FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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AUG 11 
P3 ;57 
S.B. No. 2934 
Introduced by SENATOR MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE SUBIC-CLARK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
ESTABLISH THE MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR OTHER 
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PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. TITLE. - This Act shall be known as the Subic-Clark Development Act of 2011" 
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SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. - It is the declared policy of the State to pursue 
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growth in regional areas as a means to achieve sustainable economic development. Likewise, 
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the State recognizes the need to rationalize, harmonize, consolidate and integrate government 
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efforts to maximize impact to achieve long term and sustainable development. 
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SECTION 3. COMPREHENSIVE SUBIC-CLARK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. The Subic-
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Clark Alliance for Development (SCAD) Council in coordination with the Bases Conversion 
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Development Authority (BCDA), Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), Clark Development 
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Corporation (CDC) and Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), the Authority of the 
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Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), the seventeen (17) concerned Local Government Units 
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(LGUs) including the Municipalities of Mabalacat, Porac and Floridablanca shall formulate the 
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Comprehensive Subic Clark-Tarlac Development Program which will take into account the 
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Subic-Clark Corridor Framework Plan, Central Luzon Land Use Plan and the Land use plans of 
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the LGUs. 
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SECTION 
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SUBIC-CLARK ALLIANCE 
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DEVELOPMENT (SCAD) 
COUNCIL, 
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IMPLEMENTING MECHANISM. The Subic-Clark Alliance for Development (SCAD) Council is 
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hereby created as the implementing institution of this Act. 
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The Council shall be composed of eighteen (18) members as follows: 
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a. SCAD Chairman - to be appointed by the President, with Cabinet rank and who shall be 
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a member of the National Economic and Development Authority; 
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b. Secretary of Trade and Industry - Vice Chairman 
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c. Secretary of Department of Tourism 
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d. Chairman, BCDA 
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e. Chairman, SBMA 
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Chairman, CDC 
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g. Chairman, CIAC 
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h. Chairman, Northrail 
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President, BCDA 
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Administrator and CEO, SBMA 


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President, CDC 
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President, CIAC 
m. President, Northrail 
n. Chairman, AFAB 
o. Governor of Tarlac 
p. Governor of Pam pang a 
q. Governor of Zambales 
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Governor of Bataan 
SECTION 5. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SUBIC-CLARK ALLIANCE FOR 
DEVELOPMENT (SCAD) COUNCIL. 
a. Act as the institutional mechanism mandated to implement the Comprehensive Subic-
Clark-Tarlac Development Program; 
b. Formulate. and harmonize programs, policies, laws, rules and regulations affecting 
bUSiness, Investments and tourism in Subic-Clark and the Corridor connecting them; 
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Evaluate the processes and systems which have undergone the study and approval of 
SCAD, formulate and adopt the processes and systems of international standards which 
can be applied to all the areas covered by the Corridor; 
d. Define the scope and extent of the Corridor, and the areas over which the Council shall 
exercise jurisdiction in accordance herewith, through the conduct of extensive planning 
and/or master planning in consultation and coordination with the stakeholders, including 
the LGUs in the Corridor; 
e. Study the tourism potential of all the areas in the Corridor and recommend to the 
President appropriate course of action in regard thereto; 
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Formulate common plans and engage in activities geared towards the promotion of 
investment in the Corridor, as well as programs to strengthen the symbiotic relationship 
of the ports of Subic Bay and Clark International Airport and integrate the resources of 
Tarlac and the AFAB; 
g. Review, identify and recommend priority infrastructure projects, in coordination with the 
Regional Development Council of Region III and Department of Tourism; 
h. Ensure that all policies and plans concluded by the Council are adopted and 
implemented by all concerned agencies, including LGU's affected thereby; 
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Perform such other functions as may be authorized. 
SECTION 6. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SCAD COUNCIL CHAIRMAN - The SCAD 
Chairman shall be a full-time head of the Council to rationalize resources and harmonize 
strategies that will ensure an integrated and coordinated approach to the development of the 
Subic Clark corridor and achieve its objectives. The office of the SCAD Council Chairman shall 
have the following duties and functions: 
a. Acts of Chief Executive of the SCAD Council; 
b. Obtain the participation of strategic partners, domestic and/or foreign, from the public or 
private sector, to spur the growth and development of Subic Clark and the Corridor; 
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Obtain the participation, support and assistance of all relevant government agencies and 
entities, as well as concerned local government units (LGUs) in the formulation and 
implementation of the development plans for the Corridor; 
d. Represent the Office of the President in any all matters relating to the development of 
the Subic-Clark-Tarlac and the Corridor into a globally competitive international service, 
logistics and tourism center; 
e. Exercise such other powers and functions as may be required by the President for the 
development of Subic-Clark-Tarlac and the Corridor. 
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SECTION 7. POLICY OVERSIGHT. In matters relating to the development and positioning of 
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Subic-Tarlac and the Corridor as a globally competitive logistics and tourism center, the Office 


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of the president, Through the Office of the Chairman, shall exercise policy oversight over all the 
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member-agencies of the Corridor Development Council to attain the objectives for which it was 
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created. 
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SECTION 8. SCAD COUNCIL STAFF. -The SCAD Council shall have staff support to fulfill its 
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mandate and implement the provision of this Act. For this purpose, the SCAD Council shall 
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prepare its own staffing pattern subject to the approval of the Department of Budget and 
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Management. 
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SECTION 9. ROLE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, DEPARTMENT BUREAUS, 
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OFFICES, AGENCIES, AND INSTRUMENTALITIES. - All heads of Local Government Units 
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within the coverage of SCAD Corridor, departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and 
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instrumentalities of the government are hereby directed to give full support to the SCAD Council 
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to expedite the implementation of the various programs and projects towards the attainment of 
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the SCAD vision. 
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SECTION 10. FUNDING. The 5 agencies (SBMA,BCDA, CDC, Northrail and CIAC) shall 
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allocate from their respective yearly budgets the amount of Php10.000,000.00 each to the 
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Council as their yearly contribution, subject to government accounting rules, regulations and 
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procedures, to be remitted on the first week of January which corresponds; Provided That, 
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additional budget may be allocated in the course of the implementation of any or all the SCAD 
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projects duly approved by the Council, subject to government accounting rules and regulations. 
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SECTION 11. APPLICABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSE. All laws, presidential decrees, 
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executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations or part thereof contrary or inconsistent with 
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the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
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SECTION 12. EFFECTIVITY. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
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the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation immediately. 
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Approved.