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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH (18") CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, 0164

Introduced by REP. JOSE CHRISTOPHER Y. BELMONTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill is in consolidation of several bills passed by the committee in the 17
Congress. This DDR Act would also be an answer to the State’s constitutional mandate to
uphold the people’s constitutional rights to life and property as stated by Section 1, Article IIT
of the 1987 Constitution: No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due
process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.

The Philippines, being located at the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire,” a region in the
Pacific Ocean where a lot of the Earth’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes happen, makes the
Country prone to natural calamities. Our archipelago has 23 active volcanoes—21 of these may
cost the lives and property of Filipinos—have historical eruptions, according to the Philippine
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).

Our geographic location along the typhoon belt makes typhoon cyclones frequent
visitors of the Philippines. Every year, an average of 19-20 typhoons visit the Philippine Area
of Responsibility. From which, at least five are expected to make landfall.

This year, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration (PAGASA) warned the public to brace for stronger tropical cyclones because
of the prevailing El Nifio phenomenon. The agency said these typhoons may be as strong as
Ondoy and Yolanda, which greatly devastated the Philippines in 2009 and 2013, respectively.

‘Typhoon Ondoy, considered as one of the worst natural disasters in the country,
affected 993,227 families or 4,001,234 Filipinos. 464 were killed, 529 injured and 37 were
missing. In just


six hours, Ondoy ravaged Luzon, submerged parts of Metro Manila in floods. Subsequently
placing Metro Manila and 23 provinces under a state of calamity. Worse, Typhoon Pepeng
lashed the country just a week after Ondoy

These circumstances led to the enactment of Republic Act No. 10121 or the Philippine
Disaster Risk Reduction Act and Management of 2010 signed by then President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo. RA 10121 provided the national and local government units the National
Disaster Risk Reduction System Framework that aims to better prepare and capacitate the
government for natural and man-made calamities. It also institutionalized the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Plan.

Four years after Ondoy and Pepeng, Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck the Philippines.
Almost 8,000 people were dead or went missing. Storm surge razed 1.14 million houses. Ships
were washed ashore. Livelihood worth billion pesos were also destroyed. Yolanda, a category-
five typhoon, remains the most powerful and deadliest to have ever hit the country.

During that time, RA 10121 was put to test. Typhoon Yolanda exposed the weakness
in the structural and institutional set up of the said law. There were difficulties in dispersed
responsibility and resources, making it hard to make immediate response in critical times of
disasters.

A focal disaster organization that only has coordinative functions, as mandated by RA
10121, is not enough as the Philippines is expected to face deadlier and stronger typhoons. This
bill proposes the creation of a Department of Disaster Resiliency to apportion the function of
agencies concerning disaster risk management, mitigation, planning, coordination, monitoring,
and implementation of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management, most
especially the strengthening and empowerment of local government units to be well prepared
during natural disasters.

This will establish a department that will move the Philippines towards a more resilient
nation that will benefit the present and future generations.

In view of the foregoing reasons, the approval of this bill is most earnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH (18) CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 0164

Introduced by REP. JOSE CHRISTOPHER Y. BELMONTE

AN ACT
CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE,
DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Short Title ~ This Act shall be known as the “Department of Disaster
Resilience Act”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies and Principles. ~ (a) Duties of the State.

The State shall carry out and harmonize the policies on disaster risk and vulnerability
reduction and management, environmental management, and climate change adaptation, and
sustainable development to uphold the welfare of the people particularly the vulnerable sectors
of society,

The State shall uphold its commitment to the achievement of the sustainable
development goals specifically, integrating and implementing policies and plans towards
inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to
disasters, and develop and implement a holistic disaster risk management at all levels in line
with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.


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The State shall uphold its commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention
‘on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the
atmosphere at a level that prevents dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate
system, achievable within a time frame sufficient to allow the natural adaptation of the
ecosystem to climate change, to ensure food production and food security, and to ensure
sustainable economic development.

The State shall integrate and accelerate the implementation of the principles, and
concepts of climate change, disaster risk and vulnerability reduction contained in the Paris
Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR) Framework, the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-
2022 in various phases of policy formulation, development plans and investments, poverty
reduction strategies and other development tools, and techniques by all national and local
agencies, institutions and instrumentalities of the government to enhance the country’s climate
change adaptive capacity.

It shall be the duty of the State to:

(1) Uphold the people’s constitutional right to life and property by minimizing, if
not eradicating, the root causes of vulnerabilities to disasters, strengthening the country’s
institutional capacity for disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management, and
building the resilience of local communities to disasters including climate change impacts, and
human induced disasters;

(2) Incorporate internationally accepted principles of disaster risk and vulnerability
reduction and management, and climate change adaptation, including universal principles and
standards for humanitarian assistance, developing and implementing national, regional and
local sustainable development and poverty reduction strategies, policies, plans and budgets, as
part of the country’s commitment to overcome human suffering due to disasters;

(3) Ensure a science-based in a whole-of-society approach and bottom-up
participation, representation, and decision-making in climate-disaster risk governance, risk
assessment, risk reduction and risk management, and adopt a comprehensive, integrated, and
proactive approach to lessening the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of disasters and
climate change;

(4) Promote and advance the implementation of a comprehensive Disaster Risk and

Vulnerability Reduction Plan (DRVRP) that aims to strengthen the capacity of the national


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government and the local government units (LGUs), together with development partner
stakeholders, build the disaster resilience of communities, and institutionalize arrangements
and measures for reducing disaster risks, including projected climate risks, and enhance
disaster preparedness and response capabilities at all levels;

(5) Recognize the role of, and work with international humanitarian and
development partners especially those with established presence in the country;

(6) Develop, maintain, and ensure the accessibility of climate and geospatial
information and services to the public through Open Data, which means data that can be freely
used, reused, and redistributed by anyone, subject to limitations on account of national security
considerations. This may include the use of impact-based forecast models, and probabilistic
hazard maps;

(7) Ensure that disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and climate change
adaptation measures are gender, disability, and vulnerability sensitive, and culturally sensitive,
recognizing indigenous knowledge systems and practices, and respecting human rights;

(8) Recognize and strengthen the capacities of LGUs, communities and multiple
stakeholders in mitigating and preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the impact of
disasters through identification of local risk patterns, and decentralized powers,
responsibilities, and resources at the regional and local levels;

(9) Adopt and implement a comprehensive, integrated, efficient and responsive
disaster risk and vulnerability reduction program that is incorporated in the development plan
at various levels of government adhering to transparency accountability and other principles of
good governance within the context of poverty alleviation and environmental protection;

(10) Mainstream disaster risk and vulnerability reduction in government by ensuring
risk-informed planning, programming, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, and the
use of quality management, accountability, and performance systems in measuring and
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction
management processes across all government levels, including those offices which manage
peace processes and conflict-resolution approaches, so as to minimize loss of lives and damage
to properties and ensure that communities in conflict zones can immediately resume their
normal lives at the conclusion of episodes of intermittent conflicts;

(11) Adopt a disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management approach that
is holistic, comprehensive, integrated, and proactive in lessening the socioeconomic and

environmental impacts of disasters including climate change, and promote the involvement and


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Participation of all sectors and all stakeholders concerned, at all levels, especially the local
community;

(12) Prioritize the development of disaster prevention and mitigation measures
involving all levels of society and government;

(13) Adopt risk sharing and risk transfer mechanisms to ensure the appropriate,
efficient, and timely recovery of disaster-stricken communities, especially for the poorest and
the most vulnerable;

(14) Adhere to the principle of “Build Forward Better” in recovery and rehabilitation
efforts by applying sustainable standards, programs, technologies, and techniques which
enhance resilience against future hazards;

(15) Recognize and respond to the differentiated concerns and needs of vulnerable
groups such as women and girls, children and youth, older persons, persons with disabilities,
urban poor, and indigenous peoples with respect to disaster risk reduction and management, at
the same time, recognizing their inherent capacities to contribute to resilience;

(16) Create an enabling environment for substantial and sustainable participation of
civil society organizations (CSOs), private groups, volunteers and communities, and recognize
their contributions to the disaster risk reduction and management efforts of the government

(17) Ensure the use of advanced science and the most up-to-date technologies in
climate adaption, disaster risk, and vulnerability reduction and management through
engagement, consultation, and employment with a regular department funding of academe or
higher education institutions, such as the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute,
University of the Philippines Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards Center and other
scientific research and academic institutions that have a track record and expertise recognized
bith locally and internationally as well as the capacity to implement science and engineering
requirements necessary for effective climate change adaptation, and disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction;

(18) Ensure workers’ rights are proactively respected during the disaster
preparedness and response, and actively engage workers’ and employers’ organizations to
share expertise and capacities in disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation programs;

(19) Ensure transparency and accountability in climate-disaster risk governance by
facilitating access to financial records of public funds and disaster risk and vulnerability
reduction and management data, and ensure the transparency of humanitarian assistance from

all sources;


disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and anticipatory adaptation, including data gathering,
planning, programming, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

(4) For citizens having years of knowledge, skills on climate change adaptation and
disaster risk reduction and wisdom are invaluable assets to reducing disaster risk, and shall
therefore participate in the design of policies, plans and mechanisms, including those for early
warning;

(5) Persons with disabilities, through their existing network or organizations, shall
participate in activities related to assessment, programming, and the designs of policies, plans
and mechanism;

(6) Migrants shall contribute to resilience of communities and societies using their
knowledge, skills and capacities in the design and implementation of disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation;

(7) Indigenous peoples and Muslim Filipinos, through their practical experience and
traditional knowledge, shall contribute to the development and implementation of policies,
plans and mechanisms, including those for early warning;

(8) Urban and rural poor shall contribute to resilience building as well as in the
promotion of a more inclusive and transformative resettlement for informal settler families in
reducing their vulnerability to threats of disaster and climate risks through state and non-state
programs;

(9) Farmers and fisherfolk shall contribute to the promotion and protection of the
environmental resource management that will secure food and nutrition resilience through the
integration of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction into sustainable development policies
and planning:

(10) Emergency responders, community practitioners, and organized volunteer
organizations hsall contribute to resilience by providing timely and efficient emergency
response and providing training on basic life support, first aid, and search and rescue in
accordance with the standards provided by Research, Education, and Training Institute of the
Department;

(11) Academic and scientific and research entities and networks are encouraged to
focus their research efforts on disaster risk factors and scenarios, including emerging disaster
risks, in the medium- and long-term; partner with government and increase research for
regional, national and local application; support action by local communities and authorities;

and support the interface between policy and science for decision-making;


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(12) Businesses, private sector financial institutions, professional associations, as well
as philanthropic foundations together with financial regulators shall be encouraged to integrate

disaster risk management, including business continuity, into business models and core

business values and practices via disaster risk-informed investments, especially in micro, small
and medium-sized enterprises; engage in awareness-raising and training for their employees
and customers; engage in and support research and innovation as well as technological
development for disaster risk management; share and disseminate knowledge, practices and
data; and actively participate, as appropriate and under the guidance of the public sector, in the
development of normative frameworks and technical standards that incorporate disaster risk
management; and

(13) The media shall take an active and inclusive role at the local, regional, and national
levels in contributing to the raising of public awareness and understanding, and disseminate
accurate disaster risk, hazard and disaster information, including on small-scale disaster risk,
ina simple, transparent, easy-to-understand and accessible manner, in close cooperation with
national and local authorities; adopt specific disaster risk and vulnerability reduction
communication policies support, as appropriate, early warning systems and life-saving
protective measures; and stimulate a culture of prevention and strong community involvement
in sustained public education campaigns and public consultations at all levels of society with

national practices.

