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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Second Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez
House Bill No. 9333

EXPLANATORY NOTE

As a result of Joint Resolution No. 01 passed by Congress last 2018 which authorized
the increase in base pay of the military and uniformed personnel (MUP), there was pension
differential.

‘The 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) had P'152.9 billion set aside for pensions,
affecting the intended 2018 payments.

Unfortunately, COVID happened and Php 20 billion was agreed upon by the DBM and
the legislature to be realigned in favor of budget items meant to address the coronavirus
Pandemic, including the procurement of vaccines and personal protective equipment of
medical front-liners.

This bill aims to appropriate the sum of Fifty-Four Billion and Six Hundred Million

Pesos (P54,600,000,000.00) as a supplemental budget for the unpaid pension differentials
under the Pension and Gratuity Fund (PGF). It will benefit retired military and uniformed
personnel (MUP) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines as well as the retired uniformed
Personnel of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology, Philippine Coast Guard and National Mapping and Resource
Information Authority.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this measure is earnestly requested.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez
House Bill No. 9333

AN ACT
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY-FOUR BILLION AND SIX HUNDRED MILLION
PESOS (P54,600,000,000.00) AS SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR THE PENSION AND
GRATUITY FUND

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

SECTION 1. Supplemental Appropriations. - The sum of Fifty-Four Billion and Six Hundred
Million Pesos (P54,600,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National
Treasury of the Philippines not otherwise appropriated, as additional funding and budgetary
requirements for the FY 2021 Budget.

SEC 2. Funding and Budgetary Requirements for Pension and Gratuity Fund. - The amount
appropriated herein shall be used for the payment of pension arrears of the retired Military
Uniformed Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police
(PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BUMP),
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
(NAMRIA).

SEC 3. Use and Release of Funds. — The amount appropriated shall be released by the
Department of Budget and Management (BDM) to the Department of National Defense,
(Armed Forces of the Philippines), Department of Interior and Local Government (Philippine
National Police; Bureau of Fire Protection; and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology),
Department of Transportation (Philippine Coast Guard), and Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (National Mapping and Resource Information Authority), in accordance
with budgeting, accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations.

‘SEC 4. Applicability of General and Special Provisions in the FY 2021 General Appropriations
Act. - The amount herein appropriated shall be used for the purpose indicated and subject to
the reievant special and general provisions under Republic Act No. 11518 or the FY 2021
General Appropriations Act (GAA).

SEC 5. Availability of Appropriations. - The appropriations authorized in this Act shall be
availabie for reiease and obligation for the purpose specified from the date of the effectivity of
this Act until fully spent.

‘SEC 6. Transparency Provisions. - The concerned agencies shall ensure the details of the
fund distribution are included as part of the information posted on their transparency seals.

SEC 7. Separability Clause. — If for any reason or reasons, any part of this Act shall be
declared as unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts of provisions hereof which are not
affected thereby shail continue to be in full force and effect.

SEC 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect immediately upon its publication.