Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ___ 
Introduced by the Honorable Ma. Cynthia “Cindi” K. Chan 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to implement a Revitalization and Capability Enhancement (RACE) 
Program for the Philippine National Police (PNP) with the end in view of developing the 
PNP into a highly efficient, capable, and competent police force. 
The RACE Program shall consist of two components: infrastructure and facilities 
development; and equipment acquisition, re-fleeting, replenishment, and upgrading. 
Interventions under these components include, among others, establishment of standards 
are intended to modernize police infrastructure, facilities, and equipment. 
The RACE Program is envisioned to enable the PNP to achieve a dynamic level of 
performing police functions, law enforcement operations, and frontline public safety 
services—all of which will be for the ultimate benefit of the public. By upgrading its 
capability, the PNP will be able to better fulfill its mandate of law enforcement and bring 
its vision of attaining a safer place for all into reality. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this measure is earnestly 
sought. 
Ma. Cynthia “Cindi” K. Chan 
Lone District, Lapu-Lapu City 
May 25, 2023
3:35 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ___ 
Introduced by the Honorable Ma. Cynthia “Cindi” K. Chan 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE REVITALIZATION AND CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENT OF THE 
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Philippine National Police 
Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Act.” 
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
develop the Philippine National Police (PNP) into a highly efficient, capable, and 
competent police force to enable it to fully perform its mandate as the primary law 
enforcement agency of the government, and be capable of supporting the social and 
economic goals of the Republic, towards nation-building. 
Towards this end, the State shall sustain a revitalized PNP that will continuously 
carry out effective policing functions and law enforcement operations, deliver timely and 
responsive frontline public safety services, and pursue a comprehensive and integrated 
approach against transnational crime and emerging forms of criminality, insurgency, 
terrorism and other serious threats to internal security. 
For this purpose, the State shall pursue the implementation of the PNP 
Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program under the provisions of this Act, 
focused on infrastructure and facilities development as well as equipment acquisition 
and upgrading. 
Sec. 3. PNP Revitalization Thrusts. – As used in this Act, the term “revitalization” 
shall mean the state of achieving a dynamic level of performing police functions, law 
enforcement operations, and frontline public safety services, and pursuing modern 
approaches against criminality with the end view of establishing and maintaining a safe, 
secure, orderly, peaceful, and prosperous nation. Towards this aspiration, the PNP shall 
pursue the following revitalization thrusts: 
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a. 
Fill-up of basic equipage and construction of standard police 
stations and offices nationwide; 
 
b. 
Acquisition of modern equipage; 
 
c. 
Adoption of secured, modern, artificial intelligence (AID)-driven, 
real-time information and communications technology (ICT) systems to 
modernize and integrate police administration and operations; 
 
d. 
Strengthening police coordination and cooperation with the 
citizenry, local government, public safety agencies, other law enforcement 
agencies and pillars of the criminal justice system, and the regional and 
international police communities; and 
 
e. 
Enhancement of law enforcement approaches and intensified 
operations against transnational crime and emerging forms of criminality, 
insurgency, terrorism, and other serious threats to internal security. 
 
Sec. 4. Components of the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program. – 
The PNP revitalization thrusts shall be realized through the implementation of a 
Revitalization and Capability Enhancement (RACE) Program. 
 
As used in this Act, the term police “capability enhancement” shall mean a 
measurable improvement in the performance of PNP mandates that translates into an 
enduring ability to enforce the law, prevent and control crimes, maintain peace and 
other, ensure public safety and internal security, and protect the country against threats 
to internal security, including terrorism. 
 
The Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program shall consist of the 
following components: 
 
a. 
Infrastructure and Facilities Development – The objectives of this 
component are: 
 
1) Establishment of Standard Infrastructure and Basic Facilities 
 
a) Construction and upgrading of standard infrastructure like 
green buildings for police stations and offices, that are 
accessible and suited to the peculiar topography of or 
weather conditions in the area, with provision for adequate 
perimeter fencing; 
 
b) Construction 
and 
upgrading 
of 
basic 
facilities 
for 
administrative, investigative, intelligence, operational, and 
police-community-relations 
functions, 
such 
as: 
crime 
laboratory; evidence rooms; storage rooms; records rooms; 
appropriate custodial facilities; communications systems; 


research and development centers; training institutions; 
hospitals and dispensaries for delivery of medical and dental 
services; and quartering and barracks facilities, in 
accordance with approved camp master development plans; 
 
c) Construction and upgrading of facilities to provide repair 
and maintenance works, such as: regional or provincial 
motor pool and maintenance facilities for other mobility 
assets. 
 
2) Construction and upgrading of facilities to support regulatory 
functions, such as firearms surrender storage and impounding 
areas.  
 
