Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 3176 
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Introduced by Representative 
BRIAN DANIEL POE LLAMANZARES, PhD, MNSA 
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AN ACT TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY AND ULTIMATELY ACHIEVE FOOD 
SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, 
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, 
RATIONALIZING AND RESTRUCTURING FOR THE PURPOSE, EXISTING 
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, 
DISTRIBUTION, MARKETING AND OTHER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill, House Bill No. 1493, is designed to address food insecurity in the Philippines 
by restructuring government organizations related to agricultural production and marketing. The 
proposed legislation aims to support farmers, enhance their entrepreneurial skills, and establish a 
more efficient and competitive food supply chain. 
The bill's key provisions include: 
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Creation of New Government Bodies:
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National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC): A policy-making body to
coordinate food production, marketing, and credit support.
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National Agricultural Trading Corporation (NATCOR): The market
development arm of the NAMC, tasked with providing market information,
identifying markets for products, and promoting efficient distribution.
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Public Warehousing Corporation: A government-owned corporation to
establish and manage warehouses, post-harvest facilities, and Commodity
Exchange Centers (CECs).
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Agricultural Credit and Guarantee Corporation of the Philippines
(AGCRECOR): A renamed and attached agency to provide credit assistance and
guarantee coverage to farmers and lending institutions.
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Rationalization of Existing Agencies: The bill proposes to absorb the functions and
resources of several existing government bodies, including the Agribusiness Group of the
Department of Agriculture, the National Agribusiness Corporation, the Agricultural
Credit Policy Council, the Quedan and Rural Credit and Guarantee Corporation of the
Philippines, and the National Food Authority.
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Promotion of Food Sovereignty: The legislation establishes a Food Sovereignty
program to directly connect farmers and consumers, reduce the number of intermediaries,
and promote modern farming techniques and innovation.
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Support for Farmers: The bill focuses on empowering agricultural workers by giving
them access to credit, market opportunities, and support services. It also aims to
transform farmers into entrepreneurs through various programs and policies.
In summary, the bill seeks to modernize the country's agricultural sector, improve food
security, and empower farmers by creating a new, streamlined organizational structure that 
focuses on efficient production, marketing, and distribution of agricultural products. The 
immediate passage of this bill is requested to address the challenges of food insecurity and 
promote a more sustainable and prosperous agricultural future for the Philippines. 
HON. BRIAN DANIEL POE LLAMANZARES, PhD, MNSA 
Representative 
FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-List 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 3176 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Introduced by Representative 
BRIAN DANIEL POE LLAMANZARES, PhD, MNSA 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
AN ACT TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY AND ULTIMATELY ACHIEVE FOOD 
SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, 
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, 
RATIONALIZING AND RESTRUCTURING FOR THE PURPOSE, EXISTING 
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, 
DISTRIBUTION, MARKETING AND OTHER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the "National Food Sovereignty Act". 
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to ensure the 
general welfare of agricultural workers, who make up a majority of the national population and 
are key to producing a sufficient food supply nationwide. The State also recognizes that the 
agriculture sector is critical for maintaining affordable food and purchasing power, especially for 
the poor. It shall also be the State's policy to ensure the achievement of food security and 
ultimately food sovereignty as an essential element of national security and a critical element of 
national development. For the purposes of this Act, food security is defined as the availability 
and stability of food supply in a manner accessible to every Filipino, regardless of economic and 
social standing, even with changes in the country's climatic, social, political, and economic 


