FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.No. 21B7 
Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Government projects are funded using tax payer's money. 
However, it has been the traditional practice of government officials to label or 
acknowledge the procurement of items with their names or identities as if the projects 
or items were personally funded - basic government services such as waiting sheds, 
ambulances and even trash bins are tagged with their family names. 
In the same manner, this practice permits government officials to prematurely 
campaign for re-election all year round, while at the same time projecting a false and 
inflated sense of accomplishment to their constituency. 
In the interest of objectivity and fairness to the public and the money they have 
entrusted to the government by way of taxes, this bill deserves immediate consideration 
and approval. It is the people's money, not theirs. 
c-:ct€s 
FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
s.No?187 
Introduced by Senator FRANCIS C. ESCUDERO 
AN ACT 
DECLARING AS UNLAWFUL ANY GOVERNMENT PROJECTS TO BE 
NAMED OR IDENTIFIED AFTER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND 
OTHER PERSONS WHOSE NAME OR IDENTITY MAY IN ANY 
MANNER BE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OFFICIALS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Prohibited Acts. - It shall be unlawful for any government projects to 
be named or identified after any government officials or other persons whose identity 
may in any'manner be associated with said government officials, except those as may be 
determined by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in 
accordance with law or its duly issued guidelines or regulations. 
For purposes of this Act, government officials shall mean any person, appointed 
or elected, in government whose office is given the authority, privilege or right to 
identify, administer, implement, coordinate or propose a government project. 
Government project/ s shall, on the other hand, cover goods and infrastructure 
projects as defined in Section 5 paragraphs hand k, respectively, of Republic Act No. 
9184. 


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SEC. 2. 
Penalty. - The penalty of one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of 
Phpl00,000.00 to Phpl,OOO,OOO.OO shall be imposed upon any person who violates the 
provisions of this Act. The determination of the amount of fine imposed herein shall be 
, 
dependent on the amount of the government project concerned. 
A second violation, however, shall in addition to the above penalty of 
imprisonment and fine subject the offender to suffer absolute perpetual disqualification 
to hold office. 
SEC. 3. 
Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the Government Procurement Policy Board in coordination with 
the NHCP shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to effectively carry out 
the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 4. 
Separability Clause. 
If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
SEC. 5. 
Repealing Clause. 
All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
proclamations and/ or administrative regulations which are inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby amended, modified, superseded or repealed 
accordingly. 
SEC. 6. 
Effectivity Clause. 
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its 
publication in the Official Gazette or at least three (3) newspapers of national 
circulation. 
Approved,