Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo.__ 3144

Introduced by REP. ANTHONY G. DEL ROSARIO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Over the years, our national athletes as well as their respective coaches
and trainers put in laudable hard work in the quest for glory. Some of them even
forgo lucrative employment opportunities because of their passion for sports and
drive to put the Philippines in the international sporting arena. Despite big hurdles
such as limited resources, our national athletes manage to do our country proud.

This bill seeks to expand the coverage of RA 9064 otherwise known as
“National Athletes, Coaches and Trainers Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001”.
While RA 9064 is a noteworthy legislative milestone, it only grants privileges to
athletes in international sports competitions sanctioned by the International
Olympic Committee (IOC). It is proposed that similar recognition be given to
national athletes who compete in international sports federations participated in
by not less than 45 countries, including other sports competitions to be
determined by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Olympic
Committee (POC). Likewise, athletes with disability who are recognized and
accredited by the National Paralympic Committee Philippines (NPC Phil) and the
PSC and compete in sports competition certified by the International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) shall be also be considered “national athletes.”

Further, it is appropriate that monetary benefits be increased as well to
address the financial constraints that our national athletes are experiencing time
and again.

In view of the forgoing reasons, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

IONY G. DEL ROSARIO
, Davao del Norte


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILLNo._3144

Introduced by REP. ANTHONY G. DEL ROSARIO

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER NINETY
HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR (RA 9064), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
“NATIONAL ATHLETES, COACHES AND TRAINERS BENEFITS AND
INCENTIVES ACT OF 2001” AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines

in Congress assembled

SECTION 1. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9064, otherwise known as
“National Athletes, Coaches and Trainers Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001” is
hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms
shall be defined as follows:

(a) National Athletes - shall refer to athletes who are Filipino
citizens, members of the national training pool, recognized and accredited
by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports
Commission (PSC), INCLUDING ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY WHO
ARE RECOGNIZED AND ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL
PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE PHILIPPINES (NPC PHIL) AND THE PSC
and who have represented the country in international competitions;

(b) National Coaches and Trainers - shall refer to coaches

and trainers OF NATIONAL ATHLETES who are Filipino

citizens, members of the national coaches and trainers pool,

recognized and accredited by the PSC and who have


fepresented the country as official coaches and trainers to

national athletes in international competitions;

(ce) International Competitions - shall refer to
international sports competitions which are sanctioned by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) OR BY THE
INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC) AND /OR
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS PARTICIPATED
IN BY NOT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE (45) COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING OTHER INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
COMPETITIONS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE PSC AND
THE POC or COMPETITIONS held every four (4) years
including qualifying championships in team sports wherein only
one (1) or two (2) countries may qualify for the Olympics or
World Championships. ”

xX xX x
SEC 2. Section 4 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as
follows:

“Sec 4. Benefits and Privileges for National Athletes, Coaches and
Trainers. - Any national athlete, coach and trainer who is currently
tegistered as such before the PSC shall be entitled to the following:

(a) the grant of twenty percent (20%) discount from all
establishments relative to the utilization of transportation services, hotels,
and other lodging establishments, restaurants and recreation centers
and purchase of medicine and sports equipment anywhere in the country
FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL

ATHLETE, COACH AND TRAINER;


(b) minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees
charged by theaters, cinema houses and concert halls, circuses,
carnivals, and other similar places of culture, leisure and amusement
FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL
ATHLETE, COACH AND TRAINER;

(©) free medical and dental consultations in [private or public]
GOVERNMENT hospitals and similar establishments anywhere in the
country [and medical insurance program to be provided by the
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC)];

(c-1) COVERAGE IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
PROGRAM (NHIP) OF THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE
CORPORATION (PHILHEALTH) THROUGH THE SPONSORED
PROGRAM BY THE PSC: PROVIDED, THAT UPON REACHING THE
AGE OF FIFTY-FIVE (55), THE ATHLETE, COACH AND TRAINER
SHALL BE HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM, SUBJECT
TO EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PHIC;

@x x xX

(e) priority in existing livelihood programs being undertaken by
various government agencies subject to the guidelines and
qualifications by the implementing body [and];

(f) priority in national housing programs, affordable “Pabahay”
loans and other housing opportunities subject to guidelines and
qualifications set by the National Housing Authority (NHA) or the
Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF); AND