conditions. Food sovereignty, on the other hand, ensures the need to support local production and 
to ensure farmers' rights to define their own agricultural and food policies. 
The State recognizes that the goal of food security and food sovereignty is best served through 
competitive markets that provide sufficient incentives for farmers and producers to increase their 
farm productivity levels. To achieve food security and food sovereignty, it is a declared policy of 
the State to promote, propagate, and implement scientific and technological research and 
development for the agricultural sector. For these purposes, the State hereby rationalizes, 
restructures, and strengthens existing government structures and programs related to the 
production, processing, marketing, and distribution of agricultural products. 
Section 3. Creation of the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC). A 
policy-making and implementing body corporate called the National Agricultural Marketing 
Council, or the Council, is hereby created. The Council shall have the general powers of a 
corporation as outlined in the Corporation Law and the specific mandate to perform the 
following functions, powers, and responsibilities: 
(a) To formulate policies, plans, and programs on food production, post-harvest handling, 
storage, milling, distribution, and credit support, and to coordinate their implementation among 
government agencies, institutions, and the private sector. 
(b) To ensure the best administration of market development programs for agricultural 
commodities and food products. 
(c) To ensure an adequate flow of these products to consumers, a fair return for producers, and to 
prevent inefficient and wasteful distribution methods. 
(d) To foster the empowerment of agricultural producers into effective associations, cooperatives, 
or corporations under their own control for greater unity of effort in marketing. 
(e) To promote the establishment and financing of a farm, fisheries, or livestock marketing 
system of producer-owned and producer-controlled cooperative associations and other agencies. 
(f) To set and annually review the government's buffer grain stock requirements at the national 
and local levels and ensure these requirements are met. 
(g) To effect, with the Regional Agricultural Marketing Councils and/or other government 
entities as implementing agents, the domestic procurement of the government's buffer grain stock 
through purchases of warehouse receipts or quedans of grain deposits in government, 
farmer-cooperative, and private warehouses and/or by buying grain produce directly from farmer 
cooperatives. 


(h) To cause the direct importation of rice and allocate import quotas among private entities, 
especially certified and licensed farmer cooperatives. 
(i) To promulgate the government's "stabilization price" for grains and other livestock to assure 
agricultural workers a reasonable mark-up on their production costs and participation in profits 
from the sale of the government's buffer stock. 
(j) To reorient the country's food production policies, plans, and programs so that the focus of 
increasing farmer productivity is not just on yield per unit area but more so on the aggregate 
income from farming enterprises. 
(k) To promote and coordinate plans and programs of assistance to producers through input 
supplies, purchases, payments, and other operations, including low or no-interest loans in 
partnership with available financial sources or institutions. 
(l) To institutionalize and actively promote the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices at 
all farm levels to ensure a steady production of various food commodities to cope with the 
demands of a growing population while maintaining soil productivity and minimizing adverse 
environmental impacts. 
(m) To undertake other necessary tasks and activities to ensure the achievement of efficient 
agricultural marketing systems and food security. 
Section 4. Governing Council. The powers, functions, and affairs of the Council shall be 
exercised and directed by a governing council. The Executive Secretary will serve as the chair, 
with the Secretary of Agriculture as vice-chair. The following will serve as members: 
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform. 
(b) The Secretary of the Department of Finance. 
(c) The Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry. 
(d) The Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways. 
(e) The Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. 
(f) The Secretary of the Department of Budget Management. 
(g) The Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. 
(h) The Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications. 
(i) The Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. 


The governing council shall meet regularly at least once a month on a date determined by the 
Chairman. The Chairman may also convene special meetings to discuss urgent matters that need 
immediate resolution. Council members are entitled to a per diem for each meeting they attend 
and other remunerations as determined by them. The council will prescribe the rules and 
regulations to govern its deliberations and other official actions. 
Section 5. Organization and Staff. The day-to-day operations of the Council will be managed 
by an Executive Director, who will be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the rank 
of an Undersecretary. The Council will establish its organizational structure, staffing pattern, 
qualification standards, compensation scale, and the functions and authorities of its officers and 
employees in accordance with pertinent laws, rules, and regulations implemented by the Civil 
Service Commission and the Department of Budget and Management. 
Section 6. Regional Agricultural Marketing Councils (RAMC). To operate and serve as the 
branch offices of the National Agricultural Marketing Council at the regional level, Regional 
Agricultural Marketing Councils are hereby instituted in all administrative regions of the 
country. The Regional Agricultural Marketing Councils will be under the administrative 
supervision and control of the National Agricultural Marketing Council and will implement the 
latter's policies, plans, and programs in the region. 
Section 7. Composition of the Regional Agricultural Marketing Council (RAMC). The 
Regional Agricultural Marketing Council will be composed of: (a) All the provincial governors 
of the region. 
(b) The Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture. 
(c) A representative from the farming/fisheries sector. 
(d) A representative from the agricultural marketing and trading sector. 
(e) A representative from the consumer sector. 
All provincial governors, along with the Department of Agriculture Regional Director, will, by 
majority vote, select the sectoral representatives from nominees submitted by recognized sectoral 
associations in the region. Afterward, the Council members will elect their Chairperson, 
Vice-Chairperson, and other officers. 
Section 8. Support Staff. The RAMC will appoint a regional director from among its members 
or a qualified outsider to manage and direct the daily operations of the regional council. The 
regional council will set up the corresponding organizational structure and personnel plantilla, 
subject to the approval of the national council. 


