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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
Second Regular Session 
REPUBLIC OF THE P “ E S  
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING 
THE 
FULL 
DISCLOSURE 
OF 
ALL 
ENTITLES 
AND 
ORGANIZATIONS 
RECEIVING 
GOVERNMENT 
FUNDS 
THRU 
A 
SEARCHABLE DATABASE WEBSITE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled. 
Section 1. Short Zitle. I This Act shall be known as the “Government Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2009” 
Sec. 
(1) 
2. Definition of Term. -As used in this Act, the term - 
“Entity” -the term “entity” - 
(A) includes - 
(i) 
a corporation; 
(ii) an association; 
(iii) a partnership; 
(iv) a limited liability company; 
(v) a limited liability partnership; 
(vi) any other legal business entity; 
(vii) any other grantee or contractor that is 
Subparagraph (2) or (3); and 
(viii) Local Government Units; and 
not included in 
(B) does not include - 
(i) 
(ii) a Government employee; or 
an individual recipient of Government assistance; 
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expected to cause damage to national security 
(2) 
“Govemment Funding” means Government financial assistance and 
expenditures that include grants, contracts, subgrants, subcontracts, loans, awards and 
other foms of financial assistawe. 
(3) 
“Searchable Database Website” means a website that allows the public to 
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(A) search Government funding by name of entity, parent entity, or type of 
industry, geography, including location of the entity and the primary 
location of the. perfonnawe, amounts and types of govemment 
funding, program sources, type of activity being performed, time 
factors such as fiscal years or multiple fiscal years, and other relevant 
infomation; and 
(B) download data included in subparagraph (A) includmg outcomes from 
searches. 
Sec. 3, Website The database website established by this section - 
(1) 
shall not be considered in compliance if it links to the Philippine 
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) or other existing websites and 
databases, unless each of those sites has information from all agencies and each category 
of infomaticwm required to be itemized can be searched electronically by field ia a single 
search: 
(2) 
shall provide an o-pPort~@+ fop the public to provide input about the 
utility of the site and recommendations for improvements; and 
(3) 
requiring a posting. 
shall be updated not later &an 30 days after the award of any assistance 
See. 4. Full Disclosfire #$’Entities Receiving &vernmnt Fundifig. - 
(1) 
Effective beginning January 1,2010 and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 
the Department of Budget and Management shall ensure the existence and operation of a 
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single updated searchable database website accessible by the public at no cost that 
includes for each entity receiving Government funding- 
(a) the name of the identity; 
(b) the amount of any Government funds that the entity has received in 
each of the last 10 fiscal years; 
(c) an itemized breakdown of each transaction, including funding agency, 
program source, and a description of the purpose of each funding 
action; 
(d) the location of the entity and primary location of performance, 
including the city, congressional district, and country; 
(e) a unique identifier for each such entity and parent entity, should the 
entity be owned by another entity; and 
(f) any other relevant information. 
(2) 
Effective January 1, 2010, the website shall include data for fiscal years 
2009 and 2008. 
(3) 
Not later than January 1, 2010, information required by this section shall 
be posted on the website for fiscal years 1999 through 2009. 
See. 5. Agency Responsibility. - The Secretary of the DBM shall provide 
guidance to agency heads to ensure compliance with this section. 
See. 6. Zmplementat~on Report. - The Secretary of the DBM shall annually report 
to the Senate and the House of Representatives with regard to the implementation of the 
website that shall include data about the usage and public feedback on the utility of the 
site, including recommendations for improvements. The annual report shall be made 
publicly available on the website. 
See. 7. Appropriations. - To carry out the provisions of this Act, such amount as 
hereby necessary is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Treasury. 
See. 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the remainder thereof not affected thereby shall continue to be 
in full force and effect. 
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Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or 
other issuance or parts thereof inconsistent with the provision of this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
Sec. 10. Eflectivi@. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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