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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE: 0 8 AUG 2016
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 2620

Introduced by Rep. Jose L. Atienza, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to grant additional privileges to Filipino Senior Citizens in the form of an
additional thirty percent to the current twenty percent discount mandated by law for senior
citizens availing of domestic air and sea transport services. If approved, senior citizens would
then be able to enjoy a total of Fifty Percent (50%) reduction in their air and sea domestic fares

This would greatly enable our senior citizens ~ who have spent the most productive years
of their lives contributing to our country’s economy and development through hard work and by
religiously paying their taxes ~ to enjoy their so-called golden years by travelling to the countless.
tourist destinations our country has been so richly blessed with. With the increasing costs of
healthcare and medication today, senior citizens barely have enough resources to enable them to
travel and enjoy their retirement years. Most of them have reached their ripe old age without
even setting foot outside Metro Manila due to the high cost of travel. Travel will likewise afford
them the opportunity to reconnect with friends and family residing and working in different parts
of the country

Through this bill, they become the most ideal salesmen and tourism ambassadors for our
country to encourage both local and foreign tourists to see and enjoy the world-famous islands
and resorts in the Philippines,

The passage of this bill is earnestly sought for the benefit of our Senior Citizens.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no. ebe0

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Introduced by Rep. Jose L. Atienza, Jr.

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AN ACT
GRANTING A TOTAL OF FIFTY PERCENT (50%) DISCOUNT ON THE FARE OF
SENIOR CITIZENS ON DOMESTIC FLIGHTS AND SEA VOYAGES; AMENDING.
FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT 9994,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010”

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

Section I. Section 4 of Republic Act no. 7432, as amended by Republic Act no. 9994, otherwise
known as the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, is hereby amended further to read as
follows:

“Section 4. Privileges for the Senior Citizens
“The senior citizens shall be entitled to the following:

“xxx.

“(m) The grant of fifty per centum (50%) discount and
exemption from the value-added tax (VAT) on
actual transportation fare for domestic air
transport services and sea shipping vessels and the
like, based on the actual fare and advanced
booking.

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Section 2. Repealing Clause — Relevant sections of Republic Act no. 7432, as amended by
Republic Act no. 9994, otherwise known as the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010; and all
laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, and parts thereof which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 3. Separability Clause ~ If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act, or any
portion thereof, or the application of such section, provision, or portion to any person, group, or
circumstance is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or the application
of such section, provision, or portion thereof to other persons, groups, or circumstances shall not
be affected by such declaration

Section 4. Effectivity ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in
three (3) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,