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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
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Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

1014

HOUSE BILL NO.
Introduced by Hon. Frederick F. Abueg

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was filed in the Sixteenth Congress as House Bill No. 6075. It has been
approved in the House of Representatives for three readings per House Committee Report
No.: 00847. Consequently, it has been transmitted to the Senate of the Philippines on
September 16, 2015.

The proposed bill seeks to declare Kapangyan Falls in the municipality of Bataraza,
province of Palawan as tourist destination. It can be reached by foot from the National
Highway traversing Barangay Malihud to Barangay Rio Tuba, both in the municipality of
Bataraza.

Currently, Kapangyan Falls can be reached by trekking the six (6)-kilometer trail of
mountain slopes and ravines surrounded by green forest trees. The way to the falls is slippery
to rugged. The area around the falls is slippery which is caused by showers of water, making
the soil soft and mushy. The stones nearby are also slippery and are covered by moss.

The main falls is around twenty (20) to twenty-five (25) meters high with moderate
volume of water displacement. Its main pool is around two (2) to four (4) meters deep.

With Kapangyan Falls being declared as a tourist destination and be covered by
programs and projects of the Department of Tourism, it is certain that this wonderful gift of
nature will realize improvement and be a potential source of income for its local government
and the people residing within the area.

In view of the policy of the State to promote a tourism industry that is ecologically
sustainable, responsible, participative, culturally sensitive, economically viable, and ethically
and socially equitable for local communities, as declared in Republic Act 9593, otherwise
known as “The Tourism Act of 2009”, the approval of this bill is earnestly recommended.

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

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. 1014

Introduced by Hon. Frederick F. Abueg

ANACT
DECLARING KAPANGYAN FALLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
BATARAZA, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN AS TOURIST DESTINATION,
PROVIDING FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Kapangyan Falls is hereby declared tourist destination.
As such, it shall be accorded with priority development by the Department of
Tourism (DOT) and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the
development of tourist destination.

SEC. 2. The Department of Tourism, in accordance with the local
government units and other concerned agencies of the government shall, within
one (1) year after the approval of this Act, prepare a development plan involving
the construction, installation and maintenance of such appropriate facilities and
infrastructure as shall enhance tourism in the area; Provided, That said
development plan shall ensure the preservation and conservation of the natural

resources of the area.


SEC. 3. The Department of Tourism shall take immediate steps in
implementing the tourism development plan that will suit the natural
characteristic of Kapangyan Falls and shall incorporate the same in its overall
development plans and programs for national implementation.

SEC. 4. It shall also be the responsibility of the DOT to promote
Kapangyan Falls as tourism area in all its national, regional and local promotion
programs.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Tourism shall issue such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

SEC. 6. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its
enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC, 7. All laws, rules, regulations, proclamations, executive orders or
parts thereof inconsistent with this Act, are hereby amended accordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in
the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,