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act:

(a) Adaptation refers to the adjustment in natural or human systems in response to
actual or expected climactic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits
beneficial opportunities.

(b) Assisting Actor refers to any Assisting International Actor and any Assisting
Domestic Actor responding to a disaster in the country.

(c) Assisting Domestic Actor refers to any not-for-profit entity established under
domestic laws, which is responding to a disaster in the country.

(d) Assisting International Actor refers to any foreign state, organization, entity or
individual responding to a disaster within or transiting through the country to respond to a
disaster in another country.

(e) Build Forward Better refers to an approach to building and/or reconstructing
an area or community, which entails a shift from simple recovery and restoration to a safer,

more adaptive, resilient, and inclusive communities.


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( Capacity refers to the combination of all strengths, attributes and resources
available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk, or
impacts of a disaster. Capacity may include infrastructure and physical means, institutions,
societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attribute such as
social relationships, leadership and management. Capacity may also be described as capability.

(g) Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) refer to non-state actors whose aims are
neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power, but to unite people to advance shared
goals and interests. They have a presence in public life, expressing the interests and values of
their members or others, based on ethical, cultural, scientific, religious or philanthropic
considerations. CSOs include nongovernment organizations (NGOs), professional
associations, foundations, independent research institutes, community-based organizations
(CBOs), faith-based organizations, people’s organizations, social movements, and labor
unions.

(h) Climate Change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be
identified by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists in an
extended period, typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a result of
human activity as defined under Republic Act No. 9729, otherwise known as the “Climate
Change Act of 2009”. These include internal processes or external forces such modulation of
the solar cycles, volcanic eruptions and persistent anthropogenic changes in the composition
of the atmosphere or in land use.

(i) Climate Change Adaptation refers to the adjustment in natural or human
systems in response to actual or expected climactic stimuli or their effects, which moderates
harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.

@ Climate Finance refers to finance that aims at reducing emissions, and
enhancing sinks of greenhouse gases and aims at reducing vulnerability of, and maintaining,
and increasing the resilience of, human and ecological systems to negative climate change
impacts.

(k) Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM)
refers to a process of disaster risk reduction and management in which at risk communities are
actively engaged in the identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring and evaluation of disaster
risks in order to reduce their vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities, and where the people
are at the heart of decision-making and implementation of disaster risk reduction and

management activities.


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© Complex Emergency refers to a form of human-induced emergency in which
the cause of the emergency as well as the assistance to the afflicted is complicated by intense
level of political considerations.

(m) — Contingency Planning refers to a management process that analyzes specific
potential events or emerging situations that might threaten society or the environment and
establishes arrangements in advance to enable timely, effective and appropriate responses to
such events and situations.

(n) Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference refers to the effect in the climate
system as a result of the increase of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere that leads
to widespread climate change impacts such as widespread demise of coral reefs.

(0) Disability refers to an evolving concept that results from the interaction between
persons with impairments, societal barriers, as defined under Republic Act No. 7277, and
attitudinal and environmental barrier that hinder their fill and effective participation in society
‘on an equal basis with others.

(p) Disaster refers to a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a
society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts,
which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

(q@) Disaster Mitigation refers to the lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts
of hazards and related disasters. Mitigation measures encompass engineering techniques and
hazard-resistant construction as well as improved environmental policies and public awareness,
land use planning, and climate change.

(r) Disaster Preparedness refers to the knowledge and capacities developed by
governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals
to effectively anticipate, respond to, recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current
hazard events or conditions. It includes preparedness for response such as contingency
planning, stockpiling of equipment and supplies, the development of arrangements for
coordination, evacuation, and public information, and preparedness for recovery such as
procurement of land for resettlement sites.

(8) Disaster Prevention refers to the outright avoidance of adverse impacts of
hazards. It expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid potential adverse impacts
through action take in advance such as construction of dams and embarkments that eliminate
flood risks, land-use regulations that do not permit any settlement in high-risk zones, and
seismic engineering designs that ensure the survival and function of a critical building in any

likely earthquake.


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(t) Disaster Response refers to the provision of emergency services and public
assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to secure and save lives, reduce health
impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
Disaster response includes disaster relief focused on immediate and short-term needs of the
victims and the vulnerable.

(u) Disaster Risk refers to the potential disaster losses in lives, health status,
livelihoods, assets and services that could occur to a particular community or society in the
future, and is determined by a combination of the vulnerability, capacity, exposure of persons
and assets, hazard characteristics and the environment.

(v) Disaster Risk Governance refers to the way in which public authorities, civil
servants, media, private sector, and civil society coordinate at community, national and
regional levels in order to manage disaster and climate related risks. This means ensuring that
sufficient levels of capacity and resources are made available to prevent, prepare for, manage,
and recover from disasters. It also entails mechanisms, institutions, and processes for citizens
to articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights and obligations, and mediate their
differences.

(w) Disaster Risk Management refers to the systematic process of using
administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement
strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of
hazards and the possibility of disaster.

(x) _ Disaster Risk Reduction refers to the concept and practice of reducing disaster
risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including
through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise
management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.

(y) Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Reduction (DRVR) refers to the concept and
practice of reducing potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets or disruption
which could occur to a system, society or a community in a specific period of time, determined
probabilistically and conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental
factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or
system to the impacts of hazards through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce the causal
factors of disasters all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and therefore to the
achievement of sustainable development.

(2) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Information System refers to a

specialized datable which contains, among others, information on disasters and their human,


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material, economic, and environmental impact, risk assessment and mapping, and vulnerable
and marginalized groups.

(aa) Early Warning System refers to the set of capacities needed to generate and
disseminate timely and meaningful warning information to enable individuals, communities
and organizations threatened by a hazard to prepare and to act appropriately and in sufficient
time to reduce the possibility of harm or loss. A people-centered early warning system
necessarily comprises four (4) key elements: knowledge of the risks; monitoring, analysis and
forecasting of the hazards; communication or dissemination of alerts and warnings; and local
capabilities to respond to the warnings received. The concept of “end-to-end warning system”
emphasizes that warning systems need to span all steps from hazard detection to community
response. Early warning systems include systems developed at the level of communities or
based on indigenous knowledge.

(bb) Ecosystem Management and Restoration refers to an integrated process to
conserve, improve and restore the health of the ecosystem that sustain ecosystem services for
human well-being.

(ce) Eligible Assisting Actor refers to any assisting factor that has been determined
to be eligible to receive legal facilities as provided in this Act and its implementing rules and
regulations

(dd) Emergency refers to unforeseen or sudden occurrence, especially danger,
demanding immediate action.

(ee) Emergency Management refers to the organization and management of
resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of emergencies, in particular
preparedness, response and initial recovery steps.

(ff) Exposure refers to the degree to which the element at risk are likely to
experience hazard events of different magnitudes.

(gg) Gender-Based Violence refers to violence that is directed against a woman
because of her gender, or that affects women disproportionately. It includes acts that inflict
physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other
deprivations of liberty.

(hh) Geographic Information System (GIS) refers to a system used to capture, store,
manipulate, manage and display all types of spatial or geographical data.

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a marginalized population which is physically and socioeconomically separated from the

Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Area (GIDA) refers to areas with

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conditions and transportation difficulties in island, upland, lowland, landlocked, hard to reach
and underserved communities; and/or socioeconomic factors such as high poverty incidence,
presence of vulnerable sectors, communities in or recovering from situation of crisis or armed
conflict.

(i) Hazard refers to a dangerous phenomenon, either natural or human-induced,
that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood
and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.

(kk) Human-Induced Hazard refers to an event caused by human and occurs in or
close to human settlements or a particular environmental area. This can include environmental
degradation, technological or industrial conditions, pollution, accidents such as high density
events, industrial and transport accidents, complex emergencies, armed conflict, situations of
generalized or organized violence, and violation of human rights.

(1) Imminent Danger refers to a situation where, on the basis of official forecasts,
a disaster will or is expected to occur in a particular geographical area and within an estimated
period of time and where necessary preparedness actions or financing are required.

(mm) International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Period refers to the period
which commences upon the issuance of a request for international disaster assistance or upon
acceptance of an offer, and shall continue until terminated pursuant to guidelines set in the
implementing rules and regulations.

(nn) Internally Displace Persons refers to persons or groups of persons who have
been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence within
national borders, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict,
situations of generalized and/or organized violence, violations of human rights, implementation
of development projects, or natural or human-induced disasters.

(00) International Personnel refers to the staff and volunteers of any assisting actor
providing disaster relief or initial recovery assistance, being persons who are neither citizens
of, nor domiciled in the Philippines prior to their recruitment by the internation assisting actor.

(pp) Land Use Planning refers to the process undertaken by public authorities to
identify, evaluate and decide on different options the use of land, including consideration of
long-term economic, social and environmental objectives and the implications for different
communities and interest groups, and the subsequent formulation and promulgation of plans
that describe the permitted or acceptable uses.

(qq) Legal Facilities refer to special entitlements and exemptions that are made
available to eligible assisting actors under this Act.


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(rr) Mitigation refers to effort to reduce or limit greenhouse gas emissions or
enhance greenhouse gas sequestration.

(ss) National Continuity Policy refers to a policy aimed at the development of an
organizational culture that has the ability to provide a minimum level of service during
interruptions, emergencies, and disasters, and return to full operations quickly.

(tt) National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework refers to the
comprehensive, all hazards, multi-sectoral, inter-agency and community-based approach to
disaster risk reduction and management.

(uu) National Disaster Resilience Plan (NDRP) refers to the document to be
formulated by the NDRC and implemented by the Authority that sets out goals and specific
objectives for reducing disaster risks together with related actions to accomplish these
objectives, The NDRP shall provide for the identification of hazards, vulnerabilities, and risks
to be managed at the national level; disaster risk reduction and management approaches and
strategies to be applied in managing said hazards and risks; agency roles, responsibilities and
lines of authority at all government levels; and vertical and horizontal coordination of disaster
risk reduction and management in the pre-disaster and post-disaster phases. It shall be in
conformity with the national disaster risk reduction and management framework.

(wv) Natural Hazard refers to naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either
by rapid or slow onset events which can be geological such as earthquakes ground rupture,
liquefaction, landslides, tsunamis, sinkholes, and volcanic activity; hydrological and
meteorological such as floods, severe winds, typhoons, storm surges, climatological variability
such as extreme temperatures, El Nifio, La Nifia, forest fires, or biological such as disease,
epidemics and insect/animal plagues.

(ww) Open Data refer to facts and statistics that can be freely used, shared and built-
on by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose. These must be available in bulk, should be available
free of charge, or at least at no more than a reasonable reproduction cost. The information
should be digital, preferably available by downloading through the internet, and easily
processed by a computer. These must permit people to use, re-use, and redistribute, intermix
with other data providers. These do not allow conditions to be placed on how people can use
Open Data, but permit a data provider to require that data users credit them in some appropriate
way, clarify if the data have been changed, or that new datasets created using their data are also
shared as open data.


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(xx) Persons with Disabilities refer to individuals who have long-term physical,
mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may
hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.

(yy) Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment refers to a process to evaluate a hazard’s level of
risk given the degree of exposure and vulnerability in a specific area likely to be affected by an
imminent hazard. It presents the possible impacts on the population and provides a basis to
determine the appropriate level of response actions of government agencies from the national
to the local levels. It is hazard-specific, area focused and time-bound.

