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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
First Regular Session 
OF THE PHILIPPINE 
Introduced by Senator S. R. OsmeAa 111 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
At the time when the credibility of the country's law enforcement agencies 
has sank to an all-time low, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has managed 
to retain an image of acceptability to the public in their conduct of investigations 
which has led to the solution of many major heinous crimes. 
The NBI serves the needs of law enforcement agencies at both national and 
local levels. It is also charged with investigating various irregularities and anomalies 
in government, and cases of graft and corruption. 
For all of its wide-ranging 
functions, the NBI has reportedly no more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) 
agents. 
The apparent need to expand the manpower complement of the NBI is 
constrained by the fact that under the present law, only members of the Bar and 
Certified Public Accountants may be qualified to become NBI agents. The Salary 
Standardization Law presently prescribes a hiring rate of Five Thousand 
Six 
Hundred Seventy Pesos (P5,670) a month without Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). 
At these rates it is difficult to recruit people who qualify. 
This bill proposes to increase the minimum salary level of every NBI agent 
who should be a member of the Bar 
or a Certified Public Accountant 
at 
Ten 
Thousand 
Pesos (PlO,OOO.OO) 
a month, 
but those lawyers or 
Certified Public 
Accountants with five (5) or more years of experience shall receive a minimum 
salary of Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,OOO) a month and in all cases, an NBI agent 
shall be entitled to hazard pay of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P2,500.00) a 
month in addition to Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) 
The bill likewise provides that the salary scales and position classifications of 
NBI officers and employees shall be exempt from the provisions of R.A. No 6758. 
Considering 
further 
the continued 
effects 
of inflation and 
other economic 
developments of nominal values of the foregoing salary scales, this bill also proposes 
to authorize the President of the Philippines to modify or change the salary scales 
and position classification of the NBI agents in any manner he may deem fit. 
The bill seek to upgrade the salaries of NBI agents to more competitive levels 
that will inspire honesty and hard work, and give more muscle to the government's 
commitment to peace and order. 


In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly 
requested, 
SERGlO OSMENA 111 
Senator 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLl 
First Regular Session 
OF THE PHlLiPPlNE 
S E N A T E  
Introduced by Senator S. R. Osmeiia 111 
AN ACT 
INCREASING 
THE 
MINIMUM 
SALARY 
OF 
NATIONAL 
BUREAU 
OF 
INVESTIGATION AGENTS TO TEN THOUSAND PESOS (PlO,OOO.OO) A MONTH 
AND THOSE WITH FIVE (5) OR MORE YEARS EXPERIENCE TO FIFTEEN 
THOUSAND PESOS (P15,OOO.OO) A MONTH, EXEMPTING SAID OFFICE FROM THE 
SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW, AN FOR OTHER PURPOSE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION I. 
Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the minimum 
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salary of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents who are members of the Bar or 
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Certified Public Accountants shall be Ten thousand pesos (PlO,OOO.OO) a month: 
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Provided, That those with at least five (5) years of experience as a member of the Bar 
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or Certified Public Accountant shall receive at least Fifteen thousand pesos 
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(P15,OOO.OO) a month: Provided, furfher, That every NBI agent shall be entitled to a 
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hazard pay of Two thousand five hundred pesos (P2,500.00) a month in addition to the 
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cost of living allowance (COLA) which they may be entitled under existing law. 
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SEC. 2. The Salary scales and position classifications of NBI agents shall be 
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exempt from the provisions of R.A. No, 6758 otherwise known as “The Compensation 
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and Position Classification Act of 1998”: Provided, That the President of the Philippines 
may fix higher salaries for NBI agents other than those prescribed in the preceding 
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Section. 
SEC. 
3. 
The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate such rules and 
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regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Act. 


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SEC. 4. The amount of Forty million pesos (P40,000,000.00) is hereby initially 
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appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act. Such additional amount that may be 
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needed to implement the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General 
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SEC. 
5. 
All laws, executive orders and rules and regulations which are 
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby considered repealed, amended or 
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modified accordingly. 
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newspapers of general circulation. 
Appropriations Act for the year following the approval of this Act. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) 
Approved,