Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Certain parcels of land, now known as the Diplomatic and Consular Area located 
in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, have historical significance. The subject lands were 
originally part of Hacienda Maricaban, covered by Original Certificate of Title (OCT) No. 
291 issued on 17 October 1906, which was subsequently purchased by the government 
of the United States of America early in the American colonial period.1  
The United States government then converted this property into a military 
reservation then known as Fort William McKinley for which Transfer Certificate of Title 
No. 192 was issued to cancel OCT No. 291.2 After several partitions thereof and new titles 
issued, on 06 December 1956 the government of the United States ceded Fort William 
McKinley to the Republic of the Philippines and was later re-named Fort Andres Bonifacio 
which became the headquarters of the Philippine Army.3 
On 12 July 1957, then President Carlos P. Garcia issued Proclamation No. 423, 
withdrawing from sale or settlement the tracts of land within Fort Bonifacio and reserving 
them for military purposes. While the entire Fort McKinley was reserved for military 
reservation, certain areas of Parcel 4, Psu-2031 remained to be part of the property 
owned by the US government, specifically mentioned as excluded from Parcel No. 4 albeit 
within its boundaries are the American Battle Monument Cemetery (606,985 sq. m.), the 
Traffic Circle (7,093 sq. m.) and the DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR AREA (100,000 sq. 
m.).4 Several presidential proclamations would later issue excluding certain defined areas 
from the operation of Proclamation No. 423 and declaring them open for disposition but 
still excluding the portion of this Diplomatic and Consular Areas owing to its historical 
significance.  
In 1992, Congress enacted the Bases Conversion and Development Act (R.A. 
7227, as amended), investing the BCDA the power to own, hold and administer portions 
of Metro Manila military camps that may be transferred to it by the President and to 
dispose, after the lapse of a number of months, portions of Fort Bonifacio.  
In an apparent oversight of its historical significance and the long-standing 
characterization of the property as a public domain of the Republic of the Philippines, on 
10 February 2009, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Proclamation 1725 
that declared certain parcels of land as alienable and disposable, specifically identifying 
them as the Diplomatic and Consular Area situated in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro 
Manila, Island of Luzon and transferred to the Bases Conversion Development Authority 
(BCDA) the administration thereof.5  
1 Dream Village Neighborhood Association, Inc. vs. Bases Development Authority, G.R. No. 192896, July 24, 2013. 
2 Id.  
3 Id. 
4 Republic of the Philippines, vs. Southside Homeowners Association, Inc. and the Register of Deeds of Pasig, Rizal, and Bases 
Conversion Development Authority, et. al. G.R. Nos. 156951 & 17, September 22, 2006. 
5 Proclamation No. 1725 Declaring certain parcels of land as Alienable and Area situated in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro Manila, 
Island of Luzon and transferring to the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) the Administration thereof. 
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As a dire consequence thereof, of late there has been several attempts, albeit 
thwarted by timely legal actions, by unauthorized parties to transact this Diplomatic and 
Consular Areas to both unsuspecting buyers and  unscrupulous speculators alike which 
if unabated may lead to a desecration of these areas and prevent the Republic from 
maximizing its values, whether commercially or as a preservation thereof as part of our 
heritage.  
Considering the aforementioned factors, the passage of this bill is earnestly 
requested. 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 