(g) USE OF LIVING QUARTERS AND REGIONAL
TRAINING CENTERS WHICH SHALL BE SET UP AND
MAINTAINED BY THE PSC FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF


NATIONAL ATHLETES WHILE PREPARING AND TRAINING
FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. “
x x x

SEC 3. Section 5 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as
follows:

“ Sec. 5. Scholarships - A national athlete who wins GOLD in
an international competition, OR HIS OR HER QUALIFIED SPOUSE
OR ANY ONE OF HIS OR HER CHILD [any one qualified member of
his/her immediate family within the fourth civil degree of consanguity]
shall be entitled to scholarship benefits in the form of FULL tuition
fees in state colleges and universities in order to complete a college or
university degree. The winning national athlete shall likewise be given
priority in the availment of state college and university scholarship

grants.”

SEC 4. Section 6 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as
follows:

“Sec. 6. Retirement Benefits. - A national athlete [ ,coach
and trainer] who wins GOLD in an international competition [or has
coached or trained such winning athlete shall receive a lump sum
amount equivalent to twenty-five percent (25%) of his/her total cash
incentives computed from the start of his/her active sports career as
member of the national training pool or national coaches and trainers
pool up to the last day of retirement from active competition or training

as certified by the PSC. Such lump sum amount shall be extended


sixty (60) days after the filling of the retirement papers.] , UPON
REACHING THE AGE OF FIFTY-FIVE (55), SHALL RECEIVE THE
FOLLOWING RETIREMENT BENEFITS:

A. FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS — A LIFETIME MONTHLY
PENSION OF AT LEAST TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P20,000.00) FOR INDIVIDUAL WINNERS;

B. FOR TEAM EVENTS - A LIFETIME MONTHLY
PENSION OF AT LEAST FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS
(P15,000.00) FOR EACH TEAM MEMBER.

PROVIDED, THAT, FOR ATHLETES WHO WIN IN BOTH
INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM EVENTS, THE RETIREMENT
BENEFIT FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS SHALL APPLY.

PROVIDED, THAT ATHLETES WHO ARE ACTIVELY
EMPLOYED AT THE TIME THEY REACH THE AGE OF FIFTY-
FIVE (85) AND HAVE AVAILED OF THE RETIREMENT
BENEFITS UNDER THIS ACT MAY CONTINUE WITH SUCH
EMPLOYMENT: PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT THE
RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE
SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM THE MANDATORY
RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER EXISTING LAWS. “

SEC. 5. Section 7 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 7. Death Benefits. - Upon the death of any national

athlete, coach and trainer, his/her primary beneficiaries shall be
entitled to a lump sum benefit of [Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00)
] FIFTY THOUSAND (P50,000.00) to cover for his/her funeral
services: Provided, That, if he /she has no primary beneficiaries,

his/her secondary beneficiaries shall be entitled to said benefits.”


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SEC 6. Section 8 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as
follows:

“ Sec 8. Cash Incentives for National Athletes. - National
athletes who win gold, silver and bronze medals in international
competitions shall be entitled to cash awards in the following
amounts:

A. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

(a) For gold medalists:

(1) Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) for Olympic
Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY;

(2) [Two Million Five Hundred Pesos
(P2,500,000.00)) THREE MILLION PESOS
(P3,000,000.00) for quadrennial World Championships ,
WORLD CUP AND WORLD GAMES;

(3) [One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) ] ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS
(P1,200,000.00) for Asian Games OR ITS
EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY; and

(4) [One hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00)

] TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000.00)
for Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) OR ITS

EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION


PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY.
(b) For silver medalists:

(1) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P2,500,000.00) for Olympic Games OR ITS
EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY;

(2) [One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) JONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS
(P1,200,000.00) for quadrennial World Championships
, WORLD CUP AND WORLD GAMES;

(3)[Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) }
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P600,000.00) for
Asian Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY;

(4) [Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) ] ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) for the
SEA Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY.

