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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HouseBillNo.            9894
RECEIVED
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INTRODUCED BY HON. FAUSTINO MICHAEL T. DY Ill
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Matthew James Ramos is a champion American wrestler of Filipino descent. He
was born on 27 April 2001  in Naperville,  Illinois to Chris and Shelley Ramos.   At 5'8",
Matt is the 2022 U.S. Open Champion (57 kg) 2022 NCAA Championship Round of 12
(133 Ibs.) He has been making huge waves in wrestling since high school.
Multi-awarded  Matt  counts  among  his  many  accomplishments  the  following
while in Purdue University.  In 2022-23:
• He became the 60th All-American in Purdue wrestling history, the first national
place winner of the Tony Ersland era.
• He pulled off the biggest upset in collegiate wrestling history by knocking off
No.  1  seed and three-time champion Spencer Lee in the semifinals with a pin in
the closing seconds.
• He finished with the most wins of all the NCAA qualifiers at 125 pounds with
35. He had the second most wins of any qualifier at any weight.
•  He led the team in at least 19 categories, including matches (40), wins (35),
ranked wins (15), bonus point wins (14) and first period points (111).
• He won the 125-pound title at the 2023 Southern Scuffle. He won all five of his
matches, beat two ranked opponents and registered a major and a fall.
• He took the title at the 2022 Clarion Open, winning four of his five matches
with bonus points (two falls and two tech falls).
• He set new career highs in major decisions (5), tech falls (3) and falls (6).
• He opened the season on a 12-match win streak.
• He was named an NWCA Scholar All-American for the second straight year.
Matt was  named  Purdue's  Most Outstanding  Freshman.  He  posted  nine wins
over ranked opponents on the season, good for second most on the roster. He opened
the season with six straight non-conference dual victories, including a ranked win over
No. 24 Richie Koehler of Rider.  He won the 2022 U.S. Open at 57 kg in Las Vegas,


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becoming Purdue's first wrestler to win the event in at least 25 years. He finished fourth
at the U.S. World Team Trials at 57 kg.
In high school, Matt was a four-year varsity letteiwinner at Lockport High School.
In  2019  he was  a  3A  Illinois  state  high  school  champion  at  120  pounds,  and  was
Lockport   High   School   Athlete   of  the   Year.   In   2018   he   won   the   IIlinois   state
championships in freestyle and Greco-Roman and placed third at the high school state
tournament at 113 pounds. In 2017 he placed fifth at 106 pounds, and finished as the
runner-up  in  freestyle  and  Greco  at  Fargo.  He  was  two-time  placewinner  at  the
Cheesehead lnvitational and Walsh lronman.
Matt proudly holds the following national rankings in the United States:
• Ranked the No. 72 overall recruit in the nation in 2019 by Flowrestling
• Ranked No. 55 overall in the class of 2019 by lnterMat
• Ranked the No. 44 overall recruit in the country by The Open Mat
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Matt is without doubt of champion caliber.  He has expressed an earnest desire
to represent in international sports competitions the Philippines,  a country for whom
his  parents  still  hold  much  love and  gratitude.  He will  undoubtedly give the country
much honor and glory should he be given  Philippine citizenship,  something that with
his Filipino blood,  is not beyond reach or imagination.
In view of the above, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
1 Matt Ramos -Wrestling -Purdue Boilermakers (purduesports.com


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
H®use Bill No.
INTRODUCED BY REP. FAUSTIN0 MICHAEL T. DY 111
AN ACT
GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO
MATTHEW JAMES RAMOS
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION  1.  Matthew James Ramos is hereby granted  Philippine citizenship
with all the rights, privileges and prerogatives,  as well as the duties and obligations
appurfenant  thereto  under  the  Constitution  and  the  laws  of  the  Republic  of  the
Philippines.
SECTION 2.   Matthew James Ramos shall take the oath of allegiance to the
Republic of the Philippines before an officer duly authorized to administer the same.
The Oath of Allegiance shall be registered with the Bureau of Immigration.
SECTION   3.      The   Bureau   of   Immigration   shall   issue   a   Certificate   of
Naturalization  and  Matthew  James  Ramos  shall  enter  upon  the  full  enjoyment  of
Philippine citizenship.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect 15 days after its publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation or in the Official Gazette.
Approved,