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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6394
HOUSE BILL No.

Introduced by REP. ANTONIO “TONYPET” T. ALBANO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law adversely affected the
farmgate prices of palay and the prices of milled locally produced rice and
consequently depressed the income of rice farmers. Government needs to
immediately provide farmers with needed assistance to enable them to recoup their
losses and continue farming. Among the viable modes of assisting farmers is to
implement a program where real rice instead of cash will be distributed as rice
subsidy to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

‘The General Appropriations Act of 2020, in Article XXII (A), Special Provisions
Paragraph (2) thereof, allows the use of the amount allocated for the cash rice subsidy
of 4Ps beneficiaries in the amount of Thirty One Billion Forty Six Million Pesos
(P31,046,000,000.00) for the purchase of rice from local farmers for distribution to
said beneficiaries in place of the cash rice subsidy. However, the conditions imposed
before such use can be undertaken make it more difficult and tedious for government
to access the said amount for the purchase of rice from farmers and distribute them
to qualified 4Ps beneficiaries

This bill seeks to amend Paragraph 2 of the Special Provisions of Article XXII
{A) of Republic Act 11465, the General Appropriations Act of 2020, so as to make it
easier and swifter for government to access and mobilize funds for the purchase of
palay or locally produced rice directly from farmers at the soonest possible time so
as to prevent loss or erosion of income among rice farmers and help them earn
sufficiently to continue farming.

Immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6394

HOUSE BILL No.

Introduced by: HON. ANTONIO “TONYPET” T. ALBANO

AN ACT
AMENDING PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE
‘XXII (A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11465, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020

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

SECTION 1. Paragraph 2 of the Special Provisions of Article XXII (A) of
Republic Act No. 11465, the General Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2020,
is hereby amended to read as follows:

“2, Rice Subsidy. - The amount of Thirty One Billion Forty Six
Million Pesos (P31,046,000,000) appropriated herein under the
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program shall be used for the provision of
Rice Subsidy amounting to Six Hundred Pesos (P600) a month in the
form of RICE INSTEAD OF financial assistance to the qualified 4Ps
beneficiaries. [However, when the price of palay drops to a critical level
as determined and recommended by the Department of Agriculture,
Department of Finance, and National Economic and Development
Authority]. The DSWD may enter into a memorandum of agreement
(MOA) with the National Food Authority (NFA), LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNITS (LGUS) OR ACCREDITED FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS for the
purchase of LOCALLY PRODUCED rice for distribution to the 4Ps
beneficiaries. The MOA shall clearly stipulate the mechanisms for the
distribution of rice, as well as the monitoring of the beneficiaries. [The
Six Hundred Pesos (P600) a month shall also cover all administrative
costs in the procurement and distribution of the Twenty (20) kilos of
rice per beneficiary.]”


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SECTION 2. _ Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders,
proclamations, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 3. _Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect Fifteen
(15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least
two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,