THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) 
THIRD 
REGULAR 
SESSION) 
SENATE 
S.B. 
No. 
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Introduced by SENATOR ALFRED0 S. LIM 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Congress is primarily tasked by the Constitution to be the sole 
law-making body of the Republic and the Executive Department of 
which the President is its Chief being mandated to carry out and 
implement laws as well as to run the affairs of the State. 
The multifarious aspects of running the government are better 
addressed to the Executive Department and its agencies whose 
officials are expected to have expertise, knowledge and coordinated 
programming or planning in carrying out or implementing 
infrastructure projects, social and medical programs as well as 
educational and livelihood programs. 
While we can not belittle the capabilities of Members of 
Congress to undertake similar projects, they, however, must 


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exclusively confine themselves to law-making and all aspects 
involved in legislative mills. 
Thus, there appears to be no convincing justification to provide 
Members of Congress with pork barrel or similar funds for some 
projects which otherwise could be effectively carried out by the 
Executive Department. 
Besides, it is the general consensus that pork barrel is 
oftentimes the source of graft and corruption since, more often than 
not, projects are cornered for certain fees. It is even noticed that, just 
to be able to get a fat chunk of the fund, there are projects which are 
being done which, in the first place, should not have been so, as 
there are other priorities to attend to. 
Rather than, therefore, earmark public funds for such pork 
barrel, it will be economically frugal for the country to do away with it 
because, for the Senate alone, at P200 million for each Senator, the 
country needs to spend M . 8  billion and for the House at R70 million 
for each Representative, the country needs B 7 . 5  billion or a total of 
P22.3 billion. 
This tremendous savings 
payment of foreign debts. 
may otherwise be utilized for the 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) 
THIRD REGULAR SESSION 
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SENATE 
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S.B. No. 
Introduced by SENATOR ALFRED0 S. LIM 
AN ACT 
ABOLISHING ALL FORMS OF CONGRESSIONAL 
"PORK BARREL" OR APPROPRIATIONS THAT PROVIDE FUNDS 
TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTENDED FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE 
PUBLIC WORKS, SOCIAL, LIVELIHOOD, DEVELOPMENT OR 
REHABILITATION AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT APPROPRIATELY 
APPERTAIN TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of 
Representatives of 
the Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECnON 1. Abolition of Pork Barrel - Any provision of law, 
rules and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding Members of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the 
Philippines shall henceforth be prohibited from availing, demanding, 
receiving or collecting from the Department of Budget and 
Management, and the latter being hsreby enjoined from releasing to 


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said Members, any amount earmarked or appropriated as items in 
the General Appropriations Act or Supplemental Budget intended as 
"pork barrel" or "development funds" for their respective 
public 
works, social, livelihood, development, rehabilitation or similar 
projects, 
the 
implementation 
or 
execution 
of 
which 
appropriately 
pertain to the 
appropriate 
agencies of 
the 
Executive Department. 
SECTION 
2. 
Applicability 
of 
the 
Abolition, 
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The 
abrogation of the pork barrel privileges of Members of Congress 
shall apply to "pork barrel" appropriations to be availed of after July 
1,2007 
SECTION 3. Repeal. - Provisions of the General Appropriations Act 
or Supplemental Budget and other laws that provide for "pork barrel" 
or "development funds", for public works, social, 
development, 
rehabilitation 
and 
similar 
projects, 
the 
implementation or execution of which appropriately pertain to the 
appropriate 
agencies 
of 
the 
Executive 
Department, 
are 
hereby repealed. 
livelihood, 
SECTION 4. Effedivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen 
(15) 
days after its publication in a newspaper of general 
circulation. 


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Approved