EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E
Senate Bill No.
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Introduced by SENATOR SONNY ANGARA
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 65 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11260, OTHERWISE KNOWN 
AS THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF FISCAL YEAR 2019
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal years 2014 to 2017 consistently provided that 
the appropriations for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) and Capital 
Outlays (CO) were available for release and obligations for a period extending to one 
(1) fiscal year after the fiscal year in which said items were appropriated.
In fiscal year 2018, Joint Resolution No. 3 was adopted extending the availability of the
2018 appropriations for MOOE and CO to December 31, 2019, amending for the 
purpose Section 61 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No. 10964, the General 
Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2018.
The late passage of the 2019 General Appropriations Act and the election ban on the 
implementation of infrastructure projects and social services in view of the May 13,
2019 National and Local Elections resulted in the delay of the implementation of 
infrastructure projects and basic social services.
There are appropriations that have not been released and allotment issued that have 
not been obligated which shall automatically lapse depriving the people and the country 
of the much-needed MOOE and CO to fund priority projects, financial assistance 
program, aid, and relief activities as well as for the maintenance, construction/repair, 
and rehabilitation of schools, hospitals, roads, bridges and other essential facilities of 
the national government.
The 
President, 
under Section 
5 
of Executive Order 
No. 
91, 
mandated 
the 
implementation of an operational cash budget for Fiscal Year 2019 which requires that 
all appropriations should be obligated by December 31, 2019 but allows the 
implementation of and payment for MOOE, as well as other CO, and infrastructure 
projects to extend until June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2020, respectively.
It is therefore necessary that Section 65 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No. 
11260 should be amended such that the validity of the MOOE and CO appropriations be 
extended for another fiscal year for the benefit of the people and for the welfare of the 
nation.
SONNY ANGARA


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
)
First Regular Session 
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Senate Bill No. 
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Introduced by SENATOR SONNY ANGARA
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 65 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11260, OTHERWISE KNOWN 
AS THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF FISCAL YEAR 2019
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House o f Representatives o f the Phiiippines in 
Congress assembied:
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Section 1. Section 65 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No. 11260 is hereby
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amended to read as follows:
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"SEC. 65. Availability of Appropriations. All appropriations authorized
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in this Act shall be available for release and obligation for the
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purpose specified, and under the same special provisions applicable
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thereto, until [ December 31, 2019] DECEMBER 31, 2020.
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A report on these releases and obligations shall be submitted to
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the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the
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Senate of the Philippines, the House Committee on Appropriations
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and the Senate Committee on Finance, either in printed form or by
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way of electronic document."
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Section 2. Repeaiing Ciause. Republic Act No. 11260, and all laws, decrees, executive
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orders, letters of instructions and regulations or any part thereof which are inconsistent
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with any provision of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
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Section 3. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation of in the Official
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Gazette.
Approved,