THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR. 
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' EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The recent conversion of Clark Field into the Diosdado Macapagal International 
Airport and its declaration as an international port of entry completed the 
transformation of Angeles City into a highly urbanized center of population not only in 
the province of Pampanga but also in Central Luzon. This bill seeks to give due 
recognition to this development by constituting Angeles City into a lone congressional 
district separate and distinct from the First District of Parnpanga, which presently 
includes the municipalities of Mabalacat and Magalang. Separating Angeles as a 
chartered city, from the two Municipalities would only be proper since under Section 
12, Article 10 of the Constitution, cities which are recognized by law as highly 
urbanized are to be considered independent of the province where they arc located. 
As reported in the Census of Population for the year 2000, the First District of 
Parnpanga, comprised of Angeles City, Mabalacat and Magalang had a combined 
population of 5 12,546 distributed as follows: 
1, Angeles City 
263,97 1 
2. Mabalacat 17 1,04 5 
3. Magalang 77,530 
Allowing for a population increase of three percent per annum (whicl ;s actually less 
than the national average 01- 3.2 percent), the district wou d have a projected 
population of almost 600,000 by the year 2004. Hence, by the 'ime this bill takes 
effect, should it be passed into law, the First District of Pampanga NoTJld have sizable 
constituency far in excess of the population standard for a single congressional 
district, Separating Angeles City, into a lone district will not affect the status of the 
First Dist~ct since, by the year 2004, the municipalities of MabP' icat and Magalang 
should be able to meet and exceed the population requireme Ac for a congressional 
district. 
The proposed bill provides that the Representative 
the position for the 
new District of Angeles City may serve for three cf isecutive terulu as allowed by the 
Constitution regardless of the term or terms he sl-Jl have served in the First District 
in the same capacity. This is only proper and logical since a congressional term that is 
attached to a new district should be deemed as an original term and may not 
therefore be 
considered an extension of the term served in what would slow be 
another congressional district. 
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Approval of this bill is prayed as a means of spurring the development of Angeles City 
as host of the largest special economic zone in the country and as a catalyst in the 
overall development and growth.of Central Luzon. 
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This measure is not only advantageous for Angeles City but also to the Municipalities 
of Malabalacat and Magalang as well. Various congressional-allocated projects 
through the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) can be implemented 


exclusively for the benefit and welfare of the constituents of the Lone District of 
Angeles City, while the PDAF projects For the First District of Pamparlga can only be 
divided for the people of Mabalacat and Magalang. 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR. JR. 
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AN ACT CONSTITUTING ANGELES CITY IN THE PROVINCE OF 
PAMPANGA INTO A LONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SEPARATE AND 
DISTINCZFROM THE FIRST DISTRICT OF PAMPANGA AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled; 
SECTION 1. Title. -The City of Angeles located in the province of Pampanga is hereby 
constituted into a new congressional district separate and distinct from the First 
District of Pampanga to be known as the lone District of Angeles City; Provided, 
constitute the First District of 
SECTION 2. The Lone 
city after the approval of this Act. 
however, that the Municipalities 
and Magalang shall continue to 
shall consist of all the existing 
City as may be created within the 
barangays within the 
SECTION 3. A s  a newly Constituted congressional district, the initial term of th.e duly 
elected Representative for the Lone District of Angeles City shall be consiflered an 
original term of office. Accordingly, in the event that the incumbent Represen'iative of 
the First District of' Pampanga is elected as the first Representative for the Lone 
District of Angeles City, he may serve for three consextive terms as alloywed by the 
Constitution exclusive of the term or terms he shall ha1 served in the F'ir? I District. 
SECTION 4. The initial election of the First Representative for the one District of 
Angeles City shall be scheduled to coincide with the national electioi !; to be held in 
2007. 
SECTION 5. Appropriations for the Lone District of A *  ge- 
the General Appropriations Act for the year 2007 an ever- 
SECTION 6 .  Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take I ffect upon ' , approval. 
Approved, 
3 t y  shal' de included in 
v theseafter. 
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