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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2115

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House Bill No.

Introduced by REP. LINABELLE RUTH R. VILLARICA
4TH DISTRICT, BULACAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

"Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that
cating five or more servings of white rice per week was associated with an increased risk of
type 2 diabetes. In contrast, eating two or more servings of brown rice per week was
associated with a lower risk of the disease. The researchers estimated that replacing 50 grams
of white rice just one third of a typical daily serving) with the same amount of brown rice
would lower risk of type 2 diabetes by 16%."!

In 2012? Filipinos aged 20 to 79 accounted for 4,321,460 diabetes cases; 2,539,290
people with undiagnosed diabetes; and 60,477 diabetes-related deaths; while the mean
diabetes-related expenditure for the year was US$109.18 per person with diabetes.

This bill seeks to make consumers aware of the benefits of and develop a taste for
brown rice by mandating, for a promotional period of one (1) calendar month, that it be made
available as an alternative to white rice wherever rice is sold for consumption. Recognizing
that food (from restaurants to caterers to street vendors) and retail (from dealers to markets to
corner stores) establishments are in the best position to come up with creative, innovative,
and compelling ways to market brown rice that will effectively influence rice consumption
habits, this bill seeks to provide an incentive to participating establishments by exempting
them from paying the various local business taxes, fees, and/or charges for the following
year.

This bill was filed during the 16" Congress. However, no further action was taken on
it due to time constraints. This bill is filed for the consideration of the 17" Congress.

Support for the enactment of this measure is earnestly requested.

Witbes

REP. LINABELLE RUTH R. VILLARICA

1 ~White Rice, Brown Rice, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in US Men and Women," Qi Sun,
Donna Spiegelman, Rob

2M. van Dam, Michelle D. Holmes, Vasanti S. Malik, Walter C. Willett, Frank B. Hu,
Archives of Internal Medicine, online June 14, 2010


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 2115

E RUTH R. VILLARICA
 BULACAN

Iniroduced by REP. LINABE
4TH DISTRIC

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSUMPTION OF BROWN RICE
THROUGH FOOD AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO

WHITE RICE

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

SECTION 1. Title. - This act shall be known and cited as the "Brown Rice Act”.

SECTION 2. Promotion Period. - All persons, whether natural or juridical, who
provide rice in the regular course of business shall make brown rice available as an
alternative to white rice to all customers for the seventh (7th) calendar month from the

ffectivity of this act.

SECTION 3. Incentives. - All participating establishments shall be exempt from all
local government taxes, fees, and/or charges mentioned Sections 14I(a). 141(b), 143(a).
143(b). 143(c), 143(d), 143(g), 143(h), 147, 152(a), 152(c), and 155 of Republic Act No
7160, the Local Government Code of 1991, for the year following the eighth (8th) calendar
month from the effectivity of this act.

CTION 4. Certification. - Participating establishments shall register with the
Bureau of Local Gor before the start of the promotion period, submitting

ating establishments shall submit proof of sale of brown rice to the
ance. The Bureau of Local Government Finance shall
tion which shall be presented when claiming the exemption.

promotion period, parti
Bureau of Local Government
certify compliance with this s

SECTION 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Bureau of Local
Government Finance shall issue, within thirty (30) days from the effectivity oft his act,
implementing rules and regulations in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, the
Department of Health, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the
Department of Trade and Industry


SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - Any portion or provision of this Act that may be
declared unconstitutional or invalid shall not have the effect of nullifying the other portions
and provisions hereof as long as such remaining portion or provision can still subsist and be
given effect in their entirety

SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. -All laws and administrative issuances or parts
thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly

SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in any national paper of general circulation.

Approved,