FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
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Introduced by SENATOR PIA S. CAYETANO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Section 10, Article III of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that 
"(t)he State shall promote social justice in all phases of national development." 
In 1992, Republic Act No, 7277, otherwise known as the "Magna Carta for 
Disabled Persons," was enacted, In the declaration of policy, it is stated that 
"(d)isabled persons are part of Philippine society, thus the State shall give full 
support to the improvement of the total well-being of disabled persons and their 
integration into the mainstream of society, '" It shall develop their skills and 
potentials to enable them to compete favorably for available opportunities," 
The law likewise declared that "(d)isabled persons have the same rights 
as other people to take their proper place in society," and further provided that 
"(t)he State shall advocate for and encourage respect for disabled persons, The 
State shall exert all efforts to remove all social, cultural, economic, environmental 
and attitudinal barriers that are prejudicial to disabled persons, "," 
In line with these policies, this bill seeks to equalize opportunities for 
differently-abled athletes who win in international competitions through the grant 
of the same cash and non-monetary benefits and incentives given to regular 
national athletes, 
During the 2005 ASEAN Para Games held in the Philippines, our 
differently-abled athletes finished sixth overall in the 11-nation field with a 22-41-
37 gold-silver-bronze record, This was a far cry from the 2-15-23 output in the 
2003 Para Games in Vietnam, Having brought fame, honor and glory to our 
country, it is but proper tHat these athletes and other differently-abled athletes 
who will win in future international competitions be granted the same benefits 
given to the regular national athletes, 


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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
SENATE 
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s. B. No.~.,,--, 
Introduced by SENATOR PIA S. CAYETANO 
AN ACT 
MANDATING THE INCLUSION OF ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR 
DIFFERENTLY - ABLED ATHLETES IN THE GRANTING OF CASH AND 
OTHER NON-MONETARY BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES, AMENDING FOR 
THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9064, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION. 1. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
ss 
"SEC. 3. Definition of Terms - For purposes of this Act, the following 
terms shall be defined as follows: 
(C) International 
Competitions -
shall 
refer to 
WORLD, 
ASIAN, 
ASEAN/SOUTHEAST ASIAN AGE-GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 
international sports competitions which are sanctioned by the 
INTERNATIONAL 
FEDERATIONS 
(IFs), 
International. Olympic 
Committee (IOC), INTERNATIONAL PARAL YMPIC COMMITTEE 
(IPC), FAR EAST & SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES FOR THE DISABLED 
(FESPIC), INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SPORT FOR THE 
DISABLED (IOSD), or held every four (4) OR TWO (2) YEARS OR 
HELD ANNUALLY including qualifying championships in team sports 
wherein only one (1) or two (2) countries may qualify for the Olympics 
or World championships. 
Competitions granting prize money or those held in honor of any 
personality or sponsor shall not be included; 
(D) NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-
ABLED ATHLETES - SHALL REFER TO ATHLETES WHO ARE 
FILIPINO CITIZENS, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPORTS 
ASSOCIATION 
FOR 
THE 
DISABLED, 
RECOGNIZED 
AND 
ACCREDITED BY THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION (PSC) 
AND THE NATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMISSION, AND WHO 
HAVE 
REPRESENTED THE 
COUNTRY IN 
INTERNATIONAL 
COMPETITIONS. 
SECTION. 2. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
SEC. 4. Benefits and Privileges for National Athletes, NATIONAL 
A THLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTL Y-ABLED ATHLETES, 