(c) For bronze medalists:
(1) One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) ) for Olympic
Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL

ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY;


(2) (Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) }
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P600,000.00) for
quadrennial World Championships, WORLD CUP AND
WORLD GAMES;
(3) [One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P1000,00.00) }
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS
(P250,000.00) for Asian Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN
BY NATIONAL athletes with disability;
(4) (Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) ] TWENTY-
FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000.00) for the SEA
Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY.
B. TEAM EVENTS.
xX X x
For competitions with five (5) or more participants per
team, [ the team shall receive twice the cash awards for
individual winners, to be divided equally among the team
members actually present during the competition] EACH TEAM
MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE CASH AWARD EQUAL TO THE
SHARE OF EACH TEAM MEMBER FOR COMPETITIONS
WITH FOUR (4) PARTICIPANTS.”
Provided, That, for demonstration and exhibition sports
events in the Olympic Games, winning national athletes shall
receive fifty percent (50%) of the cash awards for Olympic

medalists as herein provided. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT,


ATHLETES WHO SURPASS PHILIPPINE RECORD OR
RANKING IN ANY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITION
SHALL BE GIVEN CASH INCENTIVES, THE AMOUNT OF
WHICH SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE PSC. “
SEC. 7. New sections between Sections 10 and 11 of the same Act are
hereby inserted to be denominated as follows:

“SEC. 10-A. AVAILMENT OF BENEFITS AND
PRIVILEGES — THE ABOVE-MENTIONED BENEFITS AND
PRIVILEGES SHALL BE AVAILED BY ATHLETES, COACHES
AND TRAINERS UPON PRESENTATION OF AN
IDENTIFICATION CARD, RENEWABLE EVERY YEAR, TO BE
ISSUED BY THE PSC.

PROVIDED, THAT, ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY
SHALL NOT AVAIL OF SAID BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES IN
COMBINATION WITH SIMILAR BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES
UNDER RA 9442 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA
CARTA FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

SEC. 10-B. PENALTIES. - (A) ANY PERSON WHO
VIOLATES SECTION 4 (A) AND (B) OF THIS ACT SHALL
SUFFER THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES:

(1) FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, A FINE OF NOT LESS
THAN FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000) BUT NOT
EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS
(P100,000) OR IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN
SIX (6) MONTHS BUT NOT MORE THAN TWO (2)
YEARS, OR BOTH AT THE DISCRETION OF THE

COURT; AND


(2) FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, A FINE OF NOT
LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS
(P100,000) BUT NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000) OR IMPRISONMENT
FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO (2) YEARS BUT NOT MORE
THAN SIX (6) YEARS, OR BOTH.

(B) ANY NATIONAL ATHLETE, COACH OR TRAINER
WHO ABUSES THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED HEREIN SHALL
BE PUNISHED WITH IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN
SIX (6) MONTHS OR A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000.00), BUT NOT MORE THAN
FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00), OR BOTH, AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE COURT.

(C) IF THE VIOLATOR IS A CORPORATION,
PARTNERSHIP OR ANY JURIDICAL PERSON, THE
PENALTY SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON THE PRESIDENT,
OWNER OR ANY RESPONSIBLE OFFICER.

(D) IF THE VIOLATOR IS AN ALIEN OR A FOREIGNER,
HE SHALL BE DEPORTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER SERVICE
OF SENTENCE WITHOUT FURTHER DEPORTATION
PROCEEDINGS.

UPON FILING OF AN APPROPRIATE COMPLAINT,
AND AFTER DUE NOTICE AND HEARING, THE PROPER
AUTHORITIES MAY ALSO CAUSE THE CANCELLATION OR
REVOCATION OF THE BUSINESS PERMIT, PERMIT TO

OPERATE, FRANCHISE AND OTHER SIMILAR PRIVILEGES


GRANTED TO ANY BUSINESS ENTITY THAT FAILS TO
ABIDE BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW.”

SEC. 8. Funding. The amount necessary for the implementation of the
cash incentives and retirement benefits under this Act shall be taken from the
net cash income of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation
(PAGCOR), to be remitted directly as a special account to the National Sports
Development Fund (NSDF) of the PSC. This is in addition to the regular income
share of the PSC pursuant to Republic Act No. 6847.

Such amount as may be necessary to carry out the other provisions of this
Act shall be included in the budget of the PSC and concerned agencies in the
General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and
thereafter.

SEC. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days
after the approval of this Act, the PSC, in consultation with the POC, NPC PHIL,
DEPED, CHED, TESDA, SENATE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and other
concerned agencies, shall promulgate and issue the Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) to carry out the provisions of this Act. The IRR shall take effect
fifteen (15) days following the publication in a major daily newspaper of general
circulation.

SEC 10. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remaining sections of this Act or the application of such
provision or part hereof to other persons or circumstance shall remain in full force
and effect.

SEC 11. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules
and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are

hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly


SEC. 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.