(zz) Post-Disaster Recovery refers to the restoration and improvement, where
appropriate, of facilities, livelihood, and living conditions of disaster-affected communities,
including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors, in accordance with the principle of “Build
Forward Better”.

(aaa) Private Sector refers to private corporations, households, non-profit institutions
serving households, and other economic enterprises outside of government.

(bbb) Public Sector Employee refers to all persons in the civil service.

(cee) Recovery refers to rehabilitation measures that ensure the ability of affected
communities or areas to restore their normal level of functioning by restoring livelihoods and
services, reconstructing damaged infrastructures and increasing the communities!
organizational capacity.

(ddd) Resilience refers to the ability of a system, community or society exposed to
hazards to resist, absorb, adapt to, transform, accommodate, and recover from the effects of a
hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of
its essential basic structures and functions through risk management in such ways as to enhance
their capacities to withstand current and future risk.

(eee) Response refers to any effort to provide assistance or intervention during or
immediately after a disaster to meet the life preservation and basic subsistence needs of affected
people and in the restoration of essential public activities and facilities.

(fff) Risk Assessment refers to a methodology which includes risk assessment with
mapping to determine the nature and extent of risk by analyzing potential hazards and
evaluating existing conditions of vulnerability that together could potentially harm exposed
people, property, services, livelihood and the environment on which they depend.

(ggg) Probabilistic Risk Assessment refers to the simulation of those future disasters
based on scientific evidence, are likely to occur. As a result, these risk assessments resolve the

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records by reproducing the physics of the phenomena and recreating the intensity of a large
number of synthetic events. Probabilistic Risk Assessment considers all possible scenarios,
their likelihood, and associated impacts. It is characterized by inherent uncertainties partly
related to the natural randomness of hazards, and partly because of incomplete understanding
and measurement of the hazards, exposure, and vulnerability.

(hhh) Deterministic Risk Assessment refers to an assessment that considers the
possible disaster impacts of a single scenario. This is in contrast to probabilistic risk assessment

which considers all possible scenarios, their likelihood, and associated impacts.

i) Risk Transfer refers to the process of formally or informally shifting the
financial consequences of particular risks from one party to another whereby a household,
community, enterprise, or state authority will obtain resources from the other party after a
disaster occurs, in exchange for ongoing or compensatory social or financial benefits provided
to that other party.

(ii) State of Calamity refers to a condition involving mass casualty and/or major
damage to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads, and normal way of life of people
in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human-induced hazard.

(kkk) Sustainable Development refers to development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

(ll) Vital Facility Items refers to government risk reduction and preparedness
‘equipment, accessories and other items such as radars, weather forecasting equipment, flood
monitoring instruments, seismographs, tsunami warning systems, and automated weather
systems.

(mmm) Vulnerability refers to the characteristics and circumstances of a community,
system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard. Vulnerability may
arise from various physical, social, economic, and environmental factors.

(nnn) Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups refer to those who are at risk due to
poverty and other underlying risk factors including women, children, the elderly, differently-
abled people, and ethnic minorities.

(000) Whole-of-Society Approach refers to the meaningful participation and synergy
of stakeholders that represent different interests in all aspects of climate change adaptation, and
disaster risk reduction and management across all levels.

(ppp) Whole of Government Approach refers to an approach that integrates the
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toward a shared goal to broaden the government's options, and increases efficiency to
maximize all available resources in a collaborative effort.

(aqq) Whole of Nation Approach refers to an approach that seeks to bring about a
concerted effort towards national peace and security by creating consensus and understanding
of security that is shared not just among core security forces and oversight government
institutions, but also by civil society and all the nation’s communities.

(rrr) Youth refers to those persons aged fifteen (15) to thirty (30) years old, as
provided for under Republic Act No. 8044, otherwise known as “Youth in Nation-Building
Act”.

CHAPTER I
DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

SEC. 4. Creation of the Department of Disaster Resilience. — There is hereby
created a Department of Disaster Resilience, herein after referred to as the Department.

The Department shall be the primary government agency responsible for leading,
organizing, and managing the national effort to reduce disaster risk, prepare for and respond to
disasters, recover and rehabilitate, and build forward better after the occurrence of disasters.

The Department shall oversee and coordinate the preparation, implementation,
monitoring, and evaluation of disaster and climate resilience plans, programs, projects, and
activities, provide leadership in the continuous development of strategic and systematic
approaches to disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and
rehabilitation, to anticipatory adaptation strategies, measures, techniques and options.

The Department shall augment the capacity of LGUs in collaboration with relevant
national government agencies and other stakeholders to implement disaster risk reduction and
management and climate change action plans, programs, projects, and activities.

SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of the Department. — The Department shall exercise
and perform the following powers and functions:

(a) Risk Reduction

(1) Oversee, direct, and undertake programs and projects to identify, assess,
prioritize and localize hazards and risks in the country, in consultation with national
government agencies, local governments units, communities, and stakeholders that shall be
involved in disaster risk reduction efforts;

(2) Monitor and ensure the integration of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction
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(3) Design and implement an incentive system for greater private and public
investment, both local and national, in disaster risk reduction;

(4) Oversee and ensure the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation and
disaster risk reduction in development planning, including disaster-proofing and climate-
proofing of land use plans and the preparation of contingency plans;

(5) Create an enabling environment for the design of relevant and appropriate risk-
sharing and risk-transfer instruments;

(6) Create an enabling environment that shall promote broader multi-stakeholder
participation and integrate climate change mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction.

(7) Coordinate directly with LGUs and private entities to address climate
vulnerabilities and disaster risk assessment (CVDRA) of regions and provinces at the meso-
scale, cities and municipalities at the micro-scale, and barangays at the meta-scale;

(8) Establish and monitor local and national capacity for disaster risk financing and
insurance and other risk transfer strategies in coordination with the Department of Finance
(DOF), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and the Land Bank of the
Philippines (LBP);

(9) Formulate the National Disaster Resilience Framework, National Disaster
Resilience Plan, and the National Continuity Policy;

(10) Oversee and direct the comprehensive implementation of disaster risk reduction
and climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, plans, and programs, as embodied in
the Disaster Resilience Framework and Disaster Resilience Plan;

(11) Coordinate directly with local government units and private entities to address
Disaster Risk Assessment (DRA) of regions and provinces at the meso-scale, cities and
municipalities at the micro-scale, and barangays at the meta-scale; and

(12) Review and evaluate local disaster resilience plans and other local plans to

ensure their consistency with the Climate-Disaster Resilience Framework and Plan.

(b) Disaster Preparedness and Response

(1) Oversee and maintain a national early-warning and emergency alert system that
shall provide accurate, timely, and accessible information to national and local emergency
response organizations and the general public;

(2) Coordinate information-sharing and other risk reduction protocols following the

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(3) Establish and maintain a national humanitarian logistics system with a network
warehouses, transport and resources, including response assets and disaster relief items, such
as food and non-food items;

(4) Exercise command and control over relevant government agencies including
government-owned and -controlled corporations, the Philippines National Police and other
law enforcement agencies, during an imminent or actual disaster. Such command and control
shall include the authority to utilize available services, assets, equipment, personnel, facilities
and other resources;

(5) Call on the reserve force, as defined in Republic Act No. 7707, otherwise known
as the “Citizen Armed Force or Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act”, to assist in
relief and rescue operations during disasters;

(6) Work with the private sector and CSOs for assistance with regard to the use of
facilities and resources for the protection and preservation of life and property;

(7) Implement pre-disaster risk assessments, to include deployment of rapid
assessment teams to gather information for precise actions as a basic for emergency
preparedness and humanitarian response;

(8) Organize, train, equip, and maintain a system of response capacity for search,
rescue, and retrieval, and the delivery and distribution of relief goods;

(9) Monitor and support LGUs in the management of evacuation centers and ensure
the welfare and dignity of internally-displaced persons;

(10) Procure goods and services during emergencies, in accordance with existing
emergency procurement rules and regulations;

(11) _ Issue special procurement rules and regulations for preparedness, response, and
recovery activities, including those prompted by a declaration of a state of calamity or of an
imminent disaster; and

(12) Assist in mobilizing the necessary resources to increase the overall capacity of

LGUs, specifically those with low income and situated in high-risk areas.

(©) Rehabilitation and Recovery

(1) Prepare, organize, lead, implement, and manage post-disaster assessment and
recovery and government agencies, and other stakeholders;

(2) Implement the cluster approach to expedite reconstruction efforts and orchestrate
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(3) Ensure that the principle of “Build Forward Better” is applied to rehabilitation and
recovery efforts.

(d) Other Powers and Functions

(1) Provide or designate a secretariat to the Climate Change Commission;

(2) Establish and monitor local and national capacity for climate-disaster risk financing
and insurance and other risk transfer strategies in coordination with the Department of Finance
(DOF), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and the Land Bank of the
Philippines (LBP);

(3) Coordinate information-sharing and other disaster risk and vulnerability reduction
and climate change adaptation protocols following the principle of interoperability among
national government agencies and LGUs before, during, and after a disaster.

(4) Receive, administer, mobilize, and monitor and oversee the utilization of the
‘National Disaster Resilience Fund, the Prevention, Mitigation, and Preparedness Fund for third
(3") to sixth (6") class provinces and municipalities, and donations for disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction and management and climate adaptation, unless otherwise specified;

(5) Use of advanced science and technologies in disaster risk reduction and
management by engaging, consulting with, employing and regularly funding the academe or
higher education and research institutions such as the University of the Philippines Resilience
Institute and the University of the Philippines Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards
Center or other institutions that have a recognized and credible track record, as well as the
capacity to conceptualize and implement the science and engineering requirements necessary
for effective climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction;

(6) Establish a disaster resilience information system to facilitate the creation of an
integrated risk assessment platform that is built from the inputs of government and private
scientific and academic institutions, national government agencies and LGUs, local
communities and other stakeholders, and is able to provide readily accessible and actionable
information for purpose of risk governance and humanitarian action;

(7) Develop the criteria and procedure for the enlistment of accredited community
disaster resilience volunteers and institutions;

(8) Create and continuously update, in consultation with stakeholders, a manual of
operations for accredited community disaster resilience volunteers and institutions; and

(9) Perform such other functions as may be necessary for the effective implementation
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CHAPTER II
GENERAL WELFARE AND EMERGENCY MEASURES

SEC. 6. General Welfare. — The Department shall exercise the powers expressly
granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as the powers necessary, appropriate or
incidental for its efficient and effective governance, and those which are essential to the
promotion of the general welfare, such as the implementation of emergency measures including
preemptive and forces evacuation, in anticipation of, during, and in the aftermath of
emergencies, hazards and disasters and only when there is imminent danger of loss of lives
and/or damage to property.

SEC. 7. Emergency Measures at the National Level. - The Department may require
the assistance of law enforcement agencies and the uniformed, such as the PNP and the AFP,
as well as emergency responders, to assist in the implementation of emergency measures.

SEC. 8. Emergency Measures at the Local Level.

(a) LGUs shall enact an ordinance on the implement through the Local Disaster
Resilience Office (LDRO) the necessary and appropriate emergency measures, including
preemptive and forced evacuation, in anticipation of, during, and in the aftermath of
emergencies, hazards and disasters, and only when there is imminent danger of loss of lives
and/or damage to property.

(b) Emergency measures, including preemptive and forced evacuation, shall be
carried out in a manner that is humane, respectful of the dignity and culture of persons, without
using disproportionate force, without discrimination, and with conscious attention to the needs
of vulnerable and marginalized groups.

