Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. els

Introduced by Honorable ABRAHAM “BAMBOL” N. TOLENTINO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Science and technology is essential for the development and advancement of a
country. One field that of science that has been proven to provide endless benefits to
society is the study of Nuclear Science. Nuclear Science and Technology promote
sustainable development through varied applications such as medicine, food
preservation and safety, scientific research, and generation of electricity.

The Constitution, in Article 14, Section 10, even provides that:

“Science and technology are essential for national
development and progress. The State shall give priority to research
and development, invention, innovation, and their utilization; and to
science and technology education, training, services. It shall support
indigenous, appropriate, and self-reliant scientific and technological
capabilities, and their application to the country’s productive systems
and national life.”

Other countries such as France, Russia, and the United States of America use
nuclear power plants. The U.S.A. even uses nuclear power plants to supply 19% of its


total electricity. Currently, the Philippines is the only country in the Association of South
East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to have a nuclear power plant, located in Morong, Bataan.

This bill aims to further inspire the youth to pursue a future in nuclear science
and nuclear engineering by providing scholarship grants, grants in aid, and other

incentives in order for the country to fully realize the potential and harvest the benefits of
nuclear science.

Approval of the bill is earnestly sought.


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO}176

Introduced by Honorable ABRAHAM N. TOLENTINO

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR
STUDIES IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Nuclear Science and
Nuclear Engineering Scholarship Act.”

Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - Science and Technology is essential for
national development and progress. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
Promote the development of the country’s science and technology by promoting and
enhancing the capabilities required in the areas of research, development,
innovation as well as their utilization. As such, it shall provide for scholarships,
grants-in-aid, or other forms of incentives to deserving science students and other
specially-gifted citizens to enable them to pursue higher education or training in
areas of science and technology.

Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. — For purposes of this Act, the term:

a) DOST- refers to the Department of Science and Technology;

b) Nuclear engineering — refers to the application of the breakdown of atomic
nuclei and/or other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear
physics. It includes, but is not limited to, the interaction and maintenance of
nuclear fission systems and components, specifically, nuclear weapons,
nuclear power plants, and/or nuclear weapons. The field may also include the

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study of nuclear fusion, medical and other applications of (generally ionizing)
radiation, nuclear safety, heat/thermodynamics transport, nuclear fuel and/or
other related (e.g., waste disposal) technology, nuclear proliferation, and the
effect of radioactive waste or radioactivity in the environment; and

c) Nuclear science — refers to the study of the atomic nucleus.

Sec. 4. In General. — A National Scholarship Program for Studies in Nuclear
Science and Nuclear Engineering shall be created and spearheaded by the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST), in coordination with such
government agencies and institutions involved in fostering the development of
nuclear science and nuclear engineering in the country.

Sec. 5. Application. - An eligible undergraduate institution may receive a grant
upon proper application to the Secretary of the DOST. The application shall include
a cost effective proposal on how the scholarship grant shall be expended to attain
the objective of fostering the development of nuclear science and nuclear
engineering in the country including but not limited to proposed scholars willing and
capable to undertake comprehensive training on nuclear science and technology as
well as the institutions, locally or abroad, which will provide such training.

Sec. 6. Duration. - The National Scholarship Program for Studies in Nuclear
Science and Nuclear Engineering shall last for four years from the effectivity of this
Act. Thereafter, the program shall be evaluated according to criteria and measures
to be determined by the DOST.

Sec. 7. Report. - The DOST shall transmit a progress report to Congress every
year for the duration of the program.

Sec. 8. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the National Treasury.

Sec. 9. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other
provisions hereof.

Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders, and issuances, or portions
thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.


1 Sec. 11. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
2 publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,