Section 9. Creation of the National Agricultural Trading Corporation (NATCOR). A body 
corporate to be known as the National Agricultural Trading Corporation (NATCOR) is hereby 
created as an attached agency to the Council. The NATCOR will be responsible for developing 
the most efficient, dependable, economical, and equitable marketing systems for agricultural 
products. 
Section 10. General Powers and Functions of the NATCOR. The NATCOR will have the 
following powers and functions: (a) To formulate a medium-term agricultural market 
development plan that will be updated annually. 
(b) To provide farmers and fisherfolk with up-to-date market information by establishing an 
integrated and efficient nationwide information access system. This system will help producers 
and other stakeholders make decisions on what and how much to plant, and where and when to 
market. 
(c) To gather, analyze, and disseminate market information on various foreign countries' food 
supply, domestic and export demand, local and export prices, and other relevant data. 
(d) To identify markets for Philippine agricultural products and assist in planning market centers, 
marketing channels, and distribution networks to reduce marketing costs for producers and, 
ultimately, the cost to consumers. 
(e) To foster and assist in the development of new or the expansion of existing domestic and 
foreign markets through institutional arrangements such as contract growing, market matching, 
market intelligence, and other promotional activities for agricultural products. 
(f) To stimulate and gather scientific, engineering, and technological efforts to meet the basic, 
immediate, and long-term agricultural needs of the people. 
(g) To strengthen the country's educational system to provide a steady source of competent 
scientific and technological manpower for the agricultural sector. 
(h) To provide farmers, fisherfolk, and other individuals or firms with access to existing public 
and private research that supports food market development activities. 
(i) To disseminate information on inspection, classification, standardization, and grading systems 
for all agricultural products to enhance global competitiveness. 
(j) To formulate, as part of its market development thrust, more efficient ways, systems, and 
facilities for harvesting, threshing or shelling, drying, storage, milling, packaging, post-harvest 
handling, transportation, and/or shipping of agricultural products to reduce costs and ensure a 
stable consumer supply. 