(c) All measures shall be taken to inform the population, in a manner and language
that they can understand, of the need for emergency measures and evacuation for their safety,
as well as the location where they will be taken and for how long they are going to stay there.
‘Adequate evacuation centers and transportation to and from that affected area shall be provided

by the local government.

SEC. 9, Hierarchy of Evacuation Measures. —

(a) Preemptive evacuation shall be the preferred and primary mode of evacuation
of people that will be affected by emergencies, hazards and disasters.

(b) Forced evacuation shall be considered as an emergency measure of last resort
that may be undertaken in anticipation of, during or after an emergency, hazard or disaster and
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local chief executive: Provided, That in case of the failure of the local government to
appropriately issue such order, the forced evacuation shall be implemented by the Department,
which may direct and compel the assistance of law enforcement and other relevant national
agencies to implement said emergency measure.

During such forced evacuation, government officials may direct and compel the
population to be affected or is currently affected by an emergency, hazard or disaster to relocate
to safer location for their own safety.

SEC. 10. Release from Liability in Case of Refusal to Evacuate. -

(a) Any person who willfully and deliberately disregards or opposes the
order of forced evacuation issued by the local chief executive or the Department, releases the
local government or the Department from any liability for injury, death, damage to ot loss of
property attributed to said disobedience.

(b) During evacuation, priority assistance shall be given to the vulnerable
groups and persons who willfully comply with the order of forced evacuation.

SEC. 11. Inspection and Implementation Powers. — The Department shall have
inspection, visitorial and examining authority over government and nongovernment entities to
ensure that all funds and assets allocated for disaster resilience are actually used for said
purposes. The Department shall likewise have the power to inspect and examine the status of
projects and programs being undertaken in furtherance of disaster resilience efforts.

Whenever it becomes necessary, the Department may assume responsibility over the
implementation of and directly implement any program or project in anticipation of during,

and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters.

SEC. 12. Utilization of Private Property for Public Purpose. —- The Department shall
have the power to utilize any private property for urgent public purpose in anticipation of,
during, and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters and only when there us
imminent danger of loss of lives and/or damage to property, subject to payment of just

compensation in appropriate cases.

SEC. 13. Emergency Powers. — Whenever it becomes necessary, the Department,
subject to the approval of the President, may call on the AFP or the PNP, in coordination with
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prevent or suppress lawless violence and ensure the protection and preservation of life or
property in anticipation of, during, and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters.

Whenever warranted by circumstances, the Department may call upon other agencies
and instrumentalities of the government, as well as nongovernment organizations for the
during, and, in the aftermath of emergencies and instrumentalities of the government, as well
as nongovernment organizations for the protection and preservation of life and/or property in
anticipation of, during, and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters, including

private organizations, for assistance in the use of their facilities and resources.

SEC. 14. Emergency Arrangements. - The Department shall have the power to
negotiate, enter into, institutionalize and coordinate arrangements with any private person or
juridical entity for the purpose of ensuring the adequate and prompt availability of all goods
and services necessary in anticipation of, during, and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards
and disasters and only when there is imminent danger of loss of lives and/or damage to
property.

CHAPTER IV
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SEC. 15. The Secretary. ~ The Department shall be headed by a Secretary who shall
be appointed by the President.

SEC. 16. Powers and Functions of the Secretary. — The Secretary of the Department
shall exercise the following powers and functions:

(a) Establish and promulgate policies, rules, and regulations for the effective and
efficient operation of the Department;

(b) Exercise executive direction over the operations of the Department and
administrative supervision over its attached agencies;

(©) Manage the financial and human resources of the Department;

(4) Appoint officers and employees of the Department, except presidential appointees,
in accordance with civil service law, rules, and regulations;

(©) Exercise disciplinary authority over officers and employees of the Department in
accordance with law;

(f) Coordinate with other government agencies, the private sector, and CSOs on the

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(g) Advise the President on the promulgation of executive and administrative issuances
and the formulation of regulatory and legislative proposals on matters pertaining to disaster
resilience;

(h) Serve as the Vice Chairperson of the Climate Change Commission (CCC);

(i) In coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs, represent the Philippines
in the climate change negotiations and articulate the national contribution to global, regional,
and other inter-governmental disaster risk reduction and humanitarian platforms;

(j) Call upon the AFP and the PNP to render assistance in disaster-affected areas; and

(k) Promulgate such rules and regulations and perform such other functions as may be
necessary or proper to attain the objectives of the Act.

SEC. 17. Organizational Structure, Functions and Management, ~ The
Department shall be composed of the following officials and offices:

(a) The Secretary, as provided for under this Act;

(b) Five (5) Undersecretaries, to be appointed by the President, who shall assist the
Secretary in administering the affairs of the Department, one to be responsible for Resilience,
one to be responsible for Policy and Governance, one to be responsible for Operations, one to
be responsible for Administration and Finance, and the Senior Undersecretary. The
Undersecretaries shall have functional and operational supervision over the bureaus, divisions,
offices and units assigned to their respective functional areas;

(c) Ten (10) Assistant Secretaries, to be appointed by the President, who shall assist
the Secretary in administering the affairs of the Department to be responsible for overall staff
supervision, Internal Audit, Administration, Disaster Resilience Fund Management, Fiscal
Management, Operations, Mobilization, Plans and Programs, Legal, Project Management and
Sustainable Development;

(d) Eleven (11) Service Directors who shall head the following Services: the
Administrative and Financial Management Service, the Logistics and Resource Management
Service, the Policy Development and Planning Service, the Capacity-Building and Training
Service, the Legal Affairs and Compliance Service, the Disaster Risk Reduction Service, the
Climate Change Service, the Recovery and Reconstruction Service, and the Strategic
Communication Service;

(1) The Administrative and Financial Management Service shall provide the

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services to support civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management operations
and functions.

(2) The Logistics and Resource Management Service shall be responsible for the
efficient and effective management of all the assets and resources of the Department; the
efficient and effective gathering, maintenance and updating of a database of pertinent
assets and resources belonging to any and all agencies and instrumentalities of the
Government, as well as non-government and civic organizations in support of operational
readiness for utilization by the Department; and the procurement of necessary assets and
resources to be maintained and utilized by the Department.

(3) The Operations Service shall be responsible for formulating, implementing
and monitoring the operational plans of the Department and ensuring its operational
readiness, as well as the effective functional management of the Emergency Management
Operations Center.

(4) The Responders Management Service shall be responsible for the efficient and
effective gathering, management, and updating of a national roster of individuals and
groups from the civilian sector, volunteer organizations, uniformed services and the
reserve force in support of operational readiness for utilization by the Department.

(5) The Policy Development and Planning Service shall be responsible for
providing responsive, efficient and effective services relating to research, planning,
programming, budgeting, project development, and policy formulation of civil defense
and disaster risk reduction and management projects and activities.

(6) The Capacity-Building and Training Service shall be responsible for building
and developing the capacity of the Department’s personnel, civil defense practitioners,
communities and other stakeholders.

(7) The Legal Affairs and Compliance Service shall provide legal advice to the
Department; interpret laws and rules affecting the administration and operations of the
Department; prepare and review contracts and instruments to which the Department is a
party; interpret provisions of contracts covering work involving the Department; and
monitor the compliance with regulatory and reportorial matters involving the
Department.

(8) The Disaster Risk Reduction Service shall be responsible for reducing disaster
risks through systematic efforts and programs of the Department to analyze and reduce
the causal factors of disasters such as exposure to hazards, lessening vulnerability of

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preparedness and early warning for adverse events are all examples of disaster risk
reduction.

(9) The Climate Change Service shall lead in the development and mainstreaming
of evidence-based climate adaptation and mitigation policies of the Department through
optimum coordination among key stakeholders towards achieving a climate-resilient and
climate-smart Philippines with healthy, safe, prosperous, and self-reliant communities.

(10)The Rehabilitation and Recovery Management Service shall provide
responsive, efficient and effective services relating to the formulation of standards for
rehabilitation and recovery programs, projects, activities, and their subsequent
implementation.

(11)The Strategic Communications Service shall be responsible for the
formulation and implementation of the strategic communications plans and programs of
the Department; serve as the public affairs arm of the Department tasked with directing,
supervising and controlling the Department's public information programs and activities
as well as establishing and maintaining rapport with the media and the general public.

(©) Divisions, units and offices as may be created by the Department and whose
officers and employees shall be appointed in accordance with civil service law, rules, and
regulations;

(f) The National Climate and Disaster Resilience Research, Education, and
Training Institute under the Capacity Building and Training Service, to be headed by a Director
with the rank of Director IV;

(g) Regional and other field Offices of the Department that shall be established in
cach administrative region, each to be headed by a Regional

(h) Director with the rank of Director IV; Bureaus that are under the supervision
and control of the Department;

(i) Seconded personnel from relevant agencies and detailed service from the
uniformed services, as appropriate; and

(j) Grievance desks in every region, which shall serve as a referral mechanism
and shall work jointly with relevant agencies, to receive complaints from the public regarding
violations of this Act. It shall assist the complainant in the gathering of relevant documentation
and other evidence to support said complaint. The grievance desk shall facilitate the forwarding
of the complaint to the appropriate office within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof, and
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desk shall use the best available technology to ensure that complaints are endorsed to the proper

office and are addressed in a timely manner.

CHAPTER V
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 18. Fiscal Management. - The Department shall manage all funds appropriated
to it by Congress and from other sources. This shall include all donations, as contemplated
under the succeeding paragraph, subject to provisions of Section 3, paragraph (D) of Article 9,
of the 1987 Constitution on the auditing powers of the Commission on Audit
SEC. 19. Donation. —

(a) The Department shall have the power to receive donations and grants from any person,
government institution, corporation, international organization and other similar entities, and
the power to recommend the procurement of developmental assistance for the purpose of
disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management and climate change adaptation.

(b) It shall be mandatory for the Department to acknowledge and certify the receipt of all
DDR grant and donated funds and ensure their judicious management including their proper
and accurate audit reporting to constituents.

(c) The importation and donation of food, clothing, medicine and equipment for relief and
recovery and other disaster management and recovery-related supplies is hereby authorized in
accordance with, Section 800, Chapter 1, Title 8, of Republic Act No. 10863, otherwise known
as the “Customs and Tariff Modernization Act”, as amended, and the prevailing provisions of
the General Appropriations Act covering national internal revenue taxes and import duties of
national and local government agencies; All importations and donations under Section 11 (c)
of Republic Act No. 10863, otherwise known as the “Customs Modernization and Tariff Act
(CTMA)” shall be considered as importation or donation to the Department, subject to the
approval of the Office of the President.

