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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) is a subsidy granted to all 
government workers as a form of assistance to help make ends meet in the face of economic 
crisis as well as higher prices. The original intent of the PERA in the early 1990s was as an 
emergency allowance to serve as a buffer against skyrocketing prices of basic commodities 
due to oil price hikes and instability in the Middle East. 
However, higher gasoline prices, higher transportation fares and higher prices of basic 
commodities since the PERA's inception have proven that the PERA augments the earnings of 
a government worker not just as an emergency allowance, but as a major source of additional 
funding to be able to afford basic commodities. Further, any adjustments to the PERA will 
need legislation to further augment the value of the allowance versus economic reality. 
This bill realizes the true worth and intent of the PERA as a form of economic relief, 
and proposes that the PERA be subject to an automatic yearly adjustment equivalent to any 
increase of the annual inflation rate in the country. ,This makes the PERA responsive to the 
needs ofthe government worker in the event of high prices. 
In view of the foregoing circumstances, the immediate approval of this measure is 
earnestly urged. 
F~C~S~UDERO 


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. B. No. -.lia9 
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Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING AN INCREASE AND AN AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM 
IN THE PERSONNEL ECONOMIC RELIEF ALLOWANCE (PERA) GRANTED TO 
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and"the'House oj Representatives 0; the Philippines in 
" Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA). 
The Personnel 
Economic Relief Allowance being granted to employees of the government shall be subject to 
an automatic yearly adjustment equivalent to any increase of the annual inflati~n rate in the 
country. 
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Concomitantly, upon the effectivity of this Act, the cUlTentPERA in the amount of 
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Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000) per month is hereby adjusted to Four Thousand (1'4,000) per 
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SEC. 2. Coverage. The PERA shall be granted to civilian government personnel 
whether employed by the national or local governments, appointive or elective, and whether 
occupying regular, contractual, or casual positions, whose positions are covered by Republic 
Act No. 6758, the "Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989," as amended, as 
well as military and unifonned personnel, Provided, That government personnel stationed 
abroad already receiving overseas allowances shall" not be entitled to the provisions of this 
Act. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations. For the first year of the implementation of this Act, funds 
necessary for the PERA of national and local government agencies shall be charged against 
savings, which for this purpose includes unreleased appropriations and other programmed 
appropriations. Thereafter, the amount necessary shall be provided in the annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Department of Budget and 
Management shall issue the corresponding implementing rules and regulations within fifteen 
days from the effectivity of this Act. 
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, resolutions, orders, or parts thereof 
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 6. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the publication in 
the Official Gazette or in one newspaper off general circulation. 
Approved, 
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