3) Development, procurement, and management of ICT systems 
and automated systems to ensure integration and effective 
coordination; and 
 
4) Real estate acquisition, titling, and management. 
 
b. 
Equipment Acquisition, Re-fleeting, Replenishment, and Upgrading 
– The objective of this component is judicious procurement, taking into 
consideration standardization, inter-operational capabilities, maintenance and 
subscription costs, responsive standards and specifications of: 
 
1) Basic equipage; 
 
2) Modern equipage for enhanced PNP capabilities, such as: 
munitions 
and 
ordnance; 
firepower 
and 
weapons; 
transportation 
and 
mobility 
assets; 
information 
and 
communications equipment; intelligence; investigative and 
forensic equipment; including digital forensic equipment and 
software and corresponding certification trainings essential for 
digital forensic examination and investigation; software 
solutions; testing equipment; and police training and education 
equipment; 
 
3) ICT-enabled tactical equipment; 
 
4) Search and rescue equipment and equipment that will enable 
the PNP to perform critical functions for initial calamity 
response 
 
Sec. 5. Standard of Modernization. – In preparing and implementing the 
Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program, the standard test to indicate 
modernity is the possession of latest attributes or innovative qualities of infrastructure, 
facilities, and equipment, over and above the basic and standard features, or in 


accordance with current or latest market or industry standards. This will enable the PNP 
to better adapt to the needs of the present time, add value to services delivered, and 
achieve increased citizen satisfaction with the police. 
 
In endeavoring to modernize police infrastructure and facilities, the primary 
consideration shall be developing capabilities for command and direction, crime 
prevention, detection, and solution, tactical and strategic control, effective 
communication, robust ICT and automated systems network, upholding human rights 
and the Rule of Law, and sustained police-community-relations. 
 
The acquisition of modern equipment shall be based on the results of operational 
needs assessment. For purposes of this Act, the term “operational needs assessment” 
refers to the mandatory periodic evaluation of materiel and logistical capabilities with 
the end view of identifying deficiencies or limitations in existing resources and 
addressing significant impediments in achieving operational tasks and attaining 
organizational mission, through equipment acquisition. 
 
Sec. 6. Mutual Logistics Support Service Cooperation. – The Chief of the PNP may 
directly negotiate with an agency or instrumentality or private enterprises of another 
country with which the Philippines has entered into a mutual logistics support and 
services or law enforcement and security cooperation agreement, or otherwise 
maintains diplomatic relations, when the procurement involves modern equipage or ICT 
solutions for enhanced PNP capabilities, subject to the following conditions: 
 
a. The Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, in his capacity as ex-
officio Chairperson of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), has 
deemed it necessary for the maintenance of peace and order, ensuring public 
safety, or curbing transnational crime; emerging forms of criminality; 
terrorism, insurgency, and other serious threats to internal security; 
 
b. The expertise or capability required is not locally available or the goods, 
articles, supplies, or materials involved are not locally produced or 
manufactured; 
 
c. The police equipment, other law enforcement and security equipment, and 
related consultancy services to be procured under this modality are included 
in the PNP’s Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program, prepared in 
accordance with Section 7 of this Act; and 
 
d. Pertinent guidelines in the negotiation of cooperation agreements, under the 
Department of Foreign Affairs, shall be observed. 
 
Sec. 7. Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program. – Within ninety (90) 
days from the effectivity of this Act, the Chief of the PNP shall, in consultation with the 
Chairperson of the NAPOLCOM and the Secretary of the Department of Budget and 
Management (DBM), prepare a Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program. 
 


After consultation, the Chief of the PNP shall submit the Revitalization and 
Capability Enhancement Program to the NAPOLCOM, which shall review and endorse the 
same to Congress, through the Congressional Oversight Committee created under this 
Act, for monitoring and overseeing. 
 
The Program shall indicate the following: 
 
a. The police organizational structure and staffing pattern, authorized 
personnel strength, and logistics and facilities inventory during the 
various implementation stages; 
b. The capability enhancement programs, projects, and activities to be 
undertaken vis-à-vis the particular component and corresponding 
objectives and revitalization thrusts they relate to; 
c. The priorities, phases of implementation, and schedules of the 
capability enhancement projects and activities; and 
d. The estimated average cost of each project or activity to be 
undertaken. 
 
A Program Management Office (PMO) shall be created at the PNP to monitor, 
oversee, and evaluate program implementation. 
 
Sec. 8. Period of Implementation. – The Revitalization and Capability Enhancement 
Program under this Act shall be implemented within ten (10) years: Provided, That 
payments for amortization of outstanding multi-year contract obligations incurred under 
the PNP Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program may be extended beyond 
this period. 
 
