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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

9007
House Bill No.

Introduced by ee Bre SARAH JANE I. ELAGO - Kabataan Party-list

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 rule. 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 fulfill 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.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.



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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No. $007

Introduced by Representative SARAH JANE I. ELAGO - Kabataan Party-list

AN ACT
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”.

SEC. 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. To 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.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.

SEC 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.


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SEC. 6. 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.

SEC. 7. 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.

SEC. 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in any two
(2) newspaper of general circulation.

Adopted,