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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS IME: 22
Second Regular Session

House Bill No. 7216

Introduced by HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR
Third District, Bohol

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In his 5¢” State of the Nation Address, President Duterte lauded the successful staging of
the 30° Southeast Asian Games in December 2019 as well as the remarkable performance
of Filipino athletes during the said event. Our athletes hauled 149 gold, 117 silver, and
121 bronze medals enabling the country to win the overall championship in the biennial
meet.

‘The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) was created 3 decades age by virtue of Republic
‘Act No. 6847 to serve as the lead agency who shall oversee, reform, and jumpstart the
state of Philippine sports. With their lead, the country was able to improve our
performance in international sporting events and competitions elevating the names of
weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, gymnast Carlos Yulo, skateboarder Margielyn Didal, and boxer
Eumir Marcial into modern Filipino sports heroes. This despite the meager share in the
national budget that the PSC receives from our government.

This proposed measure seeks to empower the PSC to be more responsive and proactive
by amending its function and enable them to formulate and implement a multi-year
infrastructure plan to establish new sports facilities and maintain and develop existing
ones in order to suit the constantly evolving needs of our Filipino athletes. This would
also ensure that young Filipinos will have access to facilities that are at par with standards
so that they may hone their skills in preparation of the greater call in the future,

It is hoped that thru this measure, sports would once again become an integral
component of youth development, a galvanizing force for national unity, and a constant

source of national pride.

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

REP. KRISTINE ALEXIE B. TUTOR

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House BillNo, #215

Introduced by HON. KRISTINE ALEXIE B, TUTOR
Third District, Bohol

AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6847, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION ACT

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

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 6847 otherwise known as the “The
Philippine Sports Commission Act” , is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 5. Nature of the Commission. - The Commission shall exercise
corporate powers. It shall have a seal, may sue and be sued, and shall
be the sole-policy making and coordinating body of all amateur sports
development programs and institutions in the Philippines: Provided,
That in the case of school sports development program, the same shall
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EDUCATION IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE COMMISSION.”

SEC. 2. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 6847 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 6. Objectives of the Commission. - The objectives of the
Commission are:

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“(b) To encourage wide participation of all sectors, government and
private, in amateur sports promotion and development; [and]”
“(c) To supplement government appropriations for sports promotion
and development]; AND”
“(D) TO PROMOTE GRASSROOTS AND AMATEUR SPORTS IN THE
COUNTRY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO SPORTS FACILITIES AND
VENUES.”


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SEC. 3. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 6847 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 7. Functions of the Commission. - The Commission shall have the
following functions:

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“(a) Plan, implement and oversee an integrated amateur sports
promotion and development program for the country[,-includi

pursuant to Presid 1-Proel: Ne-406,} in coordination with

various sectors involved in sports, including, among others, the
Philippine Olympic Committee, the National Sports Associations, the
public and private schools, government corporations and entities, the
local governments, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and other
sports organizations and private corporations;”

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“(d) FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT A MULTI-YEAR
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WHICH WILL [E]establish NEW,
ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE, AND fully-equipped sports facilities,
SPORTS COMPLEXES and SPORT centers in strategic places in the
country [and_as- far_as_practicable, dern_sperts
adequate for major international competitions AND DEVELOP AND
MAINTAIN EXISTING SPORTS FACILITIES, SPORTS COMPLEXES
AND SPORTS CENTERS OWNED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT,
PROVIDED, THAT THE ABOVEMENTIONED PLAN SHALL BE
FORMULATED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVITY OF
THIS ACT;”

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“(j) Recommend and propose to the [Department of Education, Culture
and_Sports] DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Department of Local
Government and other government agencies and instrumentalities
having sports programs, to incorporate in their respective annual
budgets, a separate and specific budget for sports promotion and
development;”

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“(m) Encourage, promote and sustain the creation and establishment
of regional, provincial, municipal and barangay or school district sports
promotion and development councils, composed of officials of the
[ ;] DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, Department of Local Government, local government
officials, and representatives of the private sector, which shall initiate,
conduct and coordinate sports activities in their respective
jurisdictions; and”

SEC. 4, Section 26 of Republic Act No. 6847 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 26. Funding. - In order to provide the necessary funds required
for the organizational and initial calendar year of operational
expenditures of the Commission, the amount of Twenty-five million
pesos (P25,000,000.00) from the National Treasury is hereby


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appropriated: Provided, That operating expenses for the Commission
itself shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the annual
appropriation and that at least eighty percent (80%) of said annual
appropriation and all of the national sports development funds, as
hereinafter provided, shall be disbursed for the national sports
program, particularly in support of the identification, recruitment and
training of athletes in pre- eas regional, national and international
competitions [including th tation-of the Decade-of Physical
Ritness and Sports-1990-2000),

“To finance the country’s integrated sports development program,
including the holding of the national games and all other sports
competitions at all levels throughout the country as well as the
country’s participation at international sports competitions, such as,
but not limited to, the Olympic, Asian, and Southeast Asian Games, and
all other international competitions, sanctioned by the International
Olympic Committee and the International Federations, thirty percent
(30%) representing the charity fund of the proceeds of six (6)
sweepstakes or lottery draws per annum, taxes on horse races during
special holidays, five percent (5%) of the gross income of the Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corporation, the proceeds from the sale of
stamps as hereinafter provided, and three percent (3%) of all taxes
collected on imported athletic equipment shall be automatically
remitted directly to the Commission and are hereby constituted as the
National Sports Development Fund. Further, the Philippine Postal
Service Office is hereby authorized to print paper and gold stamps
which shall depict sports events and such other motif as the Philippine
Postal Service Office may decide, at the expense of the Commission. Any
deficiency in the financial requirements of the Commission for its
sports development program AS WELL AS FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS MULTI-YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS STATED UNDER SECTION 3(D) OF THIS
ACT shall be [covered] AUGMENTED by an annual appropriation
passed by Congress.”

SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full
force and effect.

SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders or rules and
regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Actare hereby repealed
or modified accordingly

SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of the general circulation.

Approved,