Sec. 9. The PNP RACE Trust Fund. – There is hereby created a trust fund, to be 
known as the PNP RACE Trust Fund. Said Trust Fund, which shall be used exclusively for 
the PNP Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program, including all necessary 
expenses to implement equipment acquisition and upgrading and infrastructure and 
facilities development shall be funded out of the following: 
 
a. Appropriations for police capability enhancement and construction of police 
stations;  
b. Portion of proceeds from the implementation of the National Police Clearance 
System; 
c. Portion of proceeds of the License to Own and Possess Firearms License Fees; 
d. Proceeds from the disposal of excess and/or uneconomically repairable 
equipment and other movable assets of the PNP; 
e. Funds from budgetary surplus, if any, as may be authorized by Congress; 
f. Donations coming from local and foreign sources, specifically earmarked to be 
used for the PNP Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program; and 
g. All interest income of the Trust Fund. 
 
Funds from the foregoing sources, regardless of income source, shall be directly 
deposited to a special account in the general fund created specifically for the PNP 


Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program. The corresponding allotment and 
cash allocation shall be released directly to the PNP and transferred to the PNP RACE 
Trust Fund, and shall be administered by the Chief of the PNP in accordance with existing 
government budgeting and auditing rules and regulations. The PNP shall conduct 
periodic studies on how additional revenues can be generated to fund the PNP 
Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program and how to maximize the utilization 
of the trust fund. 
 
Sec. 10. Appropriations for the PNP Revitalization and Capability Enhancement 
Program. – The annual appropriations for the PNP Revitalization and Capability 
Enhancement Program shall include the amounts necessary to support the funding 
requirements for the programs, projects, and activities submitted to Congress under 
Section 7. 
 
Under the Program, the initial amount necessary to support the funding 
requirements for basic equipage fill-up and establishment of standard infrastructure and 
basic facilities shall be funded from the existing police capability enhancement funds, 
police station construction bonds, and such additional funds as Congress may 
appropriate thereafter. The PNP Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program 
shall be based on an amount of at least One Hundred Billion Pesos 
(Php100,000,000,000.00), for the full period of implementation. 
 
Whenever deemed necessary, in order to expedite full implementation of the 
Program, the Chief of the PNP may, subject to the approval of the President and 
consistent with the provisions of existing laws, including the Commission on Audit rules 
and regulations, under such terms and conditions most favorable to the government, 
enter into multi-year contracts and other contractual arrangements. The Chief of the PNP 
shall submit to the Congressional Oversight Committee, the Secretary of the DBM, and 
the Secretary of the Department of Finance, copies of these multi-year contracts and 
other contractual arrangements to enable Congress to appropriate necessary funds. For 
this purpose, Congress shall, upon issuance of a multi-year obligation authority by the 
DBM and certification by the President, make the corresponding appropriations for the 
ensuing fiscal years, to cover multi-year obligations. 
 
The funds appropriated by Congress under this Act shall be treated as a distinct 
and separate budget item from the regular appropriations for the PNP. 
 
Sec. 11. Tax Treatment of the Purchase and Importation of the PNP. – All internal 
revenue tax and duty obligations form the purchase and importation of munitions and 
ordnance, firepower and weapons, transportation and mobility assets, communication, 
intelligence, investigative and forensic equipment and other equipment by the PNP, 
under the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program, where such acquisition 
directly or exclusively related to the performance of its police and law enforcement 
functions; or may be needed in public transactions; or in the pursuit of any government 
undertaking, shall be chargeable to the tax expenditure fund provided for in the General 
Appropriations Act. 
 


Donations made to the PNP to be used actually, directly, and exclusively for its 
Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program shall be exempt from donor’s tax 
and the same shall be considered as allowable deduction from the gross income of the 
donor for purposes of computing taxable income in accordance with the provisions of 
the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended. Likewise, donations from 
foreign sources shall be exempt from value-added tax and custom duties. 
 
Sec. 12. Local Government Support Through Local Development Plans. – In the 
formulation of their respective socio-economic local development programs, all 
provincial, city, and municipal development councils shall allocate in their comprehensive 
land use plans such adequate, suitable, and accessible lands for the establishment of 
basic police infrastructure and support facilities within their areas of jurisdiction. 
 
Regional Development Councils shall ensure that allocation of such lands for use 
of local police forces and other police support units are included in the approved socio-
economic local development programs of provinces and cities prior to integration into 
their respective Regional Development Plans and subsequent submission to the National 
Economic and Development Authority. 
 
Within one hundred twenty (120) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Chief of 
the PNP shall submit to the NAPOLCOM such guidelines and parameters governing the 
allocation of land for the police, for approval and implementation. 
 
