FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
SENATE' 
Senate Bill No. 346 S 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
As of September 29, 2009, the number of fatalities caused by Typhoon 
Ondoy is now at 247 the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) 
announced. NDCC said the National Capital Region had the most number of 
deaths with 101. Region IV-A is at second with 99 fatalities, followed by Region 
III and the Cordillera Administrative Region with 37 and three deaths, 
respectively. Thirty-seven persons were reported missing, the NDCC added. 
Meanwhile, NDCC placed the total cost of damage from the storm at 
P2,339,620,884. An estimated P278 million worth of roads and bridges were 
damaged by Typhoon Ondoy's fury, with most of the damages recorded in 
National Capital Region (NCR) and Central Luzon. 
Other areas hardest hit by typhoon are 1I0cos with the initial cost damage 
of P23.6 million; Cordillera, P 23.3 million; Cagayan Valley, P38.1 million; 
Calabarzon, P30 million; Mimaropa, P30 million; and Bicol, P33 million. 
Some 319,881 families were affected by the storm. NDCC also said the 
homes of nearly 1.9 million people in the capital and surrounding areas were 
inundated, with nearly 380,000 people brought to schools, churches and other 
evacuation centers. 
This bill seeks to provide a three-year 100 billion pesos reconstruction and 
rebuild program for affected local government units and communities due to the 
damages caused by Typhoon Ondoy. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR  
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PROVIDING FOR A THREE-YEAR 100 BILLION PESOS 
RECONSTRUCTION AND REBUILD PROGRAM FOR AFFECTED LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNITS AND COMMUNITIES DUE TO THE DAMAGES 
CAUSED BY TYPHOON ONDOY 
Be it enacted by the Senate and· House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. The State shall promote a just and 
dynamic social order that will free the people from poverty through policies that 
provide adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of 
living, and an improved quality of life for all. 
SECTION 2. Appropriation. - An amount of 100 BILLION PESOS 
(PHP100,OOO,OOO,OOO.) is hereby appropriated 'for the rehabilitation of the local 
government units and communities due to the damages caused by Typhoon 
Ondoy. 
The 
amount 
herein 
appropriated 
is 
separate from 
the 
regular 
appropriations for the above mentioned provinces to be provided for under the 
appropriations act. 
SECTION 3. Use of Funds. - The amount shall cover the rehabilitation, 
repair and reconstruction of roads, bridges, irrigation systems, school buildings, 
government buildings, sea ports and airports, Department of Health and regional 
hospitals, and other infrastructures; purchase of school desks, textbooks and 
workbooks, hospital equipment, supplies and medicines; purchase of relocation 
sites and construction of housing units; and funding for the Comprehensive 
Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS) under the Department of Social 
Welfare and Development, livelihood programs and support to farmers and 
fishermen, and other agricultural support programs. 
SECTION 4. Creation of a Commission. A Commission is hereby created 
and hereinafter referred to as the "Commission", to be composed of the Director­
General of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) as Chairman 
and the Secretaries of the Department of Publi9 Works and Highways (DPWH), 
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Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Education (DepEd), Department 
of Health (DOH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and 
the Manager of the National Housing Authority (NHA), as members, and two (2) 
members from the Local Government Units to be appointed by the President. 
The members of the Commission shall not receive any remuneration or 
compensation in relation to their tasks in the Commission. 
SECTION 5. Powers and Functions of the Coml11h:;sion. - The Commission 
shall identify the projects to be funded and submit the same to the President for 
approval. The Commission may accept proposals for funding from the local 
government units, other government agencies 'and the private sector, such as but 
not limited to, non-governmental organizations, people's organizations and the 
business sector, and decide which projects will be funded for approval of the 
President. The Commission may also conduct consultations from the different 
sectors in the affected areas to help them identify the projects to be funded. 
Upon approval by the President of. the projects submitted by the 
Commission for funding, it shall publish such list. The Commission shall identify 
the projects to be funded within three (3) years upon the effectivity of this Act and 
shall thereafter cease to exist functus officio. 
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SECTION 6. Quorum. - Six (6) members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum to transact business. The decision of the majority of 
members constituting a quorum shall be carried, 
SECTION 7. Secretariat of the Commission. - The Secretariat shall assist 
the Commission in carrying out its functions. 
SECTION 8. Administrative Fund of the Commission. - An amount of 
Twelve Million Pesos (PHP 12,000,000.) from the fund is hereby allocated for the 
administrative expenses of the Commission, 
SECTION 9. Submission to Congress. - The Commission shall submit to 
the Congress of the Philippines, through the Chairmen of the Committee on 
Appropriations, in the case of the House of Representatives, and Committee on 
Finance, in the case of the Senate, an itemized list of projects to be funded within 
thirty (30) days from the approval of the President. 
No funding for specific project shall be released unless the project has 
been submitted to the Congress of the Philippines. 
SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. All laws, presidential decrees and 
issuances, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 11. Separability Clause. If,> for any reason or reasons, any part 
or provision of this Act shall be held to be unconstitutionar or invalid, other parts 
or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full 
force and effect. 
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SECTION 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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