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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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House Bill No, 4155

INTRODUCED BY HONORABLE LIANDA B. BOLILIA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that the State shall promote a just and
dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free
the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, full
employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all.

To give meaning to the above State policy, the program known as Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program or 4Ps was launched. The present 4Ps is a human development program of
the national government that invests in the health and education of poor households,
particularly of children aged 0-18 years old. The program entitles each beneficiary household
to receive Five Hundred Pesos (Php 500.00) per month as a health grant, It also allows a
maximum of three (3) children per household to avail educational grants in which an
elementary student receives Three Hundred Pesos (Php 300.00) per month for the ten (10)
month school year and a high school student receives Five Hundred Pesos (Php 500.00) per
month for the ten (10) month school year.

Based on studies, these cash grants have produced positive results. However, there are
reports that there are beneficiaries who are misusing these monthly cash grants by spending the
money on gadgets and on their vices instead of food. Monitoring the usage of money of the
beneficiaries is, indeed, difficult.

Henee, in order to ensure that the food consumption of the beneficiaries is prioritized,
rice allowance should be implemented. Since rice is the staple food in the Philippines, this bill
seeks to provide for twenty (20) kilos of rice per month to the beneficiaries of the program.
President Duterte has already approved a Department of Agriculture (DA) measure seeking to
provide P21 billion worth of assistance to rice farmers who will produce the rice allowance of
4Ps beneficiaries. Indeed, this endeavor will not only benefit poor families enrolled in 4Ps but
also the revitalization of rice production in the Philippin

In view of the foregoing, the immediate enactment and gfprovgf of this bill is earnestly
sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 4155

INTRODUCED BY HONORABLE LIANDA B, BOLILIA

AN ACT
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE RICE ALLOWANCE PROGRAM IN PANTAWID
PAMILYANG PILIPINO’: PROGRAM (4Ps) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress Assembled:

SECTION 1. Rice Subsidy for the Beneficiaries of 4Ps. — All beneficiaries of the
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps, as may properly determined by the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) shall receive twenty (20) kilos of rice per month.

Funds necessary to the provision of rice subsidy to the beneficiaries of 4Ps shall be
sourced from funds available to the DSWD. Additional requirements shall be charged to the
appropriations under the General Appropriations Act, Thereafter, such sum as may be needed
for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC. 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations, ~ The Secretaries of Social Welfare
and Development, Interior and Local Government, and Budget and Management shall
formulate the implementing rules and regulations of this Act within ninety (90) days after its
approval. Such rules and regulations shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

3. Repealing Clause, ~ All laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, issuances, rules
and regulations, or parts thereof which are contrary to and inconsistent with any provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. Separability Clause, - If any provision of this Act is subsequently declared
unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and
effect.

SEC, 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,