Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

‘TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No._3612

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA
24 District, Nocos Norte

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) was established on January 6, 1978 by virtue
of Presidential Decree No. 1279. It was named in honor of the late father of President
Ferdinand E. Marcos—Don Mariano R. Marcos, a father, a lawyer, an educator, and a
legislator.

Over the years, MMSU has certainly lived up to its name. It was recognized by the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as Center of Excellence (COE) in Teacher
Education and Center of Development (COD) in Agriculture, Biology, Forestry and
Information Technology. MMSU has also been chosen as one of the few National Universities
for Agriculture and Fisheries Education in the entire Philippines.

If President Marcos were alive today, he would have been proud of what MMSU has
achieved and become—a university worthy of its name and a place from whence our leaders
of the future will come, men and women who can thus rule others because they have learned
the basic precept of learning first to rule themselves their emotions and their passions.’ A
university that has grown tremendously. This was his dream that finally came to fruition.

A true university, he said, is a school of discipline where the mind, the will and the spirit
of men may be enabled to achieve and to create in the image of his maker; who are born or
who live in this northern region who must rely on human, rather than material resources
have need of this kind of university to transmit the virtues of the older generation to the
young, to institutionalize the transmittal of this virtue—from one generation to the other?

In recognition of President Marcos’ unparalleled vision and undying legacy, this bill
seeks to rename Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) as Ferdinand E. Marcos State
University (FEMSU)—from one generation to the other. A generation that has honored the
father and is now ready to honor the son, similar to how a father passes the torch to his son.

Staying true to President Marcos’ legacy, the University envisions a premier Philippine
university by 2028, guided by the value of knowledge, inclusiveness, professionalism, and
spiritual and social responsibility. This shall be the Ferdinand E, Marcos State University.

Considering that the bill has been approved on Third and Final Reading in the 18"
Congress, the immediate passage of this measure is earnestly sought.

ANG! (COS BARBA

* Marcos, FE. (1980). Presidential speeches {Vol. 8). [Manila: Office ofthe President ofthe Philippines)
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 3612

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA
2™ District, locos Norte

AN ACT

RENAMING MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY (MMSU) IN THE
CITY OF BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE AS FERDINAND E. MARCOS STATE
UNIVERSITY (FEMSU), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1279, ENTITLED “MERGING THE
MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL COLLEGE AND NORTHERN LUZON
STATE COLLEGE INTO A UNIVERSITY, TRANSFERRING THE COLLEGE
LEVEL COURSES OF ILOCOS NORTE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND
ILOCOS NORTE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADES INTO SAID
UNIVERSITY, PROVIDING A CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR"

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

SECTION 1. The Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in the City of Batac,
Ilocos Norte is hereby renamed as the Ferdinand E, Marcos State University
(FEMSU).

SECTION 2. The main campus of the FEMSU shall remain in its present
location in the City of Batac, Ilocos Norte.

SECTION 3. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the
“Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997", shall form as an integral part of this
Act and shall serve as part of the Governing Charter of the University.

SECTION 4. All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules and
regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are amended,
repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,