(k) To require, as a tool for market information, the annual registration and publication of a 
directory of all persons, natural or juridical, engaged in or intending to engage in wholesaling, 
milling, processing, warehousing, and transporting of agricultural products, including their 
by-products. 
(l) To coordinate with the Department of Transportation and Communications to establish more 
efficient, regular, adequate, suitable, and economical systems for transporting and/or shipping 
food products to reduce marketing costs and ensure the availability of basic transport, which is 
central to the entire chain of agricultural production and distribution. 
(m) To promulgate policies, plans, programs, rules and regulations, sanctions, and penalties as 
needed for the effective exercise of the NATCOR's powers and functions. 
Section 11. Strengthening of the Agricultural Marketing Information System. For the 
effective implementation of the policy stated in this Act, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics 
will be strengthened as the principal line agency of the Republic of the Philippines for 
agricultural statistics and marketing information. It will serve the data requirements of the 
NATCOR. 
Section 12. Cooperation with other Government Agencies and Private Business 
Organization. All government units and agencies must support and cooperate with the 
NATCOR in implementing its functions and programs. Similarly, private research organizations, 
purchasing and consuming organizations, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, other business 
or trade associations, transportation and storage agencies and organizations, or other individuals 
or corporations involved in the production, transportation, storing, processing, marketing, and 
distribution of agricultural products must support the NATCOR in implementing its functions. 
Section 13. Creation of the Public Warehousing Corporation. A government-owned 
corporation to be known as the Public Warehousing Corporation, or the Corporation, is hereby 
created. It will be attached to the Council and have the following functions, powers, and 
responsibilities: 
(a) To establish and maintain warehouses and post-harvest facilities for food grains and other 
agricultural products in all production areas of the country. 
(b) To provide warehousing/storage services and post-harvest facility assistance for farmers' 
grain and food agricultural stocks/inventories. 
(c) To issue, pursuant to existing laws and regulations, corresponding warehouse receipts or 
quedans for farmers' grain and food inventory deposits. 
(d) To store and safekeep the government's food or grain buffer security stocks as directed by the 
Council. 


(e) To lease out, sell, build, and transfer warehouses and/or post-harvest facilities to 
farmer-cooperatives and federations, subject to the Council's approval. 
(f) To establish and operate Commodity Exchange Centers (CECs). 
(g) To exercise the general powers and attributes of a corporation as set forth in the Corporation 
Law. 
Section 14. Authorized Capital Stock of the Corporation. The authorized capital stock of the 
Corporation shall be Five billion Pesos (P5,000,000,000). This amount is divided into five 
million (5,000,000) common shares of stock, which will be subscribed to and paid for by the 
national government and government institutions. 
Section 15. Governing Board. The powers, functions, and affairs of the corporation will be 
exercised and directed by a governing board composed of the following: 
(a) The Executive Director of the Council as Chair. 
(b) The General Manager of the Corporation as Vice-Chair. 
(c) The President of AGCRECOR as a Member. 
(d) The Director of NATCOR as a Member. 
(e) The Director of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics as a Member. 
The Board will meet regularly at least once a month and may convene special meetings to 
discuss urgent matters. Board members will receive a per diem for each meeting they officiate 
and other remuneration as determined by the Board. The Board will prescribe the rules and 
regulations to govern its deliberations and other official actions. 
Section 16. Organization and Staff. The day-to-day operations of the Corporation will be 
managed by a general manager appointed by the Council. The governing board will establish the 
organizational structure, staffing pattern, qualification standards, compensation scale, and the 
functions and authorities of its officers and employees in accordance with pertinent laws, rules, 
and regulations implemented by the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Budget 
and Management. 
Section 17. Commodity Exchange Centers (CEC). The Corporation will establish Commodity 
Exchange Centers (CECs) at all terminal markets in the country, especially in Metro Manila and 
cities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. These centers will serve as central trading facilities for 
grains in the regions. Their purpose is to provide a ready market for farmers' produce and 
promote efficient grain distribution to consumers through a transparent marketing system that 