CHAPTER VI
WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT AND WHOLE OF NATION APPROACH
SEC. 20. National Disaster Resilience Council. —
(a) There is hereby created the National Disaster Resilience Council (NDRC), which shall serve
as the policy advisory body to the Department on disaster risk reduction and management and
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1 (b) The NDRC shall be chaired by the Secretary of Disaster Resilience and shall be composed
2 of the following:
3 (1) Secretary of Science and Technology;
4 (2) Secretary of the Interior and Local Government;
5 (3) Secretary of Social Welfare and Development:
6 (4) Secretary of National Defense;
7 (5) Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority;
8 (6) Secretary of Health;
9 (7) Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources;
10 (8) Secretary of Agriculture;
1 (9) Secretary of Education;
12 (10) Secretary of Energy;
13 (11) Secretary of Finance;
14 (12) Secretary of Trade and Industry;
45 (13) Secretary of Transportation;
16 (14) Secretary of Budget and Management;
7 (15) Secretary of Public Works and Highways;
18 (16) Secretary of Foreign Affairs;
19 (17) Secretary of Justice;
20 (18) Secretary of Labor and Employment;
21 (19) Secretary of Tourism;
22 (20) Secretary of Information and Communications Technology;
23 (21) Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process;
24 (22) Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education;
2s (23) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
26 (24) Chief of the Philippine National Police;
27 (25) Head of the Presidential Communications Operations Office;
28 (26) Secretary-General of the Philippine National Red Cross;
29 (27) Secretary-General of the Philippine National Red Cross;
30 (28) Executive Director of the Council for Welfare of Children;
31 (29) Lead Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission;
32 (30) Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Women;
33 (31) Chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council;

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(33) Chairperson of the National Commission on Indigenous Filipinos;

(34) Chairperson of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos;

(35) Chairperson of the National Youth Commission;

(36) President of the Government Service Insurance System;

(37) President of the Social Security System;

(38) President of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation;

(39) President of the Home Development Mutual Fund;

(40) President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines;

(41) President of the League of Provinces of the Philippines;

(42) President of the League of Cities of the Philippines;

(43) President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines;

(44) President of the Liga ng mga Barangays;

(45) Maximum of six (6) representatives from the academia and other relevant research

institutions;

(46) Maximum of six (6) representatives from the Civil Society Organizations; and

(47) Maximum of six (6) representatives from the private sector.
(c) Composition — The Council is hereby organized into five (5) clusters, namely, Disaster
Prevention and Mitigation to be led by DOST, Disaster Preparedness to be led by DILG,
Disaster Response by DSWD, Logistics led by DND, and Recovery and Sustainable
Development led by NEDA.
(@) Technical Management Advisory Group — The Department may constitute, as the need
arises, a technical management advisory group from the different stakeholders, that shall
coordinate and meet with the Department as often as necessary to effectively manage and
sustain national efforts on disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and emergency
management, and climate change adaptation and mitigation; and
(e) Guidelines for the Department of Disaster Resilience Fund (DDRF) and Local
Disaster Resilience Fund (LDRF) - The Department shall provide the necessary guidelines
and procedures on the DDRF and the LDRF releases as well as utilization, accounting and
auditing thereof.

SEC. 21. Monitoring, Reporting and Validation. ~

(a) Monitoring and Reporting. On or before the last quarter of the preceding year, member-
agencies of the National Disaster Resilience Council shall submit to the Department through
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next year. The AWEPS shall be based on the DDR Plan. The member-agencies shall submit to
the Secretariat quarterly progress reports of their implementation of the AWFPs within thirty
(30) days from the end of each quarter. The Department is likewise accountable, liable and
responsible for monitoring and requiring the appropriate implementation of remedial measures
by member-agencies of the Council during a state of calamity. It shall have the authority and
power to require reports from the appropriate member-agencies regarding implementation of
such measures.

(b) Validation. The Secretary shall require the submission of reports from LGUs to validate
the progress reports of the Council member-agencies. Submission shall be through the local
field offices of the DDR.

Every two (2) years, the implementation of the Climate-Disaster Resilience Plan
(CDRP) and utilization of the Local Disaster Resilience Fund (LDRF) of each province, LGUs,
independent city shall be evaluated by the Regional Disaster Resilience Council (RDRC) based
on appropriate criteria, such as the award, recognition, citation criteria for provinces, cities and
municipalities, barangay and stakeholders.

(1) The Regional Disaster Re:

nce Councils (RDRC) ~ The Regional Disaster
Resilience Councils (RDRCs) shall coordinate, integrate, supervise, and evaluate the activities
of the LDRCs. It shall be accountable, responsible and liable for ensuring climate-disaster risk
sensitive and inclusive regional development plans, and in case of emergencies shall convene
the different regional line agencies and authorities, concerned institutions, developmental
partners and multiple stakeholders. The Regional Directors of the Department shall serve as
chairpersons of the RDRCs and the Regional Directors of the DSWD, the DILG, and the NEDA
shall serve as cluster heads. In the case of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao, the Chief Minister shall be the RDRC Chairperson. In the case of Metro Manila,
the MDRC shall be headed by the Chairperson of the Metro Manila Development Authority
(MMDA). The RDRCs shall establish the RDRC Secretariat and operating facility to be known
as the Regional Disaster Resilience Council Secretariat and Operations Center (RDRC). The
RDRCs shall be composed of concerned regional agencies, offices, LGUs and other multiple
stakeholders.

(i) LDRC Budgetary Requirements of LDRO - The budgetary requirements for
personal services, maintenance and other operating expenditures, and capital outlay of the
LDRO shalll be sourced from the General Fund of the LGU, subject to Section 76 of Republic
Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the “Local Government Code of 1991, as
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amended shall be waived to enable the LGUs to fund the initial year requirements for the
creation of the minimum five (5) mandatory positions of the LDRO. Other maintenance and
operating expenditures, and other capital outlay requirements of the LDRO in the
implementation of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management and climate change
adaptation programs shall be charged to the Local Climate-Disaster Resilience Fund of the
LGUs.

(ji) Establish linkage or network with other LGUs for disaster risk and vulnerability
reduction, climate change adaptation and emergency response purposes;

(iii) Recommend through the LDRC, the enactment of local ordinances consistent with
the requirements of this Act;

(iv) Establish a Provincial City, Municipal, and Barangay Climate and Disaster
Resilience Operations Center; and

(v) Encourage Government-owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) to establish

their own Climate and Disaster Resilience Operations Center within their territories.

SEC. 22. Synergy with Stakeholders. ~ The Department shall ensure seamless synergy
and coordination with stakeholders, including CSOs, the academe, and the private sector, in
relation to disaster resilience programs and projects and the development and promotion of
research, education, and training mechanism with relevant stakeholders. The Department shall
establish a platform, paradigm, and mechanisms for convergence and coordination with
stakeholders, including the development of standards, protocols, and procedures for
collaboration for disaster resilience.

SEC. 23. Establishment of Multi-Stakeholders Convergence Unit. - The Department,
with the assistance of other relevant government agencies and stakeholders, shall establish a
Multi-Stakeholders Convergence Unit (MSCU), which shall align the disaster resilience efforts
of the private sector, CSOs, academe, and other stakeholders with the Department by assisting,
coordinating, or providing services that strengthen public-private cooperation and coordination
in disaster resilience, including the following:

(a) Establishment and implementation of business continuity practices to ensure the
continued delivery of products and services, in the event of disasters.

(b) Establishment and implementation of a National Continuity Policy to ensure service
continuity during power and utilities interruptions, emergencies, and disasters and ensure the

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(c) Establishment, incorporation, and application of business continuity plans as part of
the disaster resilience plans of local government units.

(d) Facilitation or assistance in obtaining or processing incentives for the private sector
or other non-government stakeholders.

(c) Preparation and facilitating the issuance of micro, small, and medium enterprises
(MSMEs), such as mechanisms involving procurement and liquidity to create enabling
environments for disaster preparedness and recovery. The MSCU shall establish a platform
that includes, among others, a database for monitoring and coordinating efforts and resources
of stakeholders.

CHAPTER VII
DISASTER RISK AND VULNERABILITY REDUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION MAINSTREAMING, INTEGRATION AND CONVERGENCE

SEC. 24, Integration of DRR and Climate Change Adaptation in the Climate and
Disaster Resilience Framework and Plan. ~ The existing National Disaster Resilience
Framework and plan and the National Climate Change Strategic Framework and Plan shall be
enhanced by the Climate and Disaster Resilience Framework and plan which provides for the
comprehensive probabilistic multi-hazards, multi-scenario, multi-sectorial, resilience-
building, and community risk-based approach and management of disaster and climate risk,
and provide for the integration of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and climate change
adaptation, as well as the mainstreaming in other sectoral policies. It shall be reviewed every
three (3) years. The Climate and Disaster Resilience Plan shall provide for the following:

(1) identification of the underlying factors of risk, or the nature and degree of hazards,
vulnerabilities, exposures and capacities, which need to be managed at the national level;

(2) disaster risk and vulnerabilities reduction and management approaches and
strategies to be applied in managing said hazards and risks;

(3) agency roles, responsibilities, and lines of authority at all government levels; and

(4) vertical and horizontal coordination of climate change adaptation, disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction and management before, during, and after a disaster. The Climate and
disaster resilience plan shall be in conformity with the framework. The climate and disaster
resilience framework and plan for climate-disaster risk governance, climate vulnerability
assessment, risk assessment and risk management shall be formulated and jointly approved by
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SEC. 25. Ecosystem-Based Approach to Prevention and Mitigation, Rehabilitation
and Recovery from Disaster. - The Department shall ensure the application of ecosystems-
based approaches in disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation,
particularly through ecosystem management and restoration as defined in this Act, and

ensuring that environmental and natural resource policies are risk-informed.

CHAPTER VIII
CLIMATE AND DISASTER RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAIL
INSTITUTE
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(a) Within one (1) year from approval of this Act, the Department shall establish the
Climate and Disaster Research, Education, and Training Institute in collaboration with higher
education institutions and private and state universities and colleges (SUCs) which shall be a
world-class center of excellence for learning and research in the field of disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction and management and climate change adaptation;

(b) The Climate and Disaster Research, Education, and Training Institute shall be headed
by a Director. The organizational structure and staffing pattern shall be determined by the
Department in consultation with the DBM and in accordance with civil service laws, rules and
regulations.

(©) The Climate and Disaster Research, Education, and Training Institute shall have the
following functions:

(1) Establish regional branches as well as provincial, city or municipal branches if
deemed necessary, to train individuals from the public and private sectors in the fields of
disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management, climate change adaptation, and
ecosystem management and restoration, among others;

(2) Develop and implement an inclusive and ladderized curricula on climate change
adaptation, and disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management;

(3) Develop research programs and a knowledge management system on climate
change adaptation and disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management for the
purpose of innovation and capacity building and development;

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management and climate change adaptation practitioners, and other relevant sectors in
developing research opportunities and programs on climate vulnerability and disaster risk
assessment,

(5) Establish a resource center for information, education and communication
materials, research, publications, best work practices, lessons identified and learned, and
other knowledge products on disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management,
and climate change adaptation;

(6) Consolidate and prepare information, education and communication and training
materials or publications to assist disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and
management, and climate change adaptation practitioners in the planning and
implementation of their plans, programs, projects and activities;

(7) Organize and recognize a community of climate change adaptation and disaster
risk reduction and management practitioners; and

(8) Accredit, recognize, monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation, disaster

risk and vulnerability reduction and management training institutions.

(@ Financial Support to the Center:

(1) The budget for the Climate and Disaster Resilience Research and Training Center
shall be sourced from the annual General Appropriations Act.

(2) The Department shall assist in the establishment of Research and Training
Centers at the provincial, city, and municipal governments, as appropriate. The funding
for such local Climate and Disaster Research and Training Centers may be sourced from
the eighty (80%) percent portion of the LDRF and other financial sources of the local

government unit concerned.

CHAPTER IX
INTEGRATION MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE
INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNICATION CONVERGENCE
SEC. 27. Climate and Disaster Resilience Information Management System
(CDRIMS). - The Department shall establish a National and Regional Information
Management System for Climate and Disaster Resilience. It shall constitute a physical central
database of all disaster risk reduction and climate change data, including a geographic
information system on geo-hazard assessments and climate risk. It shall be the repository of
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change vulnerability assessment. The CDRIMS shall at all times be made available to the
Emergency Operations Center of the National and Regional Climate and Disaster Resilience
Council (NRCDRC) development partners and multi-stakeholders to access critical
information and ensure that the collection processing, analysis and dissemination of
information is timely, reliable and accurate to support overall decision making and effective

coordination both at the national and sub-national level.

