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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. B. No. 247 
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JUL -1 
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO ' 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is said that health is wealth. And, anyone who has been under prolonged and costly 
medication, or one whose physical activities have been significantly hampered because of ill-
health knows this too well. In fact, being physically healthy is usually a prerequisite to being 
happy and productive. As English philosopher John Locke once said "a sound mind in a sound 
body is a short butful! description of a happy man." 
Another related and often quoted idiom is that "an ounce of prevention is better than a 
pound of cure", and perhaps the cheapest but most effective measure of prevention is discipline 
and physical exercise. In fact, there are those who believe that maintenance and promotion of a 
healthy lifestyle Is not only to be preferred, but a duty to be fulfilled. 
Perhaps one profession where health and physical fitness is a primordial consideration is 
that of our men and women in uniform - our policemen and soldiers. It is in their hands that the 
preservation of peace and order and the protection of our national security are laid upon. Ii is 
they who risk their lives daily so that others may live peacefully, safe from harm. 
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Thus, it is but reasonable that the State ensures that our military and police are healthy 
and physically fit. It is when they are healthy and fit that they can do their duties most effectively. 
However, it is not uncommon to see our police and military camps without recreational and 
health facilities. It is time that we address t~is need to provide basic facilities and programs for 
them. 
This bill seeks to exactly do that by providing a lump sum funding to provide and improve 
the recreational infrastructures and health facilities of military and police camps around the 
country. This bill also provides the authority as well as encourages the local government units to 
support the Personnel Health and Wellness Development Plan of the military and police camps 
within their jurisdiction. This bill further allows and encourages private sector support by giving 
them appropriate tax incentives. 
It is believed that with those infrastructures and facilities in place, it will not only benefit 
the uniformed personnel in those camps, but also the families that are living with them, and 
eventually the public in general in certain occasions. 
In view of the foregoing, the immedipte approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
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SEN. ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO 


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Firs~ Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. B. No. 247 
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO 
AN ACT 
PRQVIDING FOR PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE 
PHIPPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) 
PERSONNEL THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF RECREATIONAL AND HEALTH FACILITIES IN THE 
POLICE AND MILITARY CAMPS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be It enacted by the Senate and the Hause of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. Title. This act shall be known as the "Uniformed Personnel Health and 
Well ness Development Act of 2013" 
Section 2. Dec/aration of Policy.- Pursuant to the Constitutional mandate under Section 
15, Article II to protect and promote the right to health of the people and to instill health 
consciousness among them, it is thereby declared a policy of the State to address the welfare and 
development of uniformed personnel by improving the recreational infrastructures and health 
facilities in the military and police camps qnd encouraging health and well ness programs within 
the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police In so doing, promoting a 
healthier lifestyle among our uniformed personnel, enhance their performance in doing their 
roles in the preservation of peace and order and protection of our national security. 
Section 3. Uniformed Personnel Health and WeI/ness Development Plan. The AFP and the 
PN8 shall ensure that the military and police camps shall respectively develop and improve their 
recreational infrastructure and health facilities. Pursuant to this, the AFP and PNP shall give 
appropriate emphasis on and priority to infrastructure projects that will benefit the most number 
of their personnel. The infrastructures must provide recreational venues and respond to the 
physical fitness needs ofthe AFP and PNP. 
Section 4.Uniformed Personnel Health and WeI/ness Development Fund.- The amount of 
TWO BILLION PESOS (PhP 2,000,000,000.00) each year for a period of five (5) years is hereby set 
aside to finance the Uniformed Personnel Health and Well ness Development Fund and broken 
down as follows: 
a. AFP Health and WeI/ness Development Fund. - To finance the recreational needs and health 
facilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the sum of ONE BILLION PESOS (PhP 
1,000,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the AFP to be used exclusively for improving the 
recreational infrastructures and health facilities of its military camps nationwide. 
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b. PNP Health and WeI/ness Development Fund. To finance the recreational needs and health 
facilities of the Philippine National Police, the sum of ONE BILLION 
PESOS (PhP 
1,000,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the PNP to be used exclusively for improving the 
recreational infrastructures and health facilities of its police camps nationwide. 
Section S. Prerequisite for the Release of Funds. The AFP and the PNP shall prepare and 
submit to the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), respectively, a Personnel Health and Wellness Development Plan taking the 
foregoing into consideration within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act 
Section 6. Authority of Local Government Units. - NotWithstanding any law or executive 
issuances to the contrary, this Act authorizes all local government units to augment the funding 
and/or provide any form of support to the Personnel Health and Wellness Development Plans of 
the AFP and/or PNP camps within their jurisdiction. 
Section 7. Private Sector Donations. - Exclusively for the purpose of augmenting the funding 
or supporting the realization of their respective Personnel Health and Wellness Development 
Plans, the PNP and the AFP are hereby authorized to accept donations subject to auditing 
procedures of the Commission on Audit. 
Donations of real and personal properties of all kinds from private persons shall be exempt 
from the donor's tax and the same shall be considered as allowable deductions from the gross 
income of the donor, in accordance with the proVisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 
1997, as amended: PrOVided, that the allowable deductions shall be equivalent to 200 percent of 
the value of such donation. 
Section 8. Appropriations. The amount of TWO BILLION PESOS (P2,000,000,000) each year 
for a period of five years is hereby appropriated for the implementation of this Act. Thereafter, 
such amounts as may be deemed necessary to fulfill the letter and intent of this Act shall be 
integrated in the appropriations of the AFP and the PNP in the General Appropriations Act. 
Section 9. Separability clause. - If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is 
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected thereby shall 
remain in full force and effect. 
Section 10. Repealing clause. - All laws, presidential decrees and executive orders contrary 
to or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
Section 11.-
EffectiVity. -
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,