Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 741
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill was originally filed as House Bill No. 2980 in the 18th Congress on 
July 29, 2019 and was refiled on August 2, 2022 as House Bill No. 1895 in the 19th 
Congress. 
The municipalities of Aguinaldo and Alfonso Lista in the province of Ifugao 
located at the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are primarily corn 
producing areas. In fact, the volume of corn produced in these two (2) 
municipalities are first class corns delivered and sold to corn traders in the 
province of Isabela in Region 2. The combined corn production of the 
municipalities of Aguinaldo and Alfonso Lista would easily account to more or less 
thirty (30) percent of the reported corn production of the province of Isabela. 
It is a sad fact that during the rainy season, the corn farmers of the 
municipalities of Aguinaldo and Alfonso Lista, Ifugao find it very hard or almost 
impossible to transport their harvests and produces to the province of Isabela in 
long periods of time until the roads are dry and passable resulting to so much 
waste of corn products as their harvests and produces would be molding and often 
rotting when the road becomes passable. 
The road network herein proposed to be converted into a national road is 
strategically located in the areas mainly dedicated to corn production and very 
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vital to accelerate development and increase agricultural and economic activities 
essential to support agriculture. 
The conversion of the said road will facilitate faster and more efficient 
transportation of essential agricultural goods, and the delivery of necessary 
agricultural services. It is projected that such road conversion shall promote 
livelihood opportunities, encourage competitive flow of investment, and shall 
ultimately enhance the economic and social living conditions, not just of the people 
farming and living along the roads, but also those in the arterial roads that are 
connected to it. 
The proposed conversion arises out of extreme necessity and urgency. 
In view of the foregoing premises, immediate enactment of this bill is 
earnestly sought. 
ATTY. SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 741
Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING THE MONGGAYANG, MUNICIPALITY OF AGUINALDO, 
PROVINCE OF IFUGAO ROAD TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROXAS, 
PROVINCE 
OF 
ISABELA 
ROAD 
INTO 
A 
NATIONAL 
ROAD 
AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. The Monggayang, Municipality of Aguinaldo, Province of 
Ifugao Road to the Municipality of Roxas, Province of Isabela Road starts from the 
national road at Barangay Monggayang, Municipality of Aguinaldo, Province of 
Ifugao passing Sitio Manaot, Monggayang, Aguinaldo, Ifugao then passing Sitio 
Lipit of Barangay Pinto, Municipality of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao and traversing 
Barangay Little Tadian, Municipality of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao and finally 
connecting with the national road at the Municipality of Roxas, Province of 
Isabela, is hereby converted into a national road. 
SECTION 2. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall issue the 
necessary rules, orders and circulars to implement the provisions of this including 


in the Department the program of its improvement, repairs and maintenance, the 
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Act. 
 
 
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the official gazette and in any newspaper of general circulations. 
 
Approved,