SEC. 28. Disaster Resilience and Climate Change Education and Training. —

(a) The Department of Education, CHED, and Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA), in coordination with the National Youth Commission (NYC), the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of
Health (DOH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and other relevant
agencies, developmental institutions, and non-government organizations shall integrate
disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation education in the school
curricula at all levels of education, from K to12 to tertiary levels, including the early and adult
learning programs, National Service Training Program (NSTP), and education for children and
persons with special needs, whether private or public, including formal and non-formal,
technical-vocational, indigenous learning, out-of- school youth courses and programs, and
other channels of educational integration, including media, church, entertainment centers
(malls), international and domestic airports and transport terminals.

(b) The Civil Service Commission (CSC), Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC), and
other licensure bodies shalll integrate disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management and
climate change adaptation questions in all professional and licensure examinations.

(©) In coordination with the Department and the Disaster Resilience Research and Training
Institute shall develop a curriculum for courses or subjects specific to disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction management and climate change adaptation, and shall mandate all
tertiary learning institutions to offer these subjects.

(d) The Parents and Teachers Community Associations shall initiate, support, and participate
in disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management and climate change adaptation related
activities in schools and host communities.

(c) The DepEd, the CHED, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA) and other developmental institutions, community-based practitioners and organized

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such as online modules, supplemental learning materials, resources and platforms, as part of
its climate change adaptation, disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and governance,
analysis, and management strategy.

(f) The DepEd, CHED, TESDA, developmental institutions and community-based
organizations shall regularly review, monitor, evaluate and report to the Council the status of
integration, mainstreaming and implementation of climate change adaptation, disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction and management in public-private schools and other learning
institutions.

(g) The LDROs shall form formal partnerships with tertiary learning institutions within their
respective jurisdictions to provide standard and ladderized training programs for LGU officials
and other disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management and climate change adaption.
(h) The DRC, the RDRCs, the LDRCs, the LDROs, the BDRCs, and the Sangguniang Kabataan
shall encourage the community, specifically the youth, participation in disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation activities, such as Information,
Education and Communication (IEC) Campaigns organizing quick response groups,
particularly in identified disaster-prone areas, as well as the inclusion of DRVR-climate change
adaptation programs as part of programs and projects of the Sangguniang Kabataan, youth
organizations and community-based disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management and

anticipatory adaptation initiatives.

(i) There shall be a mandatory training climate change adaptation-DRVR for public and private
sector employees, including teachers and Climate-Disaster Resilience Coordinators from both
the public and private learning institutions, shall be trained in emergency preparedness and
response in compliance with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 29. Standard Mechanism for Cascading Information, Education and
Communication on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk and Vulnerability
Reduction Management. -

(a) The DRC shall promote and advocate a culture of resilience and responsible-accountable,
liable and responsible citizenship through information, education and communication that is
appropriate, integrated, calibrated, inclusive, localized,

science- and risk-based, gender, culture and disability sensitive and accessible using
multimedia. Information, education, and communication on climate change adaption and

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(b) The NDRC shall formulate a Strategic Risk Communications Plan to encompass the entirety
of disaster risk and Vulnerability reduction and climate change adaption to achieve the desired
behavioral and attitudinal change towards responsible citizenship and culture of resilience. It
shall serve as a reference on continuous awareness raising and education at all levels of the
Government and multiple stakeholders.

(c) A Climate and Disaster Resilience Information Officer shall be designate at all levels of the
department to ensure implementation of the disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and
management and climate change adaptation information, education, and communication
campaign and shall serves as the primary coordinator for the dissemination of information,
education, and communication campaign on climate change adaptation and disaster risk and
vulnerability reduction management.

SEC.30. Declaration of Imminent Disaster. ~ The DDR shall provide guidance and
operating guidelines to LDRCs for the declaration of imminent disaster in their respective areas
which shall allow them to implement preemptive measures and use their quick response funds
in order to save lives and minimize damage to property, loss of live hoods and other assets.

SEC. 31. Flash Appeal or Appeal for International Assistance. Upon consultation with
the NDRC and in cognizance of the urgency, critically and intensity of an imminent risk, the
DDR shall issue a flash appeal to the family of nations, under regional and multilateral
conventions, for assistance in preparedness including preemptive measures, search, rescue and

retrieval, relief, recovery, and reconstruction.

CHAPTER X
CLIMATE AND DISASTER RISK INSURANCE AND INCENTIVES

SEC. 32. Climate and Disaster Risk Transfer, Insurance and Social Welfare. (a) The
Department shall oversee all climate and disaster risk-sharing and risk-transfer instruments and
other related initiatives to ensure the protection of property and livelihood, both public and
private.
(b) The Department shall ensure the mandatory insurance of all assets and properties of
national government agencies including government-owned or -controlled corporations, and
those over which the government has insurable interest, as prescribed under Republic Act No.
656, otherwise known as the “Property Insurance Law”. The insurance shall be provided by
any government insurance agency.

(c) The Department shall oblige the LGUs the mandatory insurance coverage of

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contingent potential losses, damages and disruption from natural hazards and human-induced

disasters chargeable against the LDRF.

SEC. 33. Recognition and Incentives. - Unless otherwise provided, the Department
shall establish an incentives program that recognizes outstanding performance of LDRC,
NGOs, CSOs, private sectors, schools, hospitals, and other stakeholders in promoting and
implementing significant disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management-climate change
adaptation programs and innovations, and meritorious acts of individuals, groups or institutions

during natural or human-induced disasters.

CHAPTER XI
PREPAREDNESS AND INTEGRATED EARLY WARNING
SEC. 34, Standards for Disaster Preparedness Activities. —

(a) The NDRC shall establish standards for disaster preparedness, contingency planning,
localizing and operationalizing disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management,
preparedness for disaster response, preparedness for early recovery, continuity of essential
services, and other relevant preparedness activities.

(b) LGUs shall identify safe or strategic sites, and establish evacuation centers with
appropriate and adequate facilities in accordance with government-approved standards as
provided under Republic Act No. 10821, otherwise known as the “Children’s Emergency
Relief and Protection Act”, in order to avoid disruption of school classes and lessen the use of

school buildings and facilities as evacuation centers.

The LGUs shall immediately compensate schools used as evacuation centers. The

schools may seek compensation on renovation or repairs of damaged facilities for such use.

SEC. 35. Multi- Hazard Early Warning and Risk Communication Standards. —

(a) There shall be a streamlined policy governing early warning systems and risk
communication protocols to ensure effective and efficient measures to prevent, prepare for,
respond to, and recover from possible risk caused by natural and human-induced hazards and
climate risk. The NDRC shall issue policy and the Department shall oversee and monitor the
implementation of this policy.

(b) The Department and all other concerned agencies with an integrated early warning

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climate-disaster risk information through the involvement of LGUs, community-based
organizations, CSOs, and other nongovernmental organizations.

SEC.36. Early Warning Mandate. -

(a) The Department shall issue and integrated early warning for hydro-meteorological,
geologic, or terrestrial phenomena to the appropriate government agencies or government-
accredited organizations for forecasting and early warning purposes. The Department shall
recognize and proactively support local or indigenous modes of early warning systems and
allow open access to real-time data from both local and international sources made available
through various platforms such as websites, mobile applications, and social media to empower
local communities and individuals.

(b) The Department shall enhance and strengthen Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) mandates under Republic Act No. 10692 and Executive Order
No. 128, Series of 1987, respectively.

(c) The Department shall recognize and proactively support local or indigenous modes of
early warning systems and allow open access to real-time data from both local and international
sources made available through various platforms such as websites, mobile applications, and
social media to empower local communities and individuals.

(d) Transmission of Early Warning. A person who transmits early warning concerning the
abovementioned phenomena by means of signs in designs, colors, lights, or sound shall do so
in compliance with the methods recognized or approved by the NDRC.

(e) The NDRC at the national and subnational level shall consider the use of integrated
early warning system to ensure it is consistent and locally contextualized with the
communication protocol and safe evacuation procedure of the affected communities to achieve
zero casualty, to zero death.

(f) The Department shall consider working with other agencies or organizations on pre-
crisis information mapping of the humanitarian needs of the at-risk community that will

enhance the overall prepositioning of resources at the national and local levels.

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SEC.37. Declaration of State of Calamity. — The Department shall declare a cluster of
barangays, municipalities, cities, provinces, and regions under a state of calamity, and the
lifting thereof, based on the criteria set by the NDRC.

The declaration and lifting of the state of calamity may also be issued by the local
Sanggunian, upon the recommendation of the LDRO, based on the results of the damage
assessment and needs analysis: Provided, That the Department, through the LDRC, may seek
from the local legislative body or Sanggunian, the declaration of a state of imminent disaster
to enable the local executives to implement preemptive evacuation and precautionary measures
in order to save lives and minimize damage to property, loss of livelihood, and disruption of
livelihood that require the use of funds and resources under the LDRF.

SEC. 38. Emergency Management — The respective Climate and Disaster Resilience
Councils shall lead in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the effects of any
disaster, upon due consideration to the economics of classification, capacity and vulnerability
of the local governments concerned.

(a) The Barangay Disaster Resilience Councils (BDRCs), if one barangay is affected;

(b) The city/municipal Disaster Resilience Councils (DRCs), if two (2) or more

barangays are affected;

(©) The provincial Disaster Resilience Council (DRC), if two (2) or more

cities/municipalities are affected;

(@) The Regional Disaster Resilience Council (DRC), if two (2) or more provinces are

affected; and

(e) The NDRC, if two (2) or more regions are affected.

SEC. 39, Humanitarian Assistance Action Center. ~The DRC shall institutionalize a
one-step shop mechanism through the Humanitarian Assistance Action Center for the
processing and release of goods, articles or equipment intended for humanitarian assistance
and the processing of necessary documents for international assisting actors. The Humanitarian
Assistance Action Center shall be managed by the Department shall be composed of the
following NDRC agencies:

(a) Department of Finance - Bureau of Customs;
(b) Department of Foreign Affairs;

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(f) Department of Agriculture;

(g) Department of Energy;

(h) Philippine National Police;
(i) Philippine Coast Guard; and

(i) Department of Justice ~ Bureau of Immigration;

SEC. 40. Accreditation, Mobilization, and Protection of Disaster Volunteers and
National Service Reserve Corps, CSOs and the Private Sector. — The government agencies,
CSOs, private sector and LGUs may mobilize individuals or organized volunteers to augment
their respective personnel complement and logistical requirements in the delivery of disaster
risk reduction programs and activities. The agencies, CSOs, private sector, and LGUs
concerned shall take full responsibility for the enhancement, welfare and protection of
volunteers, and shall submit the list of volunteers to the Department, through the LDROs, for
accreditation and inclusion in the database if community disaster volunteers.

A national roster of Accredited Community Disaster Resilience Volunteers (ACDRVs)
and institutions, National Service Reserve Corps, CSOs and the private sector shall be
maintained by the Department through the LDROs. Accreditation shall be done at the
municipal or city level.

The mobilization of volunteers shall be in accordance with this act and implementing
guidelines to be formulated by the NDRC. Any volunteer who died or was injured while
engaging in any of the activities defined under this act shall be entitled to compensatory
benefits and individual personal accident insurance as may be defined under the guidelines.