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 Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
AN ACT 
DECLARING THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR AREA OF THE FORT 
BONIFACIO MILITARY RESERVATION AS PATRIMONIAL PROPERTY OF THE 
STATE, PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS FOR ITS ALIENATION, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Reclassification as alienable and disposable patrimonial property of 
the State. — Pursuant to Article XII, Section 3, Paragraph 2 of the 1987 Constitution 
bestowing on Congress the power to determine by law, the size of lands of the public 
domain which may be acquired, developed, held, or leased and the conditions therefor, 
the Diplomatic and Consular Areas located within Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City and more 
particularly described as follows: 
Rel-00-000653 
A PARCEL OF LAND (Rel-00-000653, a relocation of 
Lot 2-A, Psd-50231 (Parcel 4, Psu-2031); situated in Barangay 
Fort Bonifacio, Municipality of Taguig, Province of Metro 
Manila, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the N., along line 1-2 by 
Lot 2-B, Subd. plan, Psd-50231; along line 2-3 by Lot 2-C, subd. 
plan, Psd-50231; on the E., along lines 3-4-5-6 by Lawton 
Avenue, on the SE., along line 6-7 by Lot 3, Swo-007607-
0011235-D, (Parcel 4, Psu-2031); and on the W., along line 7-
1 by Lot 3-A (United States of America) Psd-50230 (Rel-00-
000653, Sheet-1). Beginning at a point marked “1” of plan Rel-
00-000653, being N. 61-56’W., 3429.85 m. from BLLM No. 1,
M Cadm-590-D, Taguig, Cad. Mapping. Thence: 
S. 89-22’E.,
13.93 m. to point 2; 
S. 89-22’E.,
79.66 m. to point 3; 
S. 11-07’W.,
48.00 m. to point 4; 
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S. 04-29’W., 
34.59 m. to point 5; 
S. 00-25’E., 
93.87 m. to point 6; 
S. 71-40’W., 
99.18 m. to point 7; 
N. 03-16’E., 
208.01 m. to point of beginning; 
containing an area of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND ONE 
HUNDRED TWENTY THREE (17,123) SQUARE METERS. 
All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are 
marked on the ground as follows: points 3 & 6 by G.I. Spike; 
point 7 by Old Pls. cyl. conc. mons. and the rest by cyl. conc. 
mons. 
Rel-00-000653 
A PARCEL OF LAND (Rel-00-000653, a relocation of 
Lot 3-A, Psd-50230 (Parcel 3, Psu-2031); situated in Barangay 
Fort Bonifacio, Municipality of Taguig, Province of Metro 
Manila, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the SE., S., & W., along 
lines 1-2-3-4-5-6 by Lot 1, Swo-007607-001235-D (Parcel 3, 
Psu-2031); on the W., NW., S., N., along lines 6-7-8-9-10-11-
12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29 by 
Swo-00-001417, (Port) of (Parcel 3, Psu-2031); and on the E., 
along line 29-1 by Lot 2-A, Psd-50231 (Rel-00-000653, Sheet-
2). Beginning at a point marked “1” of plan Rel-00-000653, 
being N. 65-10’W., 3347.90 m. from BLLM No. 1, M Cadm-590-
D, Taguig, Cad. Mapping. Thence: 
 
S. 71 
40’W., 90.15 m. to point 2; 
S. 87 
05’W., 182.57 m. to point 3; 
N. 89 
06’W., 200.82 m. to point 4; 
S. 51 
48’W., 102.67 m. to point 5; 
N. 11 
57’W., 118.43 m. to point 6; 
N. 61 
45’E., 11.70 m. to point 7; 
N. 25 
24’E., 5.06 m. to point 8; 
N. 23 
18’W., 25.40 m. to point 9; 
N. 47 
36’E., 43.52 m. to point 10; 
N. 79 
52’E., 53.12 m. to point 11; 
S. 81 
53’E., 32.23 m. to point 12; 
N. 86 
19’E., 43.99 m. to point 13; 


 
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S. 70 
13’E., 50.43 m. to point 14; 
S. 64 
18’E., 22.05 m. to point 15; 
S. 89 
04’E., 39.44 m. to point 16; 
N. 48 
20’E., 13.90 m. to point 17; 
N. 25 
31’W., 18.13 m. to point 18; 
N. 50 
57’E., 14.47 m. to point 19; 
S. 66 
09’E., 14.70 m. to point 20; 
N. 67 
05’E., 29.26 m. to point 21; 
N. 08 
21’W., 7.10 m. to point 22; 
N. 75 
48’E., 58.72 m. to point 23; 
S. 47 
41’E., 33.88 m. to point 24; 
N. 69 
32’E., 66.35 m. to point 25; 
N. 39 
25’E., 43.98 m. to point 26; 
N. 00 
25’E., 36.18 m. to point 27; 
N. 51 
34’E., 24.65 m. to point 28; 
S. 89 
22’E., 71.52 m. to point 29; 
N. 03 
16’W., 208.01 m. to point of 
beginning; 
containing an area of EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND NINE 
HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT (83,958) SQUARE METERS. 
All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are 
marked on the ground as follows: Points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 by Old 
Pls. cyl. conc. mons. and the rest by all P.S. cyl. conc. mons. 
are hereby declared as alienable and disposable patrimonial property or property held by 
the Sate in its private capacity, whose disposition, alienation, or encumbrance can only 
be made in the manner and extent as herein provided and in accordance with existing 
laws. 
 
SECTION 2. Congressional Oversight Committee. — The administration of the 
Diplomatic and Consular Areas located in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City shall remain with 
the Bases Conversion Development Authority subject to congressional oversight, in 
particular, through the Committee on Natural Resources. 
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Congress shall have the sole discretion to devote 
the areas covered by this law to such other public purpose as it may deem so.  


 
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SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
proclamations or administrative regulations that are inconsistent with the provisions of 
this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
 
SECTION 4. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,