REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 943

Introduced by MAGDALO Party List RepresentativesFranciscoAshley L. Acedillo and
Gary C. Alejano

Explanatory Note

Republic Act 6948 was enacted in 1990 in cognizance of the State’s policy to foster the
socioeconomic security and general well-being of the country's veterans in recognition of their
patriotic services. Said measure provided for burial assistance to veterans in the amount of Four
‘Thousand Pesos. Four years thereafter, RA 7696 was passed to upgrade and standardize military
veterans’ benefits. Said upgrade included the increase of burial assistance to Ten Thousand
Pesos

Ithas been almost twenty years since the enactment of RA 7696 and it is high time that Congress
grant an increase in the veterans’ burial assistance given the mounting cost of living expenses
and the concomitant decrease in the currency purchasing power. Further, as a last act of grateful
recognition to their noble service to the country, it is but proper that the State honor our fallen
veterans’ memory by providing them with a dignified and decent burial.

Hence, this measure seeks to increase the burial assistance to the person who defrayed the
funeral expense of a deceased veteran to Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) from Ten
Thousand Pesos (P10.000.00), amending for the purpose Section 20 of Republic Act No. 6948,

In view of the foregoing, the early passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
S .

FRANGISCO ASHLEY L. ACEDILLO GARY C. ALEJANO


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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

943

House Bill No.

Introduced by MAGDALO Party List Representatives FranciscoAshley L. Acedillo and
Gary C. Alejano

AN ACT
INCREASING THE BURIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS FROM TEN
THOUSAND (P10,000.00) TO TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000.00), AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS “AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR
MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. Section 20 of Republic Act No. 6948, as amended, is hereby further

amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 20. Burial Assistance, — [Unless the person who defrayed the expenses for
the funeral of a deceased veteran is entitled to a similar benefit from the United States
Government, he/ she shall be given Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) as burial assistance
upon application therefore in due form which shall be filed within two (2) years from the
death of the veteran concerned.] THE PERSON WHO DEFRAYED THE EXPENSES
FOR THE FUNERAL OF A DECEASED VETERAN SHALL BE GIVEN
TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,000.00) AS BURIAL ASSISTANCE UPON
APPLICATION THEREFOR IN DUE FORM WHICH SHALL BE FILED
WITHIN TWO @) YEARS FROM THE DEATH OF THE VETERAN

CONCERNED.”


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SEC.2. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall

be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the

Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,