EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S. No. 1048
Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto
AN ACT
PROVIDING 
FOR 
DIRECT 
FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
BACKYARD 
LIVESTOCK RAISERS AFFECTED BY MAJOR ANIM AL DISEASE EPIDEMIC 
OR TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1578, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Philippine Livestock Industry provides livelihood for thousands of Filipino 
livestock raisers, as well as food for millions of Filipino families. In 2018, the local 
livestock industry registered an aggregate production value of P321.52 billion, which 
comprise about 17.66% of the total production value of the agricultural, hunting, 
forestry and fishing industry. During the same year, some 32.34 million heads of 
cattle, carabao, swine and goats were slaughtered in the country, of which 42.68% 
or 13.80 million were slaughtered in slaughterhouses nationwide. In 2017, an 
average Filipino consumes 66.45 grams of beef, carabeef, pork and chevon on a 
daily basis, providing every Filipino diet with an average of 212.51 grams of calories, 
21.15 grams of proteins, and 13.90 grams of fat. Moreover, an average Filipino 
family spends almost P5,275 annually on fresh beef, pork and chevon, translating to 
an aggregate disbursement of about PI 19.90 billion.
Given the economic and dietary importance of the local livestock industry, 
there is a need to ensure that livestock raisers, which maintain some 21.96 million 
livestock heads, remain agriculturally productive to realize the twin goals of reducing 
rural poverty and ensuring food security.


The government engagement in the local livestock industry, however, remains 
limited despite the significant contribution of the local livestock industry in the 
socioeconomic well-being of every Filipino. This limited role of government in 
managing the industry contributes to the persistence of inefficiencies that hinder the 
industry from realizing its full potential. Additionally, it inhibits the ability of the 
government to provide swift and timely interventions during emergency situations, 
particularly during the outbreak of animal disease epidemics and transboundary 
animal diseases.
This bill seeks to provide remedy to this situation by amending Republic Act No. 
1578. Under the prevailing law, first enacted in 1952, municipal treasurers can only 
collect ninety cents (P0.90) for every head of cattle, carabao, buffalo, horse, mule and 
other animals of the bovine family; sixty cents (P0.60) for every head of swine; and 
thirty cents (P0.30) for every head of sheep, goat and deer slaughtered in any public 
or private slaughterhouse and in private meat packing establishments as pre-slaughter 
fees. This bill adjusts the rate of pre-slaughter fees to its present value, thereby 
increasing the potential collection of pre-slaughter fees by as much as 13,230%. 
Additionally, this proposed measure earmarks a portion of the Philippine Livestock 
Promotion Fund for direct financial assistance to backyard livestock raisers adversely 
affected by animal disease epidemics and transboundary animal disease. With these 
interventions, it is hoped that the government will have enough wherewithal to assist 
the local livestock industry especially during calamities and emergency situations.
The goal of the bill is simple yet noble and doable: to provide the government 
with the financial wherewithal to assist the industry that provides income and helps 
reduce poverty in the countryside, and that ensures the availability of food for all 
Filipinos.
In light of the foregoing, immediate passage of the bill is earnestly sought.
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SENATE
S. No. 1048
Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto
AN ACT
PROVIDING 
FOR 
DIRECT 
FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
BACKYARD 
LIVESTOCK RAISERS AFFECTED BY MAJOR ANIMAL DISEASE EPIDEMIC OR 
TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1578, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 1578 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 2. The funds collected under the acts mentioned in the 
preceding section shall 
likewise be consolidated 
into a special 
[reimbursable] ACCOUNT IN  THE GENERAL fund to be known as 
"Philippine Livestock Promotion Fund" which shall be used for the 
following purposes:
"(a) 
For 
the 
introduction, 
propagation, 
production, 
and 
distribution of purebred and improved breeding animals[.];
"(b) 
For the establishment, equipment, 
maintenance and 
operation of stock farms, breeding stations, breeding centers, fixed or 
ambulatory, and slaughterhouses, in such places as may be deemed 
appropriate therefor and beneficial to the livestock industry: Provided, 
however, That no slaughterhouse shall be established in the City of 
Manila AND OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED BY THE


