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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE!
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session

2918

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REP. EVE)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Government projects are funded using tax payer’s money.

However, it has been the traditional practice of government officials to label
or acknowledge the procurement of items with their names or identities as if the
projects or items were personally funded - basic government services such as
waiting sheds, ambulances and even trash bins are tagged with their family names.

In the same manner, this practice permits government officials to prematurely
campaign for re-election all year round, while at the same time projecting a false and
inflated sense of accomplishment to their constituency.

In the interest of objectivity and fairness to the public and the money they
have entrusted to the government by way of taxes, this bill deserves immediate
consideration and approval. Itis the people’s money, not theirs.

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EVELINA G. ESCUDERO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2918

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REP. EVELINA G, ESCUDERO

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DECLARING AS UNLAWFUL ANY GOVERNMENT PROJECTS TO BE
NAMED OR IDENTIFIED AFTER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHER
PERSONS WHOSE NAME OR IDENTITY MAY IN ANY MANNER BE
ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OFFICIALS

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

SECTION 1. Prohibited Acts. - It shall be unlawful for any government
projects to be named or identified after any government officials or other persons
whose identity may in any manner be associated with said government officials,
except those as may be determined by the National Historical Commission of the
Philippines (NHCP) in accordance with law or its duly issued guidelines or
regulations.

For purposes of this Act, government officials shall mean any person,
appointed or elected, in government whose office is given the authority, privilege or
right to identify, administer, implement, coordinate or propose a government
project.

Government project/s shall, on the other hand, cover goods and
infrastructure projects as defined in Section 5 paragraphs h and k, respectively, of
Republic Act No. 9184.

SEC. 2. Penalty. - The penalty of one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of
Php100,000.00 to Php1,000,000.00 shall be imposed upon any person who violates
the provisions of this Act. The determination of the amount of fine imposed herein
shall be dependent on the amount of the government project concerned.


A second violation, however, shall in addition to the above penalty of
imprisonment and fine subject the offender to suffer absolute perpetual
disqualification to hold office.

SEC. 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from the
effectivity of this Act, the Government Procurement Policy Board in coordination
with the NHCP shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to effectively
carry out the provisions of this Act

SEC. 4. Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected
shall remain valid and subsisting.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
proclamations and/or administrative regulations which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby amended, modified, superseded or repealed
accordingly

SEC. 6. Effectivity Clause, This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its
publication in at least three (3) newspapers of national circulation.

Approved,