FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. No. 2518 
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Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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Since the creation of the Philippine Sports Commission, new policies and structures were 
introduced in managing the country's sports affairs as a means of institutionalizing what has 
been started by the defunct Project Gintong Alay of then President Marcos. 
After 18 years of 
existence, no amount of radical improvement was witnessed to reform the state of Philippine 
Sports. Based on the outcome of the hearings, consultations and dialogues conducted by the 
Committee on Games, Amusement and Sports with the various stakeholders, the condition of 
the country's sports has indeed gone from bad to worse. 
Recurring complaints were recapitulated from the national sporting community every time 
the country competes internationally and capitalized it as the culprit for poor performance. 
These grievances range from sub-standard uniforms to lack of proper facilities, equipment and 
supplies for training. These all boils down to lack of sufficient government funding to support the 
needs of our national athletes. 
It has also occurred during the hearings of the Committee that the country's existing 
sports program lacks an integrated sports directions that will assimilate each segment of our 
society from the barangay up to the National level including national govemment agencies that 
can help pitch their respective contributions for sports excellence through the "Sports For All" 
program. 
This has been blamed to the absence of authority to the leadership within the 
Commission to execute and implement such vision. 
These are just among the numbers of glaring misfortunes that needs to be addressed in 
order to revive and provide a stronghold the dyeing state of Philippine Sports. This measure 
intends to amend certain provisions of RA 6847 that will among others empower the 
commission to set a doable integrated sports policy direction, opportunity to earn more 
resources for its National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) and give the Philippine Olympic 
Committee and the various national sports aSSOCiations more authority that can contribute for 
the propagation and development of both the mass-based and elite sports. Another major 
reform that can be found in this legislation is to provide the Philippine Sports Association for the 
Differently-Abled (PHILSPADA) with the same recognitions and privileges being extended by 
the government to the Philippine Olympic Committee. It is my position that all athletes delivering 
pride and honor to our country regardless of their physical stature should be treated equally. 
This bill may not be the ultimate solution to whatever tribulations that the country's sports 
affairs is going through, but I strongly believe that these reforms can translate to major 
breakthroughs to put our country amongst the world's sports powerhouse. 
I urge my colleagues to support the immediate passage of this proposed measure. 


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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. No. 2518 
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
AN ACT 
AMENDING 
CERTAIN 
PROVISIONS 
OF 
REPUBLIC 
ACT 
6847, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPINE SPORTS COMMISSION ACT" 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 5 of Republic Act 6847, is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
Section 5, 
Nature of the Commission. - The Commission shall 
exercise corporate powers. x x x Provided, That in the case of the school 
sports development program the same shall be formulated and 
implemented by the Department of Education [.Culture and Sports] with 
the assistance of the Commission x.x.x. 
SEC. 2. 
Section 7 (a), Ul, (m) of RA 6847, is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
Section 7. Functions of the Commission. - The Commission shall 
have the following functions: 
(a) Plan, implement and oversee an integrated amateur sports promotion 
and development program for the country, [including the program for 
the Decade of Physical Fitness and Sports: 1900-2000, pursuant to 
. 
Presidential Proclamation No. 496,) 
in coordination with various 
sectors involved in sports, including among others, the Philippine 
Olympic 
Committee, 
the 
National 
sports 
Association, 
THE 
PHILIPPINE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE DIFFERENTLY-
ABLED (PHILSPADA), the public and private schools, government 
corporations and entities, the local governments, the Armed Forcer of 
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the 
Philippines, 
and other sports organizations and private 
corporations; 
(b) 
x x x 
(c) 
x x x 
(d) 
x x x 
(e) 
x x x 
(f) 
x x x 
(g) 
x x x 
(h) 
x x x 
(i) 
x x x 
(j) 
Recommend and propose to the Department of Education [, 
Culture and Sports], Department of THE INTERIOR AND Local 
Government x x x 
(k) 
x x x 
(I) 
x x x 
(m) 
Encourage, promote and sustain the creation and establishment of 
regional, provincial, municipal and barangay or school district 
sports Department of Education, [Culture and Sports], Department 
of THE INTERIOR AND Local Government, local government 
officials, and representatives of the private sectors which shall 
initiate, conduct and coordinate sports activities in their respective 
jurisdiction; and, 
(n) 
x x x 
SEC. 3. Section 8 of R.A. 6847, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 8. 
Composition of the Commission. - The Commission 
shall be composed of a chairman and four (4) Commissioners all of whom 
shall be appointed by the President UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF 
THE PHILIPPINE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (POC). 
THE CHAIRMAN 
AND THE FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS SHALL HAVE A FIXED TERM 
OF OFFICE OF SIX (6) YEARS UNLESS SOONER REMOVED BY THE 
PRESIDENT FOR CAUSE: PROVIDED, THAT, THE CHAIRPERSON 
AND THE REGULAR MEMBERS MAY NOT SERVE FOR MORE THAN 
TWO (2) CONSECUTIVE TERMS: PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT, IF 
ANY MEMBER FAILS TO COMPLETE HIS OR HER TERM, THE 
PERSON APPOINTED TO FILL THE VACANCY SHALL SERVE ONLY 
FOR THE UNEXPIRED PORTION OF THE TERM. 
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SEC. 4. Section 10 of R.A. 6847, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 10. Salaries of the Chairman and the Commissioners. -
The Chairman shall receive an annual compensation and shall be entitled 
to other benefits and privileges provided under existing laws for [an 
undersecretary] A SECRETARY of a department and the Commissioners 
to that of assistant secretaries. 
