Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

6060
House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Presley C. De Jesus, PHILRECA Party List
Representative Godofredo N. Guya, RECOBODA Party List
Representative Sergio C. Dagooc, APEC Party List
Representative Adriano A. Ebcas, Ako Padayon Pilipino Party List

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Breaking the cycle of poverty has always been the core of Republic Act
11310 otherwise known as the “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps)". Since the year 2007, the program has been implemented by the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) alongside
other agencies to combat extreme poverty, illiteracy, infant mortality,
and to improve the health conditions of the poorest of the poor.

The program, according to a World Bank study’, has reduced poverty in
the Philippines by an average of 1.4% per year which translates to
roughly around 1.5 million Filipinos. Other than the aforementioned, the
program has also made positive impacts on literacy, health condition,
and livelihood of target households identified through the National
Household Targeting System.

According to the study, there has been an increase in investments in
livestock and machineries made by 4Ps Households which implies
attempts to set-up businesses and small-scale industries; an event which
is well within the projected outcomes of the said program.

Since its discovery and instrumentalization, electricity has been
essential not only to numerous industries but also in improving human
life in modern society. Tools, machines, and other implements such as
appliances and lighting fixtures that contribute to improving living
conditions and assist in performing labor cannot be used without
electricity.

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cash-transfer-s-implementation-performance


It can be argued that electricity, given its utility, has become an
indispensable resource for people living in modern society and that
inaccessibility to the aforementioned resource is an indicator of
substandard living conditions which, unfortunately, still affect
numerous households hence the existence of the 4Ps Program.

In light of the aforementioned, this bill aims to improve the living
conditions of the 4Ps Households and to accelerate the growth of these
small-scale industries or businesses by making electricity, a necessity in
modern life, accessible to even the poorest Filipinos.

In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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ad LEY C. DE JESUS
Party-list, PHILRECA

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Party-list, APEC

ADRIANO A. EBCAS
Party-list, Ako Padayon Pilipino



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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5060

Introduced by Representative Presley C. De Jesus, PHILRECA Party List
Representative Godofredo N. Guya, RECOBODA Party List
Representative Sergio C. Dagooc, APEC Party List
Representative Adriano A. Ebcas, Ako Padayon Pilipino Party List

“AN ACT
EXPANDING THE PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM”

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

Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Expanded
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act”

Section 2. Section 2. Declaration of 11310 of R.A 11310 is hereby amended
as follows:

“Declaration of Policies. -The State shall promote a just and
dynamic social order thereby uplifting its citizens and
marginalized sectors from poverty through policies that
provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a
rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for
all.

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(g) Improve maternal health;
(h) Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being
for all; and

(@ Achieve sustainable rural development
through access to electricity for all.”


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Section 3. Section 4 of R.A 11310 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 4. The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
- The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is the
national poverty reduction strategy and a human capital
investment program that provides conditional cash transfer to
poor households for a maximum period of seven (7) years, to
improve the health, nutrition, access to electricity, and
education aspect of their lives. The National Advisory Council
(NAC) may recommend a longer period under exceptional
circumstances.”

Section 4. Section 7 of R.A. 11310 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 7. Conditional Cash Transfer to Beneficiaries. -The
Advisory Council shall determine the amount of conditional
cash transfer to beneficiaries with the following schemes:

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(d) Health and nutrition grant shall not be lower
than Seven hundred fifty pesos (P750.00) per
month for a maximum of twelve (12) months per
year.

The health/nutrition grant component aims to
promote healthy practices and _ family
development, improve the health nutritional
status of pregnant and post-partum mothers,
infants and young children, and increase the use
of health services by the household-beneficiary.
The health grant is a fixed amount and does not
depend on the number of members in the
household.

(©) Electric utility grant shall not lower be
than Five hundred pesos (500.00) per
month for a maximum of twelve (12)
months per year.

‘The electric utility grant component seeks to
increase accessibility to electricity of household
beneficiaries which, as a result, will improve the
living conditions of families and stimulate the
growth of small scale/family-owned business of
household-beneficiaries. The electric utility
grant is a fixed amount and does not depend on
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Section 5. Section 15 or R.A 11310 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 15. Advisory Council. - An Advisory Council shall be
created at the regional and national levels to be headed by the
DSWD.

The regional advisory councils and NAC shall have, as
members, representatives from the DSWD, Department of
Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd),
Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry
(DTD), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of
Science and Technology (DOST), Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and the National
Electrification Administration (NEA). The regional
advisory councils and NAC shall also have, as additional
members, two (2) representatives from accredited
nongovernmental organizations working or monitoring social
welfare service programs.

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Section 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations — Within sixty (60) days
from the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Social Welfare and
Development shall, in coordination with the appropriate government
departments and agencies with the participation of the electric
cooperatives, promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to carry out
the provisions of this Act.

Section 7. Separability Clause - If for any cause, any part of this Act is
declared unconstitutional, the rest of the provisions shall remain in force
and in effect.

Section 8. Repealing Clause — All laws, decrees, proclamations, issuances,
or ordinances that ‘are contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this
‘Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 9. Effectivity Clause - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after the publication in the Official Gazette in at least two (2) national
newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.