EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session
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SENATE
Senate Bill No. 2478
• Jan 17 2022 m
3:05 p.m.
Introduced by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY BILLION PESOS FOR THE 
REHABILITATION OF THE AFFECTED PROVINCES DUE TO THE 
DAMAGES CAUSED BY TYPHOON ODETTE
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On 14 December 2021, Typhoon Rat, locally known as Typhoon Odette, 
entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility with maximum sustained winds 
reaching as high as 175 kilometers per hour near the center and with gustiness of 
up to 240 kilometers per hour. On 16 December 2021, it made its first landfall in 
Siargao Island, province of Surigao del Norte and by 17 December 2021, it had 
made eight other landfalls In the provinces of Dinagat Islands, Southern Leyte, 
Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Palawan.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, in its 
Situational Report for Typhoon Odette dated 14 January 2022, has reported a total 
of 2,224,928 affected families and 7,715,320 affected persons across 11 regions 
and 38 provinces. The total number of deaths has reached 406, with 65 persons 
reported missing, and 1,266 individuals reported injured. The estimated cost of 
damaged houses has reached P33,030,018 with a total of 1,360,682 damaged 
houses. Of this number, 992,177 have been partially damaged, and 368,505 have 
been totally damaged. Furthermore, the estimated cost of damaged infrastructure 
has reached a total of P17,728,976,164.80, with government facilities, flood 
control, bridges, health facilities, roads, schools, and utility service facilities among 
those affected by the typhoon. The estimated cost of damage to agriculture has 
reached Pll,541,286,905.63 and a total of 361 cities/municipalities in MIMAROPA, 
Region 6, Region 8, and CARAGA have been declared to be under a State of 
Calamity.
This bill seeks to provide the supplemental budget of twenty billion pesos 
for the implementation of relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the 
affected areas, especially in the most devastated provinces such as Cebu, Negros 
Occidental, Bohol, Negros Oriental, Surigao del Norte, Southern Leyte, Palawan, 
Leyte, Iloilo, and Dinagat Islands.


In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill Is earnestly
sought.
MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI


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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OP THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Third Regular Session 
)
SENATE 
S. No. 2478
• Jan 17 2022 m
LU ' DA TC:
3:05 p.m.
time:
Introduced by Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI
AN ACT
APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT TWENTY BILLION PESOS 
FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE AFFECTED PROVINCES DUE TO THE 
DAMAGES CAUSED BY TYPHOON ODETTE
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 Paglaum Fund 
of 2022."
SECTION 2. Appropriation. - An amount of TWENTY BILLION PESOS 
(PHP 20,000,000,000.) is hereby appropriated for the rehabilitation of the affected 
provinces due to the damages caused by Typhoon Odette.
It shall be called the Paglaum Fund or the "Fund".
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, hospital equipment, 
supplies and medicines; purchase of relocation sites and construction of housing 
units; livelihood programs and support to farmers and fishermen, and other 
agricultural support programs; and direct financial subsidy to families or 
individuals whose houses were totally or partially damaged by Typhoon Odette.
SECTION 4. Roles of Government Agencies. - 
a) National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). - The 
NDRRMC shall make the assessment of the damages and determine the number 
of affected families or individiuals for each province affected by Typhoon Odette 
and recommend to the Department of Budget and Management a Rehabilitation 
Plan that will identify specific infrastructure projects for rehabilitation or 
reconstruction, program intervention for affected families or individuals and direct 
financial subsidy to families or individuals whose houses were totally or partially 
damaged by Typhoon Odette. The Rehabilitation Plan shall also include which 
agencies will implement specific projects and activities with the corresponding 
budget allocation.


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b) Department of Budget and Management. - The Department of Budget and 
Management shall review the Rehabilitation Plan submitted by the NDRRMC, 
especially on the budget allocation, and submit to the President for his approval.
c) Department of Social Welfare and Development. - The DSWD, in consultation 
with the affected LGUs, shall prepare the list of families or individuals who will 
receive direct financial subsidy under this Fund. The DSWD may tap the LGUs in 
disbursing or distributing the direct financial subsidy to families or individuals.
d) Local Government Units (LGUs). - The affected LGUs shall submit to the 
appropriate Departments and/or national government agencies the list of local 
infrastructure or projects that were damaged or affected by Typhoon Odette and 
need to be rehabilitated, repaired or reconstructed for possible funding from this 
Fund. The concerned Department and/or national government agency will review 
such submission and submit the same to the NDRRMC for inclusion in the 
Rehabilitation Plan.
e) Other Departments and National Government Agencies. - The appropriate 
Departments and national government agencies shall make the initial assessment 
of the damages to infrastructure and projects under their respective jurisdictions. 
They shall also receive projects or funding requests from the LGUs for possible 
inclusion in the Rehabilitation Plan. They shall prepare and submit to the NDRRMC 
their recommendations of projects and activities which they will implement and for 
inclusion in the Rehabilitation Plan.
SECTION 5. Submission to Congress. - The NDRRMC 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 and activities to be 
funded under the Fund within thirty days from the approval of the President.
No funding for sf>ecific project shall be released unless the project has been 
submitted to the Congress of the Philippines.
SECTION 6. Repealing Cause. 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 7. Separability Cause. If, for any reason or reasons, any part or 
provision of this Act shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or 
provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force 
and effect.
SECTION 8. Effectivit/. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in a national newspaper of general circulation or in the Official 
Gazette.
Approved,