THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. B. No. 
2451 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VlLLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to constitute the City of San Fernando in the Province of 
Pampanga into a lone congressional district separate and distinct from the Third 
District of Pampanga. 
Currently, the City of San Fernando is part of the Third district of 
Pampanga along with the municipalities of Arayat, Bacolor, Mexico and Sta. Ana. 
Based on the 2000 census of population conducted by the National Statistics 
Office (NSO), the City of San Fernando has a population of 221,857 with an 
average annual growth rate of 3.46%. Hence, by the time this bill takes effect, 
should it be passed into a law, the City of San Fernando would have a sizeable 
constituency far more than the population requirement of at least two hundred 
fifty thousand (250,000) as prescribed by the Constitution. 
The proposed bill provides that the representative first elected to the 
position for the new district of the City of San Fernando may serve for three 
consecutive terms as allowed by the Constitution regardless of the term or terms 
he shall have served in the Third District in the same capacity. This is only proper 
and logical since a congressional term that is attached to a new district should be 
deemed as an original term and may not, therefore, be considered an extension 
of the term served in what would now be another congressional district. 
This measure is advantageous not only to the City of San Fernando, but 
also to the remaining municipalities of the Third District of Pampanga. On one 
hand, various congressional-allocated projects through the Priority Development 
Assistance Fund (PDAF) can be implemented exclusively for the benefit and 
welfare of the constituents of the Lone District of the City of San Fernando. On 
the other, the PDAF projects for the Third District of Pampanga shall be 
dedicated to and divided amongst the four remaining municipalities, namely, 
Arayat, Bacolor, Mexico and Sta. Ana. 
Approval of this bill is earnestly requested, as it is envisioned to further 
spur the development of the City of San Fernando as the heart and the center of 
trade in Central Luzon. 
MANNY VI LAR 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. 6. 
No. 2451. 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
CONSTITUTING THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO IN THE PROVINCE 
OF PAMPANGA INTO A LONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be if enacfed by fhe Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. The City of San Fernando in the Province of Pampanga is 
hereby constituted into a lone Congressional District separate and distinct from 
the Third District of Pampanga. The Municipalities of Bacolor, Mexico, Sta. Ana 
and Arayat shall constitute to form part of the Third District of the Province of 
Pampanga. 
SECTION 2.- The Lone District of the City of San Fernando shall consist 
of all existing barangays within its political jurisdiction. 
SECTION 3.- The election of the first RepresentativeKongressman for the 
Lone District of the City of San Fernando shall coincide with the national 
elections to be held in 2007. 
SECTION 4.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after completion of 
its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved.