Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1542

INTRODUCED BY HON. MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The documentary film An Inconvenient Truth by former US Vice President Al
Gore presents chilling facts about the Earth's worsening condition (rapidly-deteriorating
polar ice caps, extinction of various flora and fauna, steady increases in worldwide
temperature, erratic weather conditions and the adverse effects of these on human
health) attributed to global warming. The film adds that occurences are bound to get
worse unless every person and every goverment on the planet acts to mitigate the
rampant environmental degradation as a result of human activity involving carbon
emissions

Philippine events in recent memory lend credence to Gore's findings: landslides,
flashfloods, and errartic weather distubances. Also, an increase in global temperatures
that is expected to cause other changes including sea level rise, and changes in the
amount and pattern of precipitation which may in turn result in flooding and drought.

This bill seeks to provide a topographical map that would identify the low-lying
areas of the Philippines vulnerable to rising sea levels.

In view thereof, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

Phileas, Tai

MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO
Representative, 1st District
City of Marikina


Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1542

INTRODUCED BY HON. MARCELINO “MARCY” R. TEODORO

AN ACT
TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES,
THROUGH THE NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY,
TO IDENTIFY THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY,
VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be know as the “Topographical Map of
Low-Lying Areas in the Philipppines Act of 2010.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to promote the
public health, safety, and general welfare; to further the orderly layout of land and
identification of low-lying areas vulnerable to rising sea levels as a result of global
warming; to establish the procedure for vacating these areas in the event of imminent
danger caused by global warming

SECTION 3. Department of Environment and Natural Resources; The National
mapping and Resource Information Authority; Local Government Units.- Within one (1)
year after the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) through the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
(NAMRIA) is directed to submit a topographical map of the Philippnes, identifying the low-
lying areas vulnerable to rising sea levels as result of global warming. It shall contain
proper identification of lands bordering sea levels, in consultation with the applicable local
government units, to come up with the most accurate data.

SECTION 4. Appropriation of Funds. - Seventy Million (P70,000,000.00) Pesos is
herein appropriated from the National Treasury to fund the activities covered in this Act.

SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - if any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional or inoperative, the other provisions not so declared shall remain in force
and effect.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. ~ All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with the Act or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant
thereto are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC. 19. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
Publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,