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Introduced by Hon. GABRIEL LUIS R. QUISUMBING

EXPLANATORY NOTE

One of the principal objectives for the passage of Republic Act No, 10625 is
to “to enhance responsiveness to the requirements of equitable national development”
as well as “to promote the orderly development of a statistical system capable of
providing timely, accurate and useful data for the government and the public”. The
primacy of these purposes in the said law only serves to underscore the
indispensability of ensuring that the nature and scope of the statistics and figures to
be gathered and centralized in and through the Philippine Statistical Authority will
result in the formulation of comprehensive and responsive programs for national
development and social upliftment.

It is in this context that this proposed legislation is being put forward for
consideration and passage into law. In an increasingly interconnected and
borderless society, the social and economic impact of Overseas Development
Assistance (ODA) Programs and Projects is not only recognized but also forms an
integral component of the economic and social development programs of the
government. For this reason, the proposed law seeks to ensure that commensurate
attention is given to monitoring ODA Programs and Projects, from the request for,
and receipt of the funds from foreign aid partners and international organizations,
to the completion of the projects and programs. More importantly, the proposed
amendments are also intended to ensure that these processes will be undertaken in
a fully transparent manner that is beyond question or reproach from the very
sectors who are intended to be benefitted - the Filipino People.

For the foregoing considerations, this proposed law is,respectfully and
earnestly submitted for proper consideration.

GABRIEL LUIS R. QUISUMBING

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO,_5122

Introduced by Hon. GABRIEL LUIS R. QUISUMBING

AN ACT FURTHER REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL
SYSTEM, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS 6, 9, AND 10
OF REPUBLIC ACT 10625, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
“PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL ACT”

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

CTION 1, Short Title. -

[his Act shall be known as “Philippine Statistical

Act

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - In order to further enhance and
strengthen the powers, functions, and effectiveness of the Philippine
Statistical Authority, it is imperative that certain provisions thereof be
amended or supplemented with respect to areas of national concern that
require the establishment of specific departments and other official bodies
for purposes of oversight and coordination.

SECTION 3. Information Database for Overseas Development Assistance (ODA)
Funds and Projects, - Section 6 (c) of Republic Act No. 10625 is hereby
amended to read as follows:

(c) Collect, compile, analyze, abstract and publish statistical
information relating to the country’s economic, social, demographic,
political affairs and general activities and condition of the people
including the establishment of the corresponding information
database for the aforementioned areas as well as for the purpose
of monitoring the various sources of Overseas Development
Assistance (ODA) and the manner in which the same have been


applied to the socio-economic programs of the National
Government and the LGUs.

SECTION 4. Inclusion of (ODA) Statistics in the Preparation of the Integrated
Budget. - Section 9 (d) of Republic Act No. 10625 is hereby amended to read
as follows:

d. Review budgetary proposals involving statistical operations
and submit an integrated budget for the PSS to the DBM WHICH
SHALL INCLUDE AND INCORPORATE THE INFORMATION AND
STATISTICS PERTAINING TO THE NATURE, APPLICATION, AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF ODA PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.

SECTION 5. Creation of Inter-Agency Committee for ODA Projects. - Section 10
of Republic Act No. 10625 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 10. Inter-Agency Committees on Statis he
following inter-agency statistical committees (IACs) shall be created
by the PSA Board to coordinate and resolve agency and sectoral
concerns on statistical matters. The IAC shall serve as a forum for
discussion of the issues raised by concerned producers, users and
other stakeholders of sectoral and agency-specific statistics:

x x x

N, COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

(ODA) PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION - NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT.

0, COMMITTEE ON OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(ODA) PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION * LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNITS.

SECTION 33. Separability Clause. - If any part, section or provision of this Act
is declared invalid or unconstitutional, no other parts, sections or provisions
hereof shall be affected thereby.

SECTION 35. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect upon its approval.