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House Bill No, 33°71

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to institutionalize a Milk Feeding Program for Filipino children by
providing it with budgetary appropriations to ensure its sustainable implementation

Results of the “2001 Updating of Nutritional Status of Filipino Children” conducted by
the Department of Science and Technology's Food and Nutrition Research institute revealed
that 32.9% of schoolchildren ages 6-10 years are underweight while 41.1% are short for
their age

These nutritionally disadvantaged children are more than the entire population of
Central Luzon which is 8 million, or Somalia, which is 8.78 million, or Sweden, which is 8.84
million or more than twice the size of the population New Zealand, which is 3.78 million in
year 2000. Children belonging to this group are vulnerable to infection and disease with
Usually serious implications. There is a need for the State's intervention to solve the
problem of mainutrition. One feasible way is through milk-feeding programs.

By milk-feeding, this bill proposes the distribution of locally produced fresh milk for
direct intake of children ages 5-10 years of age nationwide, to be taken from produce of local
milk suppliers and sponsors from the government and private sector.

To ensure sustainability of the efforts, there is hereby established a Milk Feeding
Fund to support this worthy cause.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly requested

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MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES }
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

__ Introduced by Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

3371

House Bill No.

AN ACT
PROTECTING THE FILIPINO CHILDREN FROM MALNUTRITION INSTITUTIONALIZING
FOR THIS PURPOSE “THE MILK FEEDING PROGRAM’, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE

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 “MILK FEEDING ACT”.

Section 2. Declarations of Policy--The State shall ensure the health welfare of the
vulnerable children population and shall institute effective mechanism to carry out this policy.
The State shall ensure the supply of regular food supplement for children in order to create a
future generation of physically and mentally alert youth

Section 3. Milk Feeding defined—Mik feeding as used in this Act shall cover
distribution of locally produced fresh milk from cows, carabaos and goats for direct intake of
children ages 5-10 years old nationwide. The fresh milk shall come from the produce of the
local mik suppliers and mik feeding sponsors, private or government. No milk intended for
milk feeding shall b used for commercial sale.

Section 4. Priority Coverage— Priority shall be given to children who are in the
barangay day care centers, pre-schools and school malnutrition is high. Second priorities are
those nursing mothers, pregnant and elder persons who also reside in the rural
communities.

Section 5. The milk feeding fund—it is hereby allocated an initial amount of FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (P500M) out of the total tax collection of the National
Government for the current year from the importation of milk and dairy product as well as
dairy equipment and implements in order to enhance and augment the existing funds for
National Milk Feeding Program of the National Dairy Authority. Said allocation shall
constitute the seed money for the Milk Fund.

‘Annually, thereafter, the Milk Feeding Fund shall be augmented by seventy-five
percent (75%) of the annual tax collection of the National Government from the importation
of milk and dairy products as well as dairy equipment and implement; seventy percent (70%)
of which shall be used for the National Milk Feeding Program and the balance of thirty
percent (30%) shall be used for other dairy and dairy-related activities.

Section 6. Funding Alternatives—in the event that the milk import tariff fund
allocation is not available due to previous utilization commitment, alternative sourcing shall
be automatically effected equivalent to either:

+ At least 10% of the generated funds resulting from the flotation of the ERAP

Bonds, grant of RP Food Aid Fun Overseas Development Assistance Fund and
other confirmed fund assistance to the Philippine Government, or


* Atleast % of 1% of the Annual Approved General appropriation Budget of the
Government

Section 7. Facilitation of Funding—The Department of Finance and the Department
of Budget and Management are hereby directed to set aside the above amount from the
taxes collected on the importation of milk and dairy product as well as dairy equipment and
implements and, or to secure the stipulated 10% automatic allocation against all confirm
fund assistance cited in Section, or to allocate the % of 1% of the Annual Approval General
Appropriation budget of the Government, whichever fund is available.

Section 8. Implementing Authority—-The National Dairy, Authority, consistent with its
mandate under Republic Act No. 7884, is hereby authorized the utilization of the aforesaid
fund for the Nation Mik Feeding Program and other dairy and dairy-related development
activities. The NDA shall tap bonafide and reputable women's organization as milk feeding
partner as well as other government agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs)
with social reform, pro-poor and pro-child agenda.

Section 9. Milk Feeding Incentives—Any private entity or benefactor, local or foreign
who support the Milk Feeding Program in whatever forms, shall be given due tax credit
equipment to 100% of the value of their contribution to the program.

Section 10. Repealing Clause— All acts, executive orders, administrative orders,
proclamation, rules and regulation or parts thereof inconsistent with any of provision of this
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 11. Separability Clause—if any provision or section of this Act or the thereof
to any person, association, or circumstance is held invalid, the other pertinent provision or
section of this Act and their application to such person association or circumstances shall not
be affected thereby.

Section 12. Effectivity—This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication

in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation or in the Official Gazette, whichever
comes earlier.

Approved,