In effecting land allocation for local police forces and other police support units, 
local government units may, in addition to making donation and granting usufruct, enter 
into negotiated sale or exercise the inherent power of eminent domain, in accordance 
with existing laws. 
 
Sec. 13. Local Fund Support for Police Capability Enhancement. – Provincial, city, and 
municipal governments may also allocate funds to augment the capability enhancement 
and modernization of the police, within their jurisdiction, and as aligned with their 
respective socio-economic development thrusts. 
 
Sec. 14. Land Acquisition and Titling. – Other than through donation, or in cases 
where local government units have inadequate, unsuitable, or inaccessible lots to 
allocate, the PNP may acquire lands as site or location for the establishment of standard 
police infrastructure and basic and support facilities, and cause the titling thereof under 
the name of the PNP or its subordinate police offices and units, as well as right-of-way, 
through negotiated sale. 
 
Sec. 15. Engineering and Administrative Overhead (EAO) and Project Related 
Expenses. – For construction projects undertaken under this Act, the PNP is authorized 
to deduct expenses from the appropriated funds, to be used for EAO and other project 
related expenses to cover lot readiness activities; pre-construction activities after 
detailed engineering; construction project management; and contingencies. 
 


The EAO and project related expenses shall be reflected in the program of work 
for the police construction project concerned, and treated or booked-up as capitalized 
expenditures, to form part of the project cost. The program of work shall include, but 
not be limited to, estimates of work items; quantities and costs, schedule of activities, 
and disbursements. 
 
Within one hundred twenty (120) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Chief of 
the PNP shall prescribe rationalized percentages authorized to be deducted, and the 
detailed items of expenditures for its utilization. 
 
Sec. 16. Congressional Oversight Committee. – There is hereby created a 
Congressional Oversight Committee upon the effectivity of this Act to monitor and 
oversee the implementation of the provisions of this Act. 
 
It shall be composed of four (4) members from the House of Representatives and 
four (4) members from the Senate with the Chairpersons of the Committee on Public 
Order and Safety and the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs of each 
Chamber, respectively, as Joint Chairpersons. The three (3) other members, with the 
inclusion of the Chairperson of the Committee on Dangerous Drugs, representing the 
House of Representatives, shall be designated by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, while the three (3) other members from the Senate shall be designated 
by the Senate President. The Minority shall have at least one (1) representative from each 
chamber. 
 
Sec. 17. Program Modification. – In the exigency of the service on whenever 
necessary to address unforeseen emergencies to curb transnational crime; emerging 
forms of criminality; insurgency, terrorism and other serious threats to internal security, 
or to satisfy delivery of public safety services, the Chief of the PNP may modify, through 
substitution or revision, a component project in the Revitalization and Capability 
Enhancement Program, subject to the favorable endorsement of the NAPOLCOM for the 
President’s approval. Within thirty (30) days from such approval, the Chief of the PNP 
shall report such program modification to Congress, through the Congressional 
Oversight Committee. 
 
Sec. 18. Fund Augmentation. – During program implementation, a member of 
Congress may endorse an equipment for acquisition and provide fund augmentation, or 
submit a substitute or additional infrastructure construction project, with fund 
augmentation, subject to existing laws, NAPOLCOM rules and regulations, and PNP 
policies, for his congressional district, if a member of the House of Representatives, or in 
any congressional district , if a member of the Senate, to be supported out of their 
respective Congressional Initiative Allocation or by Congress-introduced increases in 
appropriations. 
 
Sec. 19. Annual Reports. – Within the first quarter of the succeeding year of 
implementation, the Chief of the PNP shall submit to the President and Congress, 
through the Chairperson of the NAPOLCOM, an annual report on the progress of the 
implementation of the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program. 


 
Sec. 20. Sunset Review. – After five (5) years following its effectivity, or as the need 
arises, the Congressional Oversight Committee shall conduct a sunset review of this Act, 
to systematically evaluate the accomplishments under the Revitalization and Capability 
Enhancement Program and its impact on the PNP organizational structure, institutional 
mechanisms, and performance of functions, for purposes of determining and effecting 
remedial legislation. 
 
Sec. 21. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within sixty (60) days from the 
approval of this Act, the PNP shall, in consultation with the NAPOLCOM and the DBM, 
formulate the implementing rules and regulations for the effective implementation of 
this Act. 
Sec. 22. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act shall be held 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not otherwise affected shall remain in 
full force and effect. 
 
Sec. 23. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations 
inconsistent with or contrary to this Act, are hereby deemed repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
 
Sec. 24. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days after 
its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,