SEC. 41. Reporting of Humanitarian Assistance. — The concerned LGU shall submit
a report to the Department, all domestic or international humanitarian assistance received and

distributed within its area of responsibility.

CHAPTER XIII
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
SEC. 42. International Humanitarian Assistance. — The Department shall

promulgate guidelines on international humanitarian assistance, including the initiation, entry,
facilitation, transit, regulation, and termination thereof, as well as those involving international

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professional qualifications, entry of international disaster goods and equipment, and exemption

from port duties, taxes and restrictions.

SEC. 43. Assessment of the Need for International Humanitarian Assistance. —

(a) Immediately after the declaration of a state of calamity by the sanggunian of a local
government unit or by the Department, as the case may be, the Department shall determine as
to whether domestic capacities are likely to be sufficient to attend to the needs of affected
persons for international humanitarian assistance, this determination may also be made by the
President, prior to the onset of an imminent disaster.

(b) In the event the Department determines that domestic response capacities are not
likely to be sufficient due to the impact of the disaster, the Department shall recommend to the
President that a request be made for international humanitarian assistance.

(©) A determination that domestic capacities are likely to be sufficient and that
international humanitarian assistance is therefore unnecessary may be reviewed and rescinded
by the Department, with the approval of the President, at any time, in light of prevailing

circumstances and available information.

SEC. 44, Request for International Humanitarian Assistance. — The President may
request for international humanitarian assistance upon the advice of the Department. Such
request may be specifically directed to particular assisting international actors, or it may be a

general request directed to the international community.

SEC. 45. Humanitarian Assistance Action Center. — The Department shall
institutionalize an inter-agency one-stop shop mechanism called through the Philippine
International Humanitarian Assistance Reception Action Center (PIHARAC) for the
processing and release of entry and facilitation of goods, articles or equipment, and services of
international relief workers for the provision of international humanitarian assistance, and the

processing of necessary documents for assisting international actors.

CHAPTER XIV
OFFER AND FACILITATION OF
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN STATES
SEC. 46. Offer and Facilitation of International Humanitarian Assistance to

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humanitarian assistance is required, the Department may offer, facilitate and provide
international humanitarian assistance to such foreign state, which shall be subject to guidelines
to be promulgated by the Department for the purpose.

SEC. 47. Accreditation. — The Department, in coordination with relevant government
agencies and organizations, shall provide and facilitate the necessary training and accreditation
to the respective government personnel to be deployed for such offer, facilitation and provision
of international humanitarian assistance to a foreign state.

CHAPTER XV
LEGAL FACILITIES FOR
ELIGIBLE ASSISTING INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
SEC. 48. Guidelines for Coordination of International Humanitarian Assistance. —
‘The DRC shall issue comprehensive guidelines on the initiation, entry, facilitation, transit and
regulation of international relief goods and personnel, as well as eligibility guidelines to utilize

the legal facilities for assisting international actors provided hereunder.

SEC. 49. Visa Waiver. — Eligible assisting international actors shall be entitled to
waiver of entry visa requirements, including any associated fees or charges, to perform Disaster
Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance work for their sponsoring entities without the
requirement to seek a separate residence or work permit.

SEC. 50. Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications. —

(a) Eligible assisting international actors wishing to deploy international personnel for
tasks requiring legal recognition of their foreign professional qualifications shall certify the
validity of those qualifications under the law of the country where they were obtained and the
competence of their personnel for the tasks envisaged.

(b) The Department shall establish the guidelines and scope for recognition of foreign

professional qualifications for disaster response and early recovery.

(c) Recognition of qualifications shall remain valid until the end of the International
Initial Recovery Period, absent individual criminal conduct or other professional misconduct

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SEC. 51. Recognition of Foreign Driving Licenses. — Foreign driving licenses of
cligible assisting international actors shall be accorded temporary recognition during the
International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Periods.

SEC. 52. Facilitation of Access. — The international personnel of eligible assisting
international actors shall be allowed access to disaster-affected areas and persons requiring
Disaster Relief or Initial Recovery Assistance, subject to coordination requirements as
mandated by the Authority and limitations based on national security, public order or public
health, weighed in the context of the urgency of the disaster needs. They shall be permitted to
provide their goods and services directly to affected persons.

A. ENTRY OF INTERNATIONAL DISASTER GOODS AND EQUIPMENT

SEC. 53. Customs Facilitation and Priority Treatment. ~ The Department shall
facilitate the rapid importation of consignments of goods and equipment by eligible assisting
actors and shall accord them priority treatment in handling.

SEC. 54. Duty of Compliance by Eligible Assisting Actors. — In order to benefit from
the aforementioned legal facilities, eligible assisting international actors shall:

(a) Declare that all the goods and equipment they seek to import under this Part are
exclusively for Disaster Relief or Initial Recovery Assistance and that they comply with any
relevant standards under Philippine laws; and

(b) Pack, classify and mark their consignments in accordance with the requirements

described in this Act and its implementing rules and regulations.

SEC. 55. Exemption from Import Duties, Taxes and Restrictions. — Consignments of
goods and equipment by or on behalf of eligible assisting international actors shall benefit
from:

(a) Exemption from all duties and taxes;

(b) Waiver of economic prohibitions and restrictions except for categories of special goods
and equipment that may be indicated by the Department; and

(c) Clearance without regard to the country of origin or the country from which the goods

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B. EXPEDITED ENTRY AND USE RESTRICTIONS FOR SPECIFIC
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER GOODS AND EQUIPMENT

SEC. 56. Simplification of Documentation Requirements. —

(a) Consignment of goods and equipment sent by or on behalf of eligible assisting
international actors shall be cleared or released on the basis of a simplified goods declaration
providing the minimum information necessary for the Bureau of Customs to identify the goods
and equipment and subject, when deemed necessary, to completion of a more complete
declaration within a specified period.

(6) The requirements for the declaration for all imports of goods or equipment by or on
behalf of eligible assisting international actors and any supporting documents relating to said
consignment, release and clearance of goods or equipment shall be simplified and lodged
without fee.

SEC. 57. Telecommunications Equipment. — Eligible assisting international actors
shall be permitted to import telecommunications equipment for the purpose of Disaster Relief
or Initial Recovery Assistance without restrictions, except as required by NDRC guidelines
and other laws for purposes of national security or public order. The NDRC shall provide
guidelines for the manner of use telecommunications equipment as well as ¢ waiver of

licensing requirements or fees.

SEC. 58. Medications. — Eligible assisting international actors shall be permitted to
import and transport medications and medical equipment for the purpose of Disaster Relief or
Initial Recovery Assistance so long as they conform to the implementing rules and regulations
to be provided by the NDRC.

SEC. 59. Food. — Food imported by eligible assisting international actors for disaster
relief and recovery shall be admitted pursuant to expedited procedures set out by the DRC.

SEC. 60. Imported Vehicles. ~The granting of local registration and plates for vehicles
imported by eligible assisting international actors shall be expedited.

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SEC. 61. Disposition of Equipment and Unused Goods. - The DRC shall provide for
the guidelines for retention, re-exportation, donation and disposal of unused goods and
equipment after the termination of Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance operations.

CHAPTER XVI
RECOVERY
SEC. 62. Standards for Recovery. ~ The Department shall observe internationally
accepted standards for recovery, planning, programming and implementation of the recovery
process shall:
(a) Improve the community’s physical, social and economic resilience, consistent with
the principle of “build forward better”;
(b) Use locally-driven and centrally-supported processes based on legal mandates with
supplementary capacity support when requested;
(©) Redirect development outside danger zones to minimize loss of lives and structures
resulting from typhoons, flooding, landslides, and other hazards
(4) Employ outcome-driven planning and implementation;

(e) Maximize use of private-public sector partnership where possible;

(f) Consider local conditions such as culture, security situation, and existing capacities
of communities in identifying programs and projects;

(g) Ensure access to public transport, physical and mental health services, markets,
schools, sustainable livelihoods, and other public services in planning for settlement
areas; and

(h) Ensure restoration of peace and order and recovery of government functions.

CHAPTER XVII
REMEDIAL MEASURES UNDER STATE OF CALAMITY
SEC. 63. Remedial Measures under State of Calamity. ~ Upon the declaration of the
state of calamity, the following remedial measures shall be immediately undertaken by
concerned government agencies both of national and local levels:
(a) Imposition of price ceiling on basic necessities and prime commodities by the
National Price Control Council, as provided for under Republic Act No. 7581, otherwise
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(b) Monitoring, prevention and control by the Local Price Coordination Council of
overpricing/profiteering and hoarding of prime commodities, medicines and petroleum
products;

(c) Programming/reprogramming of funds for the repair of critical facilities or
public infrastructures that are vital for the quick delivery of humanitarian assistance, to
reduce further threat to lives and arrest further deterioration of properties and loss of
livelihoods in the affected communities, following the “build better forward” principle:

(1) Grant of no-interest loans by government financing or lending institutions to
the most vulnerable and marginalized groups or individuals; and
(2) Local tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs under such terms and conditions

as may be deemed necessary by the affected local government unit.

CHAPTER XVIII
PROCUREMENT
SEC. 64, General Rule on Procurement, ~ Any procurement of goods, services,
consultancy or infrastructure for disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and climate risk,
whether at the national or local level shall conform to the provisions and Implementing Rules
and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 otherwise known as “Government Procurement
Reform Act”, as amended.
SEC. 65. Emergency Procurement. ~ In order to expedite disaster response and early
recovery, the procurement or lease of equipment and delivery of goods and services through
emergency procurement or purchase at site shall be allowed. Periods of action on procurement

activities may also be waived for the same purpose and conditions.

CHAPTER XIX
PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES

SEC. 66. Prohibited Acts. - Any public official, private person, group or corporation
who commits any of the following prohibited acts shall be liable and be subjected to the
criminal and administrative penalties as provided for in Section 67 of this Act, without
prejudice to the imposition of other criminal, civil and administrative liabilities under existing
laws.

(a) Prohibited Acts Of Public Officials — The following acts, if committed by public

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(1) Dereliction of duties which leads to destruction, loss of lives, critical
damage of facilities and misuse of funds;

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approval of this Act;

lure to create a functional LDR Office within six (6) months from

(3) Failure to appoint a permanent local disaster resilience officer within six (6)
months from approval of this Act;

(4) Failure to prepare and implement a Contingency and Adaptation Plan for
hazards frequently occurring within their jurisdictions,

(5) Failure to formulate and implement the LDRP with the corresponding
budget allocation;

(6) Sexual exploitation and abuse, and other forms of sexual misconduct to the
affected population or at-risk communities shall be punishable under existing criminal

and administrative laws.

