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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5844

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON, MANUEL DG, CABOCHAN III

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The barangay is the basic political unit of our nation. It serves as the primary planning and
implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs, projects and activities in the
community. It is the most direct avenue for the delivery of services to the citizenry.

There are more than 40,000 barangays in our country. With this proposed measure, the
government shall appropriate a seed fund of twenty billion pesos (Php 20,000,000,000.00) to
accelerate the development of all our barangays as the primary political-economic unit of our
nation within a twenty-year period. A continuing development program for all barangays shall
be undertaken in accordance with a national master plan for the development of all barangays.
‘The program shall address the different needs in every barangay from physical infrastructure
to economic infrastructure which shall ultimately make the barangay an economic unit, and
thus become the primary engine of growth for national development.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

MANUEL HAN IIL
Representativ
Magdalo Para sa Pilipino Party-List


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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 5844

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON, MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN IIT

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TWENTY (20) YEAR BARANGAY DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the "Barangay Development
Act,”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State recognizes the barangay as the basic local
government unit with a primary role in the delivery of services to the citizens, Towards this
end, the State shall provide the necessary funding to accelerate the development of all
barangays within a given period and thus achieve its primary mandate.

SEC. 3. Barangay Development Program, — The Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) in coordination with the National Economic Development Authority
(NEDA) shall formulate, after due consultation with the Pambansang Liga ng mga Barangay,
a twenty-year development program for all the barangays. The said program shall include the
following:

(a) Priority listing:
(b) Common program for all barangays;

(c) Specific programs for the respective barangays;

(d) Allocation of the seed fund;

(e) Oversight, audit, and accountability function of the DILG and the barangays;

() Remedial measures for the program; and

(g) Other components of the program as may be determined by the DILG and NEDA.

SEC. 4, The Barangay Development Fund — A seed fund of Twenty Billion Pesos
(Php 20,000,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the accelerated development of all


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barangays in accordance with the national master plan for the said barangays. Said fund shall
be sourced from savings in the annual budget or from any available funds as certified by the
national treasure. Twenty Percent (20%) of all Expanded Value Added Tax (E-VAT)
collections shall also be set aside to augment/complete said seed fund.

SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) in coordination with the National Economic Development Authority
(NEDA) shall promulgate the rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act
within sixty (60) days from approval hereof.

SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain
valid and subsisting.

SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential decrees or issuances, executive orders,
letters of instruction, administrative orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. — 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,