SEC. 5. Insert a new Section 14 to RA 6847, to read as follow: 
Section 14. PHILIPPINE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE 
DIFFERENTL Y-ABLED. - THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS ASSOCIATION 
FOR THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED (PHILSPADA), WHICH IS THE 
OFFICIAL 
NATIONAL 
PARALYMPIC 
COMMITTEE 
OF 
THE 
PHILIPPINES 
AND 
AFFILIATED 
WITH 
THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
PARAL YMPIC COMMITTEE, SHALL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE 
COMMISSION. 
PHILSPADA SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE IN THE COUNTRY'S 
PARTICIPATION 
AND 
HOSTING 
PREPARATIONS 
TO 
ALL 
INTERNATIONAL, CONTINENTAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL SPORTS 
COMPETITIONS FOR THE DISABLED SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED 
TO THE ASEAN PARA GAMES, ASIAN PARA GAMES, AND THE 
PARAL YMPICS. 
SEC. 6. Section 14 of R. A. 6847, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 15. 
Executive Director. -
There shall be an Executive 
Director who shall be appointed or designated as such by the Chairman, 
preferably from among the four Commissioners, and shall direct and 
supervise the day-to-day operations of the Commission. PROVIDED, 
HOWEVER, THAT IF THE APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS 
NOT A COMMISSIONER, THE TERM OF OFFICE SHALL BE CO-
TERMINOUS WITH THE CHAIRMAN. The Executive Director shall have 
supervision and control over the bureau on administrative services headed 
by a Deputy Executive Director and the bureau on coordinating secretariat 
and support services, offices and sections which shall likewise be headed 
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by a Deputy Executive Director. The Deputy Executive Directors shall be 
appointed by the Chairman WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE SHALL 
LIKEWISE BE CO-TERMINOUS WITH THE CHAIRMAN. 
SEC. 7. Section 19 of RA 6847, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 19. Tax Exemption of the Commission, poe, NSA, AND 
PHILSPADA. - The Commission shall be exempted from the payment of 
customs duties, taxes and tariffs on the importation of sportswear, 
equipment, supplies, instruments and materials including those donated to 
the Commission, which are of international sports standard not available 
from local manufacturers [and only in such numbers] as may be required 
in the development of various. sports and/or training of the national pool of 
athletes. The importation of sportswear, equipment, supplies, instruments 
and materials EITHER THROUGH DIRECT IMPORTATION OR [donated] 
DONATION to the Philippine Olympic Committee, [and, through the 
Commission, to] the various national sports association AND THE 
PHILIPPINE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED 
SHALL BE certified under oath by the Commission to be required and 
necessary for the development of sports in the country shall also be 
exempt from the payment of customs duties, taxes and tariffs. 
SEC. 8. Section 20 of RA 6847, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 20. Tax Deduction or Exemption of Donations and 
Contributions. -
All donations and contributions to the Commission in 
connection with its fund- raising projects and its continuing sports 
development programs shall be exempt from the donor's taxes, and shall 
be deductible in full in the computation of the taxable net income of the 
donor. Donations and contributions to the Philippine Olympic Committee, 
[and/or] the various national sports associations AND PHILIPPINE 
SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED certified by 
the commission to be pursuant to the development of sports in the country 
shall likewise be exempt from the payment of the donor's and estate taxes 
and shall be deductible in full in computing the taxable net income of the 
donor. 
SEC. 9. There shall be a new section between Section 23 and 24 of R.A. 6847 
which shall be dominated as Section 23-A to read as follows: 
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Section 23-A. 
RENTAL INCOME. 
- ALL RENTAL INCOME 
FROM THE SPORTS 
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITES OWNED AND 
OPERATED BY THE PSC SHALL BE REMITTED DJRECTL Y TO THE 
COMMISSION TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID EQUIPMENT AND FACILITES. 
SEC. 10. Section 26 of R.A. 6847, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 26. 
Funding. 
In order to provide the necessary funds 
required for the organizational and initial x x x recruitment and training of 
athletes in pre-regional, regional, national and international competitions. 
[,including the implementation of the Decade of Physical Fitness and 
Sports: 1990-2000] 
To finance the country's integrated sports development program, 
including the holding of the national games and all other sports 
competitions at all levels throughout the country as well as TO CARRY 
OUT A WELL-PLANNED PREPARATIONS 
TO SUSTAIN THE 
COMPLETE NEEDS OF NATIONAL ATHLETES DURING the country's 
participation at international sports competitions, such as, but not limited to 
the Olympic, Asian, [and] 
Southeast Asian Games, PARAL YMPICS, 
ASIAN PARA GAMES, AND ASEAN PARA GAMES and all other 
international competitions sanctioned by the International Olympic 
Committee, INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE 
and the 
International Federations, thirty percent (30%) representing, the charity 
fund of the proceeds of six (6) [sweepstakes or] lottery draws per annum, 
taxes on horse races [during special holidays] FROM TEN (10) RACING 
DAYS 
TO 
BE 
DETERMINED 
BY 
THE 
PHILIPPINE 
RACING 
COMMISSION AND THE PSC, five percent (5%) of the gross income 
BEFORE TAXES of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, 
the proceeds from the sale of stamps as hereinafter provided [and three 
percent (3%) of all taxes collected on imported athletic equipment] shall be 
automatically x x x 
SEC. 11. 
Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decreed, executive 
orders, presidential proclamation, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent 
with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. If any provision of this Act is 
declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions 
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hereof. 
SEC. 12. 
Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act, or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held unconstitutional or invalid, the 
remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 13. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following its approval and publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved, 
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