FIFTRENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Anton~o "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
Explanatory Note 
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This bill is a social justice legislation benefitting members of the low-income group who are 
undergoing full-time technical and vocational training in government-sponsored courses. The bill 
grants said trainees subsistence allowance to buy food and other basic needs as they have no 
means of support for the duration of the training. In this way, the trainees are spared the anxiety 
and burden of providing for their families while they are learning a skill and preparing 
themselves for a more gainful employment. By helping the trainees and their families meet their 
daily needs, the bill assures their hmnan dignity which the Constitution directs the State to 
protect and promote. 
[n view of the foregoing, the early passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
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GRANTING 
SUBSISTENCE 
ALLOWANCE 
TO 
PERSONS 
UNDERGOING 
VOCATIONAL AND/OR TECHNICAL TRAINING, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. All persons undergoing vocational and/or technical training under any 
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government-sponsored training program are hereby granted subsistence allowance in the form of 
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food coupons. 
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SEC. 2. To qualify for the subsistence allowance granted under this Act, the vocational 
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and/or technical trainee must be: 
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(I) Undergoing such vocational and/or technical training on a full-time basis; 
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(2) Such vocational and/or technical training does not exceed one (1) year; 
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(3) [s a member of a family whose gross monthly income does not exceed three thousand 
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pesos; 
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(4) [s not receiving other allowances or other forms of financial assistance equivalent to 
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or exceeding those granted under this Act. 
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SEC. 3. The subsistence allowance granted under this Act shall be in the amount of Php 
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300 worth of food coupons per month to be distributed on or before the first week of each month. 


SI~C. 4. The food coupons herein distributed shall be used for the purchase of essential 
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food items such as rice, sugar, milk, cooking oil, dried beans, fish, meat, etc. The coupons shall 
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bear the item for which it can be exchanged for. 
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These coupons shall be honored in all stores, market, supermarkets and other commercial 
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establishments in the Philippines offering these food items. 
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SEC. 5. The food coupons distributed wlde~ this Act shall be non-transferrable and shall 
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not be honored if presented by a person other than the grantee or members of his immediate 
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family. 
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SEC. 6. The Department of Social Services and Development shall issue the necessary 
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rules and regulations for the full implementation of this Law. 
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SEC. 7. The initial amount ofPhp 200 million is hereby appropriated out of any funds in 
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the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated tor the support of this program. 
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SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication 
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in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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