benefits both farmers and consumers. Strategically located warehouses of the National Food 
Authority (NFA) will be used as the sites and business offices for the Commodity Exchange 
Centers. NFA personnel, due to their expertise in warehousing and grain classification and 
grading, will serve as the core staff for the CECs' operation. Initially, daily public bidding for 
grains will be on an "on the spot" commodity basis. Bidding will later be based on quedans or 
warehouse receipts for grain inventories stored in the warehouses of the Corporation, the CECs, 
or private bonded warehouses. The final phase for the CECs will be to work toward trading on 
agricultural commodity "futures". Initially, the CECs will only cover grains, but will later include 
other food and agricultural commodities. 
Section 18. Responsibility of Credit and Guarantee Cover. The primary responsibility for 
providing credit assistance and guarantee coverage on project loans and inventory financing for 
commodities owned and stored by farmers, consumers, and traders in the warehouses of the 
Public Warehousing Corporations and franchised private bonded warehouses will fall to the 
Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation. This corporation is hereby attached to the 
Council and renamed the Agricultural Credit and Guarantee Corporation of the Philippines, or 
AGCRECOR. 
Section 19. Operating Guidelines. The AGCRECOR will adhere to the following operating 
guidelines: (a) Provide production loans to farmers and fisherfolk through their primary 
cooperatives or federations by direct lending, co-financing schemes, providing lending banks 
with special time deposits, rediscounting, lending banks' production loan receivables, and similar 
mechanisms to reach as many rural clients as possible. 
(b) Encourage lending institutions to extend project loans for production, warehouses, 
post-harvest machinery and equipment, land transportation and shipping, and other bulk items by 
providing a guarantee cover on such loans. 
(c) Provide guarantee coverage on inventory loans for grain or food commodities owned and 
stored by farmers, consumers, and traders in the PWC warehouses, Commodity Exchange 
Centers, and franchised private bonded warehouses. 
(d) Extend loans directly for the aforementioned projects and food inventory when and where no 
lending banks are available or willing to provide the loans. 
(e) Endeavor to provide soft-term loans by sourcing and coordinating grants and no-interest and 
low-interest funds and blending them with commercially sourced funds. 
(f) Submit for the Council's approval and funding a credit plan and budget for the undertakings 
mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (d), detailing the per-region loan volume targets, expected 
beneficiaries, repayments, arrearages, and defaults on previous loans. A separate plan will also 
be submitted for the guarantee operation. 


(g) Remit all repayments for current loans and recoveries on past-due loans funded by the 
Council back to the Council. 
Section 20. Increase in Fund Base. To achieve the vital credit assistance and guarantee 
coverage envisioned in this Act, the authorized capital stock of AGCRECOR is hereby increased 
to Five billion pesos (P5,000,000,000). This is divided into common shares of stock with the 
same par value and government-private sector ownership structure as spelled out under Republic 
Act No. 7393. At the start of the year and with the Council's endorsement, the Department of 
Budget and Management and the Department of Finance will program and execute the 
subscriptions and payments for the government's portion of AGCRECOR's authorized capital 
stock from the national government and government institutions (LBP, DBP, SSS, PAGCOR, 
PCSO, etc.). This will continue until the government portion is fully completed within five (5) 
years. 
Furthermore, to enhance credit assistance to farmers and fisherfolk's cooperatives and federations 
and other food enterprises, the Secretary of Finance shall guarantee the borrowings, duly 
approved and endorsed by the Council, from government or private, domestic or foreign, 
financial institutions. 
Section 21. Incentives for Banks' Credit Support. The guarantee obligation of AGCRECOR 
shall be "sovereign" in nature and deemed as the obligation of the national government to 
encourage more bank credit support to the banking sector. The guaranteed loan receivables will 
be considered as compliant with the Agri-Agra Law, have access to the rediscounting window of 
Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas, and be exempt from the "single-borrower limit" and "risk asset 
ratio requirements". 
Section 22. Compliance with the Agri-Agra Law. All banking institutions are hereby mandated 
to allocate at least fifteen percent (15%) of their loanable funds to the agricultural sector. The 
provisions of the Agri-Agra Law, Presidential Decree No. 717 as amended, on substantial 
compliance through the purchase of government securities, are hereby repealed. Bank loans 
extended for grain inventories deposited in the warehouses of the Corporation, Commodity 
Exchange Centers, and franchised private bonded warehouse operators will be deemed as 
compliant with the Agri-Agra Law. 
Section 23. Devolution of the Agribusiness Group, the National Agribusiness Corporation 
and the Agricultural Credit Policy Council. The Agribusiness Group of the Department of 
Agriculture, the National Agribusiness Corporation, and the Agricultural Credit Policy Council 
are hereby devolved as follows: (a) The records of the Agribusiness Group will be transferred to 
the NATCOR. (b) The records, research, and reference materials of the Agricultural Credit 
Policy Council will likewise be transferred to the NATCOR. (c) All other properties, assets, and 
unexpended appropriations or corporate operating budget of the National Agribusiness 
Corporation and the Agricultural Credit Policy Council will be transferred to the Council. (d) 