(b) Prohibited Acts of Public Officials and Private Persons or Institutions —

(1) Delaying, without justifiable cause in the delivery or improper handling or
storage of aid commodities, resulting to damage or spoilage;

(2) Withholding the distribution of relief goods due to (a) political or partisan
considerations; (b) discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, or gender; and (c)
other similar circumstances;

(3) Preventing the entry and distribution of relief goods in disaster-stricken
areas, including appropriate technology, tools, equipment, accessories, disaster teams
or experts;

(4) Buying, for consumption or resale, from disaster relief agencies any relief
goods, equipment or other and commodities which are intended for distribution to
disaster affected communities;

(5) Buying, for consumption or resale, from disaster affected persons, relief
goods, equipment or other aid commodities received by them;

(6) Selling of relief goods, equipment, or other aid commodities which are
intended for distribution to disaster victims;

(7) Forcibly seizing relief goods, equipment, or other aid commodities intended
for or consigned to a specific group of victims or relief agency;

(8) Diverting or misdelivery of relief goods, equipment, or other aid

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(9) Accepting, possessing, using or disposing relief goods, equipment or other
aid commodities not intended for nor consigned to them;

(10) Misrepresenting the source of relief goods, equipment, or other aid
commodities by:

i. Either covering, replacing or defacing the labels of the containers to
make it appear that the goods, equipment, or other aid commodities came from
another agency or persons;

ii, Repacking the goods, equipment, or other aid commodities into
containers with different markings to make it appear that the goods came from
another agency or persons or was released upon the instance of a particular
agency or persons;

iii. Making a false verbal claim that the goods, equipment or other and
commodities in their untampered original containers actually came from another
agency or persons or was released upon the instance of a particular agency or
persons;

(11) Substituting or replacing relief goods, equipment, or other aid
commodities with the same items or of inferior/cheaper quality;

(12) Illegal solicitations by persons or organizations representing others as
defined in the standards and guidelines set by the NDRC;

(13) Deliberate use of false or inflated data in support of the request for
funding, relief goods, equipment, or other aid commodities for emergency assistance or
livelihood projects;

(14) Stealing, taking, or possessing of any of the equipment, accessories and
other vital facility or items or any part thereof

(15) Selling or buying stolen equipment, accessories, and other vital facility
items or any part thereof;

(16) Tampering with or stealing hazard monitoring and disaster preparedness
‘equipment and paraphernalia.

(17) Attempting to commit any of the abovementioned prohibited acts; and

(18)Benefitting from the proceeds or fruits of any of the abovementioned
prohibited acts knowing that the proceeds or fruits are derived from the commission

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SEC. 67. Penalties. — The following penalties shall be imposed on any individual,
corporation, partnership, association or other juridical entity that commits any of the
prohibited acts in the preceding section:

(a) Imprisonment of not less than twelve (12) years but not more than fifteen (15)
years or a fine of not less than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00) but not more than Three
million pesos (Php3,000,000.00), or both imprisonment and fine at the discretion of the court
shall be imposed upon any person found guilty of violating subsections (b)(1) to (b)(16), as
well as the confiscation or forfeiture in favor of the government of the objects and the
instrumentalities used in the commission of the prohibited acts;

(b) Imprisonment of not less than six (6) years but not more than eight (8) years or a
fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00) but not more than One
million pesos (Php1,000,000.00), or both imprisonment and fine at the discretion of the court,
shall be imposed upon any person who attempts to commit any of the prohibited acts in the
preceding section, in violation of subsection (b)(17) thereof;

(©) _ Imprisonment of not less than two (2) years but not more than six (6) years or @
fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos (Php200,000.00) but not more than Five
hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00), or both imprisonment and fine at the discretion of
the court, shall be imposed upon any person found guilty of unlawfully benefiting from the
proceeds or fruits of any of the prohibited in the preceding section, in violation of subsection
(b)(18) thereof;

(d) Perpetual disqualification from public office aside from the penalty of fine or
imprisonment or both, shall be imposed if the offender is a public officer, and confiscation or
forfeiture in favor of the government of the objects and the instrumentalities used in the
commission of any of the prohibited in the preceding section;

(©) _ Ifthe offender is a corporation, partnership or association, or other juridical entity,
the penalty shall be imposed upon the officer or officers of the corporation, partnership,
association or entity responsible for the violation without prejudice to the cancellation or
revocation of these entities’ registration, license or accreditation issued to them by any
licensing or accredited body of the government. If such offender is an alien, the person shall,
in addition to the penalties prescribed in this Act, be deported without further proceedings after
service of the sentence;

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which is the object of the crime shall likewise be imposed upon any person who shall commit
any of the prohibited acts in the preceding section; and

(g) The prosecution for offenses set forth under the preceding section shall be without
prejudice to any criminal liability for violation of Act No. 3815, as amended, otherwise known
as the “Revised Penal Code”, and other existing laws, as well as the imposition of applicable

administrative or civil liabilities.

CHAPTER XX
APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 68. Appropriations. —
(a) The amount needed for the initial implementation of this Act shall be taken from the
current fiscal year’s unexpended appropriation of all agencies herein absorbed, transferred, and
attached to the Department. Thereafter, the amount needed for the operation and maintenance
of the Department shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.
(b) National Disaster Resilience Fund (NDRF). The utilization and allocation of the entire
NDRF (Calamity Fund) and its quick response fund component shall be managed by the
Department except as provided for by specific laws.
(c) Local Disaster Resilience Fund (LDRF). Not less than seven percent (7%) of the
estimated revenue from regular sources shall be set aside as the LDRF to support disaster risk
and vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation programs, projects
and activities, The LDRC shall monitor and evaluate the use and disbursement of the LDRF
based on the LDRP as incorporated in the local development plans and annual work and
financial plan. Upon the recommendation of the LDRO and approval of the sanggunian
concerned, the LDRC may transfer the said fund to support the disaster risk and vulnerability
reduction and climate change adaptation work and initiatives of other LDRCs that are declared
under a state of calamity.

1) Of the amount appropriated for LDRF, twenty percent (20%) shall be allocated as
Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund for prepositioning of goods and relief and early
recovery programs in order that the situation and living conditions of people in communities
or areas stricken by disasters, epidemics, or complex emergencies, may be normalized as
quickly as possible.

2) Of the annual appropriation of LDRF, eighty percent (80%) shall be appropriated for
climate change adaptation, disaster risk and vulnerability reduction, prevention, adaptation and

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vulnerable communities and risk-reducing infrastructure. The NDRC shall pass a resolution to
set the priority allocations and govern and trigger the acceleration and implementation of this
section.

3) Of the amount appropriated for the Disaster Resilience Fund, twenty percent (20%)
shall be allocated as Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund for prepositioning of goods
and equipment and relief and early recovery programs in order that situation and living
conditions of people in communities or areas stricken by disasters, epidemics, or complex
emergencies, may be normalized as quickly as possible.

4) All departments/agencies and LGUs that are allocated with Local Disaster Resilience
Fund shall submit to the Department their monthly statements on the utilization of Local
Disaster Resilience Funds and make an accounting thereof in accordance with existing
accounting and auditing rules.

5) All departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of the government are hereby authorized
to use a portion of their appropriations to implement projects designed to address disaster risk
and vulnerable reduction-climate change adaptation activities in accordance with the Disaster
Resilience Plan and the guidelines to be issued by the DRC in coordination with the Department
of Budget and Management (DBM) and Commission on Audit (COA). Unexpended LDRF
shall accrue to a trust fund solely for the purpose of supporting disaster risk reduction and
management and climate change adaptation activities of the LDRCs within the next two (2)
years. Any such amount still not fully utilized after two (2) years shall revert back to the general
fund and will be available for other social services to be identified by the local sanggunian.

The NDRC shall issue guidelines on the utilization and release of LDRF in coordination
with other concerned government agencies.
4) Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness Fund for third (3rd) to sixth (6th) class provinces
and municipalities. There shall be in the annual General Appropriations Act an amount allotted
solely for the use of 3rd to 6th class provinces and municipalities for the purpose of augmenting
their LDRF with respect to plans, programs, projects, and procurement for climate change
adaptation, disaster risk prevention, mitigation, and preparedness. The requirements to avail of

this fund shall be laid down in rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary.

CHAPTER XXI
FINAL PROVISIONS
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(a) The applicable powers, functions, funds, and appropriations of the Office of
Civil Defense (OCD) and the Climate Change Office (CCO), Geo-Hazard Assessment and
Engineering Geology Section of Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), Health and
Emergency Management Bureau of the Department of Health (DOH), the Disaster Response
Assistance and Management Bureau (DREAMB) of the DSWD, and the Bureau of Fire
Protection are hereby transferred to the Department.

(6) The disaster risk reduction and management functions, assets and personnel of
the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) currently under the DND, are hereby transferred to the
Department, and the civil defense functions shall remain with the DND;

(©) The existing organizational and administrative systems and processes of the
transferred OCD shall serve as the core organization of the Department.

(d) The Climate Change Office of the Climate Change Commission continue its
functions under Republic Act No. 10174 under the Department.

(e) The following agencies are hereby attached to the Department:

(1) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration (PAGASA); and
(2) Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).

The employees of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) shall remain as a distinct entity
within the Department including their uniformed personnel status and benefits.

The Department shall, by virtue of this Act, be subrogated to all the rights and assume
all the liabilities of the agencies absorbed under this Act, and all their funds, records, property,
assets, equipment, and such personnel as necessary, including unexpended appropriations or
allocations. All contracts and liabilities of the said agencies are hereby transferred to and
assumed by the Department and shall be acted upon in accordance with the Auditing Code and
other pertinent laws, rules, and regulations.

SEC. 70. Separation Benefits of Officials and Employees of Affected Agencies. ~
National government employees displaced or separated from the service as a result of this Act
shall be entitled to separation pay and other benefits in accordance with Republic Act No. 6656,
otherwise known as “Government Reorganization Law” and other existing laws, rules or
regulations, Provided, That those who are qualified to retire under existing retirement laws
shall be allowed to retire and receive retirement benefits to which they may be entitled under

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SEC. 71. Magna Carta for DDR Personnel. Qualified employees of the DDR, Local
Government Units and its attached units shall be covered by Republic Act No. 8439, known as
the Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and Other Science and Technology
Personnel in the Government, and Republic Act No. 7005, otherwise known as “Magna Carta
for Public Health Workers.”

CHAPTER XX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS,
SEC. 72. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Department, in consultation with
concerned stakeholders, shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective
implementation of this Act within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act.

SEC. 73. Congressional Oversight Committee. There shall be created a Congressional
Oversight Committee on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience to monitor and oversee the
implementation of the provisions of this Act. The Committee shall be composed of six (6)
members from the Senate and six (6) members from the House of Representatives with the
Chairpersons of the Committees on National Defense and Security of both the Senate and the
House of Representatives as joint Chairpersons of this Committee. The five (5) other members
from each Chamber are to be designated by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, respectively. The minority shall be entitled to pro rata representation but
shall have at least two (2) representatives from each Chamber.

SEC. 74. Review. Five (5) years after the effectivity of this Act, or as the need arises,
the Congressional Oversight Committee shall conduct a systematic evaluation by the
Congressional Oversight Committee of the accomplishments and impact of this Act, as well as
the performance and organizational structure of its implementing agencies, for purposes of

determining remedial legislation.
SEC. 75. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act shall be declared
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not otherwise affected shall remain in full force

and effect.

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(a) Republic Act No. 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Act of 2010, is hereby repealed.

(b) The following provisions are hereby amended or modified, accordingly:

1. Section 30 of Executive Order No. 128, Series of 1987, otherwise known as the
Reorganization Act of the National Science and Technology Authority;

2. Section 6 of Republic Act 6975, otherwise known as the Department of the Interior
and Local Government Act of 1990;

3. Section 3(d) and 5 of Republic Act No. 9729, otherwise known as the Climate
Change Act of 2009, as amended by Republic Act No. 10174;

4, Section 4 of Republic Act No. 10639, otherwise known as the Free Mobile Disaster
Alerts Act; and

5. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 10692, otherwise known as the PAGASA
Modernization Act of 2016”

(c) All other laws, decrees, executive orders and issuances, proclamations, rules and
regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof that are inconsistent with the provisions of this

Act are hereby repealed or amended, accordingly.

SEC. 77. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,