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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES IN BARANGAY LUMBIA, 
CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE “UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF 
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES-LUMBIA CAMPUS”, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines 
(USTSP) is a state university established on August 16, 2016 by virtue of 
Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10919 through the amalgamation of the Mindanao 
University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis 
Oriental and the Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology 
(MOSCAT) in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. Both campuses are located in 
Northern Mindanao, the gateway to Mindanao, which offers a strategic 
location to train and develop students from all the other regions in Mindanao.1 
The proposed campus will be located in Barangay Lumbia in the 1st District
1 University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, Official Website 
(See https://WWW.ustp.edu.ph/#)
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of Cagayan de Oro City which is a fast-growing barangay where business 
establishments, government institutions, and private offices are currently 
located. The establishment of the proposed campus will encourage the youth 
of Lumbia and the neighboring areas to pursue tertiary education.2
This bill seeks to establish a campus which shall be headed by a 
Campus Administrator. The provisions of R.A. No. 8292, otherwise known as 
the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act 
and shall serve as the governing charter of the USTSP. All assets, personnel 
and records of the proposed campus, as well as its liabilities, shall be named 
after the state university and should the campus cease to exist, it shall revert 
to the concerned local government unit or the Republic of the Philippines, as 
the case may be. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bilHs'^rnestly sought
ATCHALIA
2 Explanatory Note, House Bill No. 9653 by Rep. Rolando “Klarex” A. Uy, 18th Congress
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1226
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES IN BARANGAY LUMBIA, 
CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, TO BE 
KNOWN AS THE “UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF 
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES-LUMBIA CAMPUS”, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. This Act shall be known as the “University of Science and 
Technology of Southern Philippines-Lumbia Campus Act”.
Sec. 2. There is hereby established a campus of the University of 
Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTSP) in Barangay 
Lumbia, City of Cagayan De Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental, which shall 
be known as the University of Science and Technology of Southern 
Philippines-Lumbia Campus.
Sec. 3. The USTSP-Lumbia Campus shall primarily provide short-term, 
technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of
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competency and specialization, as the Board of Regents, hereinafter referred 
to as the Board, may deem necessary for the accomplishment of its objectives, 
and those which respond to the human resource development needs of the 
Province of Misamis Oriental and Region X.
The USTSP-Lumbia Campus is also mandated to undertake research 
and extension services, and production activities in support of socio-economic 
development and to provide progressive leadership in these areas.
Sec. 4. The USTSP-Lumbia Campus shall be headed by a Campus 
Administrator who shall render full-time service and shall be appointed by 
the Board, subject to qualifications standards prescribed by the Board, and 
based on the recommendation of the search committee duly constituted for 
the purpose of selecting the Campus Administrator.
Sec. 5. The USTSP-Lumbia Campus shall comply with the minimum 
requirements for its operation and program offerings, as prescribed by the 
Commission on Higher Education.
Sec. 6. All liabilities and obligations shall be in the name of the USTSP 
and the personnel, records and assets, both real and personal, including all 
parcels of land belonging to the government to be occupied by the USTSP- 
Lumbia Campus shall be titled under the USTSP: Provided, That should the 
campus cease to exist or be abolished or should such aforementioned parcels 
of land be no longer needed by the USTSP, the same shall revert to the 
concerned local government unit or to the Republic of the Philippines, as the 
case may be.
Sec. 7. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as 
the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act.
Sec. 8. The amount necessary for the effective implementation of this
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Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 9. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or parts not affected shall remain 
in full force and effect.
Sec. 10. All laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, administrative 
orders, rules and regulations, issuances, or parts thereof inconsistent with or 
contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended 
accordingly.
Sec. 11. Notwithstanding the non-issuance of the IRR, this Act shall 
take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a 
newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,