REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
325

House Bill No.

Introduced by KABATAAN PARTY-LIST Representative Sarah Jane |. Elago,
ACT TEACHERS PARTY-LIST Representative France L. Castro,
BAYAN MUNA PARTY-LIST Representatives Carlos Isagani T. Zarate,
Ferdinand Gaite and Eufemia C. Cullamat,
and GABRIELA WOMEN’S PARTY Representative Arlene D. Brosas

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Filipino youth played key roles in the nation’s historic struggle for liberation,
justice, peace, and prosperity.

Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto were at the helm of the Katipunan, an
underground organization which aimed to liberate the Filipinos from Spanish colonial
tule. Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, and Mariano Ponce led the Propaganda
Movement and wrote about the atrocities and oppression the Filipinos suffered under
the Spanish occupation. During the Martial Law years, activists like Edgar Jopson,
Lean Alejandro, Eman Lacaba, and Liliosa Hilao sacrificed their lives to restore
democracy.

In light of these historical facts, a national institution dedicated to the heritage,
heroism, and martyrdom of the Filipino youth is yet to be established. The youth's
historic contributions to people's struggles for freedom, rights, and equality should
not go unvalued and unnoticed, leaving a gap in our collective memory as a nation.

Thus, knowledge of the Filipino youth's contributions to nation-building is crucial in
developing people's appreciation of history, which in turn will aid them in discerning
and rejecting any attempts its revision and to challenge the youth of today in heeding
the call to fulfil their role as the hope of our nation.

A National Filipino Youth Museum is needed to commemorate the Filipino youth's
heroism and to profile the specific achievements that the youth — individually and
collectively — have made in all aspects of Philippine society.


Approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

Rep. CARLOS as ZARATE

BAYAN MUNA Party-

tep. FERDINAND GAITE
BAYAN MUNA Party-List

amet

Rep. EUFEMIA C. CULLAMAT
BAYAN MUNA Party-List GABRIELA Women's Party



REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. Be

Introduced by KABATAAN PARTY-LIST Representative Sarah Jane |. Elago,
ACT TEACHERS PARTY-LIST Representative France L. Castro,
BAYAN MUNA PARTY-LIST Representatives Carlos Isagani T. Zarate,
Ferdinand Gaite and Eufemia C. Cullamat,
and GABRIELA WOMEN’S PARTY Representative Arlene D. Brosas

ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL FILIPINO YOUTH MUSEUM

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 “National Filipino Youth
Museum Act of 2019”.

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared the policy of the State to:
a. Recognize the historic contributions of the youth to nation-building;

b. Celebrate the youth whose various individual and collective efforts have caused
to dramatically and significantly advance the Filipino youth's struggle against
inequality, injustice, and impunity;

c. Honor the role and heroism of the youth in the liberation from foreign invasion
and occupation against the Spanish, American, and Japanese;

d. Honor individual youth whose specific achievements have enriched and
impacted any and all aspects of Filipino life; and

e. Commemorate modern-day youth heroes, heroines, and martyrs who struggled
against injustice, oppression, and exploitation especially during Martial Law.

SECTION 3. Creation of the National Filipino Youth Museum. — To carry out the
above policy, the National Filipino Youth Museum, hereinafter referred to as the Youth
Museum, is hereby created and established.

SECTION 4. Organization, Operation, and Administration. — The organization,
operation, and administration of the Youth Museum shall follow the general and
standard structures, management and operations established, mandated and


practiced by the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) and other
appropriate agencies.

SECTION 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The NCCA shall formulate,
within thirty (30) days from its effectivity, the rules and regulations necessary to
implement this Act.

‘SECTION 6. Appropriations. — Such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of
carrying out this Act are hereby authorized to be appropriated in the General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 7. Separability Clause. — Should any part of this Act be declared
unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts or provisions hereof not affected not
thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, decrees,
proclamations, implementing rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 9. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in any two (2) newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,