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Introduced by SENATOR EDCARDO J. 
ANGARA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Consistent with the policy of the State to ensure full public disclosure of all 
its transactions involving public interest, this bill seeks to require full disclosure of 
the identity, nature of work, and compensation of foreign consultants hired or 
retained by the Government, its agencies, instrumentalities, including government - 
owned or - controlled corporations (GOCCs) and their subsidiaries. 
There are three (3) main objectives of this bill: 
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That the public's basic right to know who are providing expert 
advice and support to the government be fully accorded them; 
Second, That the public be appraised if the services for which the consultants 
are being sought are indeed indispensable and cannot be rendered 
by our local experts; and 
That the public be informed of the money being spent from the 
national coffers to pay consultants hired by the Government. 
Third, 
Transparency, in all its forms, must be given upper-hand in the government. 
Relative to the bill, this is needed so that the public will know whether or not the 
consultancy fees paid to these consultants are commensurate with the benefits that 
the Government is supposed to get from such consultancy contracts. 
Approval of this bill, therefore, is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


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Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO 1. ANGARA 
AN ACT REQUIRING ALL BRANCHES AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, 
INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS 
AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES TO DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF THEIR FOREIGN 
CONSULTANTS, THE NATURE OF THEIR WORK 
AND THEIR COMPENSATION, PERKS AND OTHER PRIVILEGES, 
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES IN CASE OF VIOLATION THEREOF. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Jifle. This Act shall be known as the "Foreign 
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Consultants' Disclosure Act of 2005." 
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matters of public concern. 
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SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy - It is hereby declared the policy of the 
State to adopt and implement full public disclosure of all its transactions, following 
the constitutional mandate to make available to the people all information on 
Towards this end, it shall be the purpose and policy of this Act, pursuant to 
the principle of transparency in public office, to regulate the activities of foreign 
consultants and to require their registration and the disclosure of the nature of their 
work and their compensation and other privileges, so that the government and the 
people of the Philippines may be informed of their identity and may appraise their 
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SECTION. 3. Definition - For purposes of this Act: 
a) “Foreign consultants” shall refer to a national of another State who render 
services to the Philippine Government. 
SECTION. 4 Disclosure Requirement - All heads of branches, subdivisions, 
instrumentalities, and agencies of the Government, including government-owned or 
controlled corporations (GOCCs) or their subsidiaries shall, within six (6) months 
from the effectivity of this Act, provide the Department of Budget and Management 
(DBM), in writing and under oath, the following : 
a. The name, principal address, and all other principal business or residential 
addresses in the Philippines, of the foreign consultant hired or retained by 
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their respective government office; 
The compensation to be paid, if any, and the form and manner of such 
compensation, including honoraria, fees, financial or other benefits or 
privileges; 
A copy of the contract / s of employment, or in the absence thereof, a full 
statement of the terms and conditions under which such foreign national acts 
or agrees to act as consultant, entered into by the Government office; 
The date when such contract or each of such contracts was made, the date of 
commencement of activity thereunder and the period during which such 
contract or each of such contracts is to be in effect; 


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e. Such other statements, information or documents as the DBM for purposes of 
this Act may, from time to time, require; 
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The termination of the status of the foreign agent shall not relieve him from 
his obligation to file a registration statement in accordance with this Act for 
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the period during which he was such an agent. 
SECTION. 5 Publication - The Department of Budget and Management 
(DBM) shall maintain a centralized data-file of all foreign consultants hired by the 
government, its agencies, branches, instrumentalities, including government-owned 
or controlled corporations or their subsidiaries. Every January of each year, the DBM 
shall cause the publication of the list of foreign consultants hired or retained by the 
Government, whether for the full year or for only a part thereof, in at least two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation. 
SECTION. 6. 
Penal Clause - The head of any branch, subdivision, 
instrumentality, and agency of the government, including a government-owned or 
controlled corporation or its subsidiary that violates Sections 3 and 5 of this Act 
shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P30,OOO.OO) 
but not more than Sixty Thousand Pesos (P120,OOO.OO) and imprisonment of not 
less than six (6) years or both at the discretion of the court. Those convicted shall 
be perpetually disqualified from holding public office. 
Upon conviction by the 
Regional Trial Court, the official convicted shall immediately be suspended from 
office and shall remain suspended pending the final outcome of any appeal he or 
she shall have taken in the case. 


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SECTION. 7. Repealing Clause - All laws, executive orders, rules and 
regulations contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SECTION. 8. Separability Clause - If any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not affected shall remain in full 
force and effect. 
SECTION. 9. Effectivity Clause - This Act shall take effect immediately 
following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation, whichever come first. 
Approved,