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RESPECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN  THE NATIONAL 
CAPITAL REGION[.];
"(c) For the manufacture of biological products needed in the 
control and eradication and treatment of animal diseases and 
parasites[.];
"(d) 
For 
conducting 
experiments 
on 
the 
manufacture, 
preservation, utilization and industrialization of animal products, 
including milk and milk derivatives;
"(E ) 
FOR THE 
PROVISION 
OF 
DIRECT 
FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE TO BACKYARD LIVESTOCK RAISERS ADVERSELY 
AFFECTED 
BY 
MAJOR 
ANIMAL 
DISEASE 
EPIDEMIC 
OR 
TRANSBOUNDARY ANIM AL DISEASES: PROVIDED, THAT THE 
AFFECTED BACKYARD LIVESTOCK RAISERS SHALL REGISTER 
W ITH 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) 
UNDER THE 
REGISTRY SYSTEM FOR BASIC SECTORS IN  AGRICULTURE 
(RSBSA); and
''[(e )] (F) For [such other purposes as may have for their object 
the 
stabilization, 
protection 
and 
development] 
THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO 
IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY of the Philippine Livestock Industry
AND TO PROTECT THE WELFARE OF BACKYARD LIVESTOCK 
RAISERS."
Sec. 2. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 1578 is hereby amended to read as 
follows:
"Sec. 3. The Director of Animal Industry, subject to the approval 
of the Secretary of Agriculture [and Natural Resources], is hereby 
authorized and empowered to make disbursements out of the fund 
herein created for salaries, wages, and traveling expenses of personnel; 
for the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, fences and 
other necessary structures; for the purchase of large cattle and other 
domestic animals, furnishing the same to the public on economical terms 
for improved breeding, agricultural work or for consumption; for the


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purchase 
of apparatuses, 
instruments, 
chemicals, 
supplies 
and 
materials, 
and 
other needed equipment; 
DIRECT FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE TO BACKYARD LIVESTOCK RAISERS; and for such 
other expenses as may be deemed necessary to carry out effectively and 
properly the purposes of this Act."
Sec. 3. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 1578 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 4. In order to raise the necessary funds for the activities 
herein provided, there shall be collected for animals slaughtered in any 
public or private slaughterhouse and 
in 
private meat 
packing 
establishments, including those in chartered cities, pre-slaughter fees at 
the following rates:
"(a) For cattle, carabaos, buffaloes, horses, mules and other 
animals of the bovine family [P0.90] P120.00 per head[.];
"(b) For swine [P0.60] P80.00 per head[.]; AND 
"(c) For sheep, goats and deer [P0.30] P40.00 per head.
"The municipal treasurers shall, in addition to their regular duties, 
make such collections and shall, at the end of every month, remit the 
same to the Treasurer of the Philippines to the credit of the "Philippine 
Livestock Promotion Fund" to be expended in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act. The provisions of this Section shall not be 
construed to deprive the municipalities of their present rights to impose 
and collect license fees for the slaughter of any animal or/and for the 
use of municipal slaughterhouses: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall 
be construed as amending or repealing existing regulations on the 
slaughter OF carabaos.
"THE DA SHALL REVIEW AND ADJUST THE RATE OF PRE­
SLAUGHTER FEES ONCE EVERY THREE (3 ) YEARS AFTER THE 
EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT USING THE CONSUMER PRICE 
INDEX 
AS 
PUBLISHED 
BY THE 
PHILIPPINE 
STATISTICS 
AUTHORITY."


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Sec. 4. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 1578 is hereby amended to read as 
follows:
"Sec. 5. The Director of Animal Industry may order the sale for 
agricultural, propagation, breeding or meat purposes, or the renting or 
loaning for breeding purposes, or the slaughter and sale in the form of 
meat, of the animals which may not be needed by the Bureau of Animal 
Industry, subject to the existing regulations and to such as may hereafter 
be promulgated by the Director of Animal Industry with the approval of 
the Secretary of Agriculture [and Natural Resources]; and all the 
proceeds to be derived therefrom as well as all other income from the 
operation of this Act shall accrue to "Philippine Livestock Promotion 
Fund" herein created and may be expended by the Director of Animal 
Industry, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture [and Natural 
Resources], for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided 
in this Act."
Sec. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -  The DA shall, in coordination 
with the Department of Budget and Management, Department of Finance, and other 
government agencies concerned, promulgate the necessary implementing rules and 
regulations within sixty (60) days upon the approval of this Act.
Sec. 6. Separability Clause. -  If any provision, section or part of this Act shall 
be declared unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, invalidate or 
impair any other provisions, sections or parts hereof.
Sec. 7. Repealing Clause. -  Republic Act No. 1578 and all other laws, acts, 
decrees, executive orders, issuances, and rules and regulations or parts thereof which 
are contrary to and inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or 
modified accordingly.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation or in the Official 
Gazette.
Approved,