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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES (USTSP) IN BARANGAY 
BALUBAL, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE USTSP- 
BARANGAY BALUBAL, CAGAYAN DE ORO CAMPUS, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines 
(USTSP) is a state university established on August 16, 2016 by virtue of 
Republic Act No. 10919 through the amalgamation of the Mindanao 
University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis 
Oriental and the Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology 
(MOSCAT) in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. Both campuses are located in 
Northern Mindanao, the gateway to Mindanao, which offers a strategic 
location to train and develop students from all the other regions in Mindanao.1 
It has satellite campuses in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, and Panaon and 
Oroquieta, Misamis Occidental. A satellite campus in Barangay Balubal,
1 University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, Official Website 
(See https://www.ustp.edu.ph/#)
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Cagayan de Oro City will further serve the youth of the eastern part of the 2nd 
District of Cagayan de Oro City.2
This bill seeks to establish a campus which shall be headed by a 
Campus Administrator. The provisions of R.A. No. 8292, otherwise known as 
the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act 
and shall serve as the governing charter of the University. All assets, 
personnel and records of the proposed campus, as well as its liabilities, shall 
be named after the state college and should the campus cease to exist, it shall 
revert to the concerned local government unit or the Republic of the 
Philippines, as the case may be. The amount necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations 
Act.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
2 Explanatory Note, House Bill No. 424 by Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, 18th Congress
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES (USTSP) IN BARANGAY 
BALUBAL, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE USTSP- 
BARANGAY BALUBAL, CAGAYAN DE ORO CAMPUS, AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. This Act shall be known as the “University of Science and 
Technology of Southern Philippines (USTSP)-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de 
Oro Campus Act”.
Sec. 2. There is hereby established a campus of the University of 
Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTSP), hereinafter referred 
to as the University, in Barangay Balubal, Cagayan De Oro City, to be known 
as the USTSP-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de Oro Campus.
Sec. 3. The USTSP-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de Oro Campus shall 
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graduate courses within its areas of competency and specialization, pursuant 
to its mandate, and according to its capabilities as the Board of Regents, 
hereinafter referred to as the Board, may deem necessary to carry out its 
objectives, and those which respond to the human resources development 
needs of Cagayan De Oro City and Region X.
The USTSP-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de Oro Campus is also 
mandated to undertake research and extension services and provide 
progressive leadership in these areas.
Sec. 4. The USTSP-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de Oro Campus shall 
be headed by a Campus Administrator who shall render full-time service and 
shall be appointed or designated by the Board upon the recommendation of 
the search committee and the President of the University. Such appointment 
or designation shall be subject to the guidelines, qualifications and standards 
set by the Board.
Sec. 5. The establishment of the USTSP-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de 
Oro Campus shall comply with the minimum requirements for its operation 
and program offerings as duly prescribed by the Commission on Higher 
Education.
Sec. 6. All assets, real and personal, personnel, and records of the 
USTSP-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de Oro Campus, as well as liabilities or 
obligations, are hereby transferred to the University. The positions, rights, 
and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed at the 
USTSP-Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de Oro Campus under existing laws prior 
to the integration to the university shall be respected.
All parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the USTSP- 
Barangay Balubal, Cagayan de Oro Campus are hereby declared to be the 
property of the University and shall be titled under that name; Provided, That 
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aforementioned parcels of land be no longer needed by the University, the 
same shall revert to the concerned LGU or to the Republic of the Philippines, 
as the case may be.
Sec. 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as 
the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form an integral part 
of this Act, and together, shall serve as the governing charter of the University.
Sec. 8. All other powers, functions, privileges, responsibilities, and 
limitations to state universities and its officials under existing laws shall be 
deemed granted to or imposed upon the University and its officials, whenever 
appropriate.
Sec. 9. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 10. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or parts not affected shall remain 
in full force and effect.
Sec. 11. All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, administrative 
orders, rules and regulations, issuances, or parts thereof inconsistent with or 
contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended 
accordingly.
Sec. 12. Notwithstanding the non-issuance of the IRR, this Act shall 
take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a 
newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,