The Comprehensive Agricultural Loan Fund created under Executive Order No. 113 dated 
December 24, 1986, is hereby transferred to the Council. (e) Officials and employees of the said 
group and agencies will be devolved to the NATCOR on the basis of merit and qualification. 
Section 24. Devolution of the Personnel, Properties, Assets, Records, Unexpended 
Appropriation of the National Food Authority (NFA). The present warehouses, post-harvest 
facilities, and equipment trucks, and utility vehicles of the National Food Authority will be 
transferred to the Public Warehousing Corporation as initial government equity. All personnel 
attached to the said grain facilities will likewise be transferred to the Corporation. All other 
personnel, properties, assets, records, and unexpended appropriations of the National Food 
Authority will be transferred to the National Agricultural Marketing Council and National 
Agricultural Trading Corporation in a manner that the said Council will decide. This will include 
imported rice and corn already in the country and other stocks that may arrive pursuant to the 
current importation thereof. These stocks will be disposed of in accordance with the new policy 
of the Council. 
Section 25. Outstanding Obligations of the NFA. All obligations of the National Food 
Authority, upon the approval of this Act, will be transferred to and absorbed by the national 
government. The rice/corn inventory currently on hand and transferred to the Council will be 
used to pay these obligations to the extent of their value. 
Section 26. Options of Devolved Personnel. All personnel who are devolved and not absorbed 
may choose to retire, or, if qualified, to retire. Leave and gratuity will be given as follows: (a) 
Not more than 20 years of service, 1.5 months gross pay per year of service. (b) More than 20 
years of service, 2 months gross pay per year of service. Those with pending administrative 
and/or criminal cases will be paid only after exoneration; otherwise, they will forfeit whatever 
benefits are due to them. 
Section 27. Strengthening Farmers and Fisherfolk's Cooperatives. Agri-based cooperatives 
will be strengthened to undertake farm business, agri-business, and other related activities, 
including production and post-harvest facilities, processing, and marketing services. The 
Cooperative Development Authority, in coordination with local government units and other 
government agencies and in cooperation with people and non-government organizations (NGOs), 
will initiate the transformation of agri-based cooperatives into entrepreneurs. The government 
will play a catalytic and supportive role without intervening in the internal affairs of the 
cooperatives, ensuring they adhere to sound business principles. 
Section 28. Appropriations for the National Agricultural Marketing Council. The funds 
needed for the operation and maintenance of the Council, including credit funds to support food 
production and other undertakings, will be part of the appropriations in the annual General 
Appropriations Act. 


Section 29. Appropriation for the National Agricultural Trading Corporation. For the initial 
operation of the NATCOR, the amount of Two Hundred Million Pesos (P200,000,000) is hereby 
appropriated from the current appropriations of the Department of Agriculture or the National 
Food Authority. Any additional amount needed for its operations and maintenance, including the 
amount needed to strengthen the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, will be included as part of the 
appropriations in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
Section 30. Appropriations for the Public Warehousing Corporation. For the initial operation 
of the Corporation, the amount of Five Hundred Million Pesos (P500,000,000) is hereby 
appropriated from the current appropriations of the Department of Agriculture or the National 
Food Authority. Any additional amount needed for its continuous operation and maintenance 
will be included as part of the appropriations in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
Section 31. Appropriations for the Regional Agricultural Marketing Council. The National 
Agricultural Marketing Council will take from its financial resources a suitable amount as 
needed for the start-up and continuous operation of each Regional Agricultural Marketing 
Council. 
Section 32. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive issuances, rules, and regulations 
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
Section 33. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the 
validity of the other provisions will not be affected. 
Section 34. Effectivity Clause. This Act will take effect immediately after its complete 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
 
Approved, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HON. BRIAN DANIEL POE LLAMANZARES, PhD, MNSA 
Representative 
FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-List