial World Championships;
(3) One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) for Asian Games and PARA
GAMES.

(4) One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) for Southeast Asian Games
(SEA Games) OR ASEAN PARA GAMES;

(b) For silver medalists:

(1) Two million pesos (P2,000.000.00) for Olympic AND/OR
PARALYMPIC Games;

(2) One million pesos (P1,000,000) for ALL quadrennial World
Championships;

{3) Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) for Asian Games OR
ASIAN PARA GAMES,

{4) Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) for Southeast Asian Games (SEA
Garnes) OR ASEAN PARA GAMES;

(C) For bronze medalist:

(1) One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) for Olympic OR PARALYMPIC
Games;

(2) Pive hundred thousand pesos (500,000.00) for ALL quadrennial
World

Championships;

(3)0ne hundred thousand pesos {P100,000.00) for Asian Games. THE
ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010;

(4) Ten thousand pesos (P10,000) for Southeast Asian Games (SEA
GAMES) OR ASEAN PARA GAMES.

B. TEAM EVENTS

For competitions with less than five (5) participants per team, the team shall receive
the same cash awards for individual medal winners as herein provided, to be divided equally
among the team members actually present during the competition.


For competitions with five (5) or more participants per team, the team shail receive
twice the cash awards for individuat winners to be divided equally among the team members
actually present during the competition:

PARALYMPIC Games, winning national athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY
OR DIFFERENTLY- ABLED ATHLETES shall receive fifty percent (50%) of the cash awards for
Olympic OR PARALYMPIC medalists as herein provided;

Provided, further, That for SEA Games OR ASEAN PARA GAMES, monetary incentives
shall be given starting 2001 to the winning athletes or teams who have equaled or surpassed
the existing game records or the previous placing in non-measurable events,

AGE GROUP COMPETITIONS.

FOR NATIONAL ATHLETES AND NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR
OIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES IN AGE-GROUP COMPETITIONS, ONLY THOSE WHO ARE
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL POOL, ACCREDITED AND RECOGNIZED BY THEIR
RESPECTIVE NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS
COMMISSION, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE FOLLOWING CASH AWARDS:

(A} FOR GOLD MEDALIST

(1) THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P300,000,00) FOR ALL
QUADRENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS;

(2) ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS(P100,000.00) FOR ASLAN GAMES OR
THE ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010;

(3) FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS {P15,000) FOR SOUTHEAST ASLAN GAMES
(SEA GAMES) OR ASEAN PARA GAMES.

(B) FOR SILVER MEDALIST:

(1) ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P150,000.00) FOR ALL
QUADRENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS;

(2) SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00) FOR ASIAN GAMES
AND/OR FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTUL 2006, TO BE REPLACED
BY THE ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010;

(3) TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000) FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES (SEA
GAMES) AND/OR ASEAN PARA GAMES.

{C) FOR BRONZE MEDALISTS:


(1)SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 75,000.00) FOR ALL QUADRENNIAL
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS;

(2) FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) FOR ASIAN GAMES AND/OR
FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 2006, TO BE REPLACED BY THE
ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010;

(3) FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000) FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES (SEA
GAMES) AND/OR ASEAN PARA GAMES.

THEY SHALL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN STATE-RUN EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS.”

SEC,7, Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC.9. Benefits, Privileges and incentives for Past Achievers. - Any
national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR
DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE who, prior to the enactment of this Act,
had won gold, silver or bronze medals in international competitions
except SEA Games OR ASEAN PARA GAMES, shall be entitled to the
benefits and privileges provided under Section 4 and fifty percent (50%)
of the cash incentives provided under Section 8 of this Act. Such
incentives shall be the difference between the cash award received
under Administrative Order No. 352 and the cash award provided under
this Act”

SEC. 8. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as fotlows:

"SEC. 12. Funding. - The amount necessary for the
implementation of the cash incentives and retirement benefits program
of this Act shall be taken from the net cash income of the Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), to be remitted directly
as a special account to the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) of
the PSC. This is in addition to the regular income share of the PSC
pursuant to Republic Act No. 6847.

A separate fund equivalent to not less than sixty percent (60%)
of existing NSDF shall be automatically set aside for the training and
preparation of national athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILTY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES covered by this Act.

Nat less than five percent (5%) of the NSDF shall be set aside for
the selection of individual athletes at the elementary and high school
levels in track and field, swimming, badminton, pingpong and similar
individual sports events where the Philippines can develop into world


class competitors, Said fund shall be administered by the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS).”

SEC. 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (45) days after publication in the
Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,