EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

_Introduced by Represei

3806

House Bill No.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Kalayaan Island is @ Sth class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines
which has a population of around 300 to 400 people. It has one barangay, Pag-Asa and a
1.3 km airstrip that is used both by the military and civilians.

These Islands have been the subject of claims of different countries including
Vietnam, Palau, Malaysia and China.

The Philippines said the areas covered by Vietnam's unilateral partial submission are
‘disputed because they overlap with those of the Philippines." The Philippines also
Contested the submission by the Republic of Palau establishing the outer limits of its
continental shelf that lie beyond 200 nautical miles. It said the baselines from which the
breadth of the territorial sea of Palau is measured overlaps with the maritime jurisdiction of

the Philippines

As of the present, the different countries, particularly China have built strong
fortifications and military structures in the Islands surrounding the Kaiayaan islands

On several instances. Chinese gunboats even confiscated fishing nets of the Filipino
fishermen and the increasing Chinese intrusions and their illegal occupation of Mischief
(Panganiban) Reef are already alarming to the country's security

And in order to strengthen our claim and protect our sovereignty, we need to build
more structures and fortify our defense of these Islands, particularly the construction of a
safe harbor as weil as the repair of the Rencudo airfield on Pag-Asa Island. Aside from
solidifying our ciaim, the construction of structures in the Kalayaan islands would also
improve the tourism industry of the Islands

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


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Requiar Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez

House Bill No. 3806

AN ACT
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE BILLION PESOS (P1,000,000,000) FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT, FORTIFICATION AND BUILDING OF STRUCTURES IN THE

KALAYAAN GROUP OF ISLANDS.

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

SECTION 1. The amount of One Billion Pesos (P1,000,000,000) is hereby appropriated to
be exclusively used for the forfification and improvement of the current structures present in
the Kalayaan Group of Islands.

Further. the same amount shall also be used to build new structures in the Islands
like harbors, berthing facilities and other structures necessary to promote tourism in the
Islands and increase the defensive capabilities of the Philippines to strengthen the

Philippines’ claim over it,

SEC. 2. It is hereby required that an annual report regarding the use of the funds
appropriated by this Act be submitted to both houses of Congress

SEC. 3. Separability Clause — If any portion of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the same
shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions not affected thereby.

SEC. 4. Repealing Clause — Ali laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, and
other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed
amended or modified accordinaly

SEC. 5. Effectivity — This Act shail take effect after fifteen (\5) days following its publication in
at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation

Approved.