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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4102

HOUSE BILL NO.
Introduced by HON. GUS S. TAMBUNTING

EXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill seeks to develop and upgrade the Clark International Airport.

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is considered the country's
premier international airport. However, NAIA has already reached its maximum
capacity giving rise to frequent flight delays. Having only four terminals, NAIA is
heavily congested with a total passenger traffic of over 36 million in 2015, exceeding
its annual passenger capacity of 31.5 million.

If the government fails to address the capacity constraints at NAIA, the country
will continue to suffer from loss of opportunities, reduced travel options and
unappealing business. There is therefore a need to look for an alternative airport which
will augment the needs of the passengers in NAIA. Clark International Airport is the
logical choice to help decongest NAIA. Clark International Airport is already fully
operational. It has a long runway and has the expansion capacity within its 2,400
hectares of land. It also has the advantage of 30-minute proximity to Metro Manila.
As a whole, Clark is a beautiful tourist destination which offers family resorts, good
restaurants, luxurious hotels and casinos, and sprawling golf courses.

To lessen the air traffic congestion in NAIA, it is imperative to modernize,
improve and develop Clark International Airport. This bill empowers the Bases
Conversion Development Authority to prepare and implement an airport master plan
that will provide a feasibility study, engineering design, improvement of existing
runway, construction of terminal building with appurtenances thereto, installation of
navigation and lighting facilities, construction of a railway system that will connect
NAIA to Clark International Airport. All these will greatly help make Clark International
Airport a premier international airport, and together with NAIA, will attract more
investors and pave the way for global opportunities for growth not only in Metro Manila
and Pampanga but in the whole country as well.

In view of the forgoing, approval of this bj
recommended.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4102

Introduced by HON. GUS S. TAMBUNTING

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND UPGRADING OF THE CLARK
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN PAMPANGA TO ACCOMMODATE MORE
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC FLIGHTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. —This Act shall be known as the “Clark International
Airport Development Act.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. —It is the policy of the State to undertake a
comprehensive and reliable program that enhances tourism, trade and commerce in
the country by providing standardized and modernized flights, ground equipment and
airport runways for safe and harmonious travel for all.

SEC.3. Clark International Airport. — For purposes of this Act, the Bases
Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) shall cause to develop and upgrade the
Clark International Airport in order to accommodate more international and domestic
flights and to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

SEC. 4. Clark International Airport Master Plan. — The BCDA shall, in
coordination with the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), prepare,

formulate and develop the Clark International Airport master plan which aims to reach


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the terminal capacity to forty-six (46) million passengers per annum by the year 2025.
The master plan shall cover feasibility study, engineering design, improvement of
existing runway, construction of terminal building with appurtenances thereto,
installation of navigation and lighting facilities and all the equipment aapareathy
required thereto. The master plan shall include the construction of a railway system
that connects Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Clark International Airport.

SEC.5. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the effective
implementation of this Act shall be charged to the appropriations of the Bases
Conversion and Development Authority. Thereafter, such sum as maybe needed for
the operation and maintenance of the airport shall be included in the annual General
appropriations Act.

SEC.6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -Within ninety (90) days
from the approval of this Act, the Bases Conversion Development Authority in
coordination with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines shall formulate and

issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC.9. Effectivity Clause. —This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,