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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No.  __________ 
Introduced by HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR 
Third District, Bohol 
Explanatory Note 
The 1987 Philippine Constitution provides protection on the security of tenure of civil service 
officers and employees even during reorganization of government agencies without 
sacrificing the need to promote morale and efficiency in the civil service.  
The passage of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 11201 creating the Department of Human 
Settlements and Urban Development and Executive Order No. 58, Approving the merging of 
the Home Guaranty Corporation and the Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency 
(PHILEXIM) and further renaming the same as Philippine Guarantee Corporation as well as 
the inflow of numerous initiatives from Congress proposing bills on the creation and/or 
merging of government agencies into one department, there is a need to revisit and amend 
pertinent provisions of R.A. No. 6656 to provide opportunity for existing personnel holding 
permanent appointments to be placed to higher positions from their present positions during a 
government reorganization.  
Section 4 of R.A. No. 6656 explicitly expresses the preference provided to officers and 
employees holding permanent appointments during the placement to the new positions in the 
approved staffing pattern on a bonafide government reorganization. The said provision 
prohibits the hiring of new employees until all those holding permanent appointments have 
been appointed and extending to those holding temporary and casual appointments who 
possess the necessary qualification requirements of the positions in the approved staffing 
pattern except for positions that are policy-determining, primarily confidential or highly 
technical in nature.  
This bill seeks to amend Section 4 of the same Act requiring agencies to exhaust all possible 
means to place in the approved reorganized structure the existing personnel in accordance 
with the order of preference. The proposed amendment shall allow placement of personnel to 
comparable positions or to positions that are next higher in rank than their previous positions 
or in case there are not enough comparable positions or next higher in rank positions, to 
positions next lower in rank provided that safety measures are in place to ensure the security 
of tenure of government personnel. Placement shall be done in phases in accordance with the 
Implementing Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Civil Service Commission.  
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In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of the bill is earnestly sought. 
HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR 


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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No.  __________ 
Introduced by HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR 
Third District, Bohol 
AN ACT 
AMENDING SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6656 OR AN ACT TO PROTECT 
THE SECURITY OF TENURE OF CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6656, otherwise known as “An Act to Protect 
the Security of Tenure of Civil Service and Employees in the Implementation of Government 
Reorganization,” is hereby amended to read as follows:  
“Section 4. Appointive officers and employees holding valid appointments shall be 
given preference for appointment to the new positions in the approved staffing pattern 
comparable or next higher in rank to their former positions or in case there are not 
enough comparable or next higher in rank positions, to positions next lower in rank; 
Provided, that placement shall be done in accordance with the Revised 
Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act.  
No new employees shall be taken in until all permanent officers and employees have 
been appointed, including temporary and casual employees who possess the 
necessary qualification requirements, among which is the appropriate civil service 
eligibility, for permanent appointment to positions in the approved staffing pattern, in 
case there are still positions to be filled, unless such positions are policy-determining, 
primarily confidential or highly technical in nature.”  
SECTION 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Civil Service Commission shall, 
within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act, promulgate the necessary rules and 
regulations to implement this Act.  
SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. All laws, rules, regulations, other issuances or parts thereof, 
which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or -modified 
accordingly.  
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SECTION 4. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at 
least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,