Coaches and Trainers - Any national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH 
DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTL Y-ABLED ATHLETE, coach and trainer who is 
currently registered as such before the PSC shall be entitled to the following: 
(a) the grant of twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments 
relative to the utilization of transportation services, hotels, and other lodging 
establishments, restaurants and recreation centers and purchase of medicine 
and sports equipment anywhere in the country; 
(b) minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees charged 
by theaters, cinema houses and concert halls, circuses, carnivals, and other 
similar places of culture, leisure and amusement; 
(c) free medical and dental conSUltations in private or public hospitals and 
Similar establishments anywhere in the country and medical insurance program 
to be provided by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC); 
(d) a comprehensive social security program to be formulated by the 
Social Security System within one hundred eighty (180) days from the approval 
of this Act; 
(e) priority in existing livelihood programs being undertaken by various 
government agencies subject to the guidelines and qualifications by the 
implementing body; and 
(f) priority in national housing programs, affordable "paba hay" loans and 
other housing opportunities subject to the guidelines and qualifications set by the 
National Housing Authority (NHA) or the Home Development Mutual Fund 
(HDMF). 
Such privately-owned establishments shall enjoy tax credits equivalent to 
the discounts extended to the athletes. 
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) shall, as soon as possible, provide 
for the rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act. 
SECTION. 3. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
SEC. 5. Scholarships. - A national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH 
DISABILITY 
OR 
DIFFERENTLY-ABLED 
ATHLETE, 
who 
wins 
in 
an 
international competition or anyone qualified member of his/her immediate family 
within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity shall be entitled to scholarship 
benefits in the form of tuition fees in state colleges and universities in order to 
complete a college or university degree. The winning national athlete, 
NATIONAL 
ATHLETE 
WITH 
DISABILITY 
OR 
DIFFERENTLY-ABLED 
ATHLETE shall likewise be given priority in the availment of state college and 
university scholarship grants. 
Likewise, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical 
Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) shall give priority to 
winning national athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR 
DIFFERENTLY -ABLED ATHLETES, who seek scholarship grants and study 
under their programs subject to the qualifications for all applicants. 


Private colleges and universities shall likewise be encouraged to adopt a 
similar program in their institutions for winning national athletes, NATIONAL 
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTL Y·ABLED ATHLETES. 
SECTION. 4. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
SEC. 6. Retirement Benefits. -
Any national athlete, NATIONAL 
ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY·ABLED ATHLETE, coach 
and trainer who wins in an international competition or has coached or trained 
such winning national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR 
DIFFERENTLY·ABLED ATHLETE shall receive a lump sum amount equivalent 
to twenty-five percent (25%) of his/her total cash incentives computed from the 
start of his /her active sports career as a member of the national training pool or 
national coaches and trainers pool up to the last day of retirement from active 
competition or training as certified by the PSC. Such lump sum amount shall be 
extended sixty (60) days after the filing of the retirement papers. 
SECTION. 4. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
SEC. 7. Death Benefits. -
Upon the death of any national athlete, 
NATIONAL 
ATHLETE 
WITH 
DISABILITY 
OR 
DIFFERENTLY·ABLED 
ATHLETE, coach and trainer, his/her primary beneficiaries shall be entitled to a 
lump sum benefit of Thirty thousand pesos (P30,000) to cover for his/her funeral 
services: Provided, That if he/she has no primary beneficiaries, his/her 
secondary beneficiaries shall be entitled to said benefits. 
For purposes of this Act, primary beneficiaries shall refer to the legitimate 
spouse WIDOW OR WIDOWER, legitimate or illegitimate children. Secondary 
beneficiaries shall refer to the parents, and in their absence, to the brothers or 
sisters of such athlete, coach and trainer. 
SECTION. 5. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
SEC. 8. Cash Incentives for National Athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES 
WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTL Y·ABLED ATHLETES. - National athletes, 
NATIONAL 
ATHLETES 
WITH 
DISABILITY 
OR 
DIFFERENTLY·ABLED 
ATHLETES who win gold, silver and bronze medals in international competitions 
shall be entitled to cash awards in the following amounts: 
A. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS 
(a) For Gold Medalists 
(1) 
Five 
million 
pesos 
(P5,000,000.00) 
for 
Olympic 
ANDIOR PARAL YMPIC Games; 
(2) 
Two million five hundred thousand pesos (P2,500,OOO) 
for ALL quadrennial World Championships; 
(3) 
One Million Pesos (Pi ,000,000.00) for Asian Games 
andlor FESPIC Games, WHICH WILL BE HELD 
UNTIL 2006, TO BE REPLACED BY THE ASIAN 
PARA GAMES STARTING 2010; 
(4) 
One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) for Southeast 
Asian Games (SEA Games) ANDIOR ASEAN PARA 
GAMES. 


(b) For silver medalists: 
(1) 
Two million pesos (P2,000,000.00) for Olympic AND/OR 
PARAL YMPIC Games; 
(2) 
One million pesos (P1,000,000) for ALL quadrennial 
World Championships; 
(3) 
Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) for Asian 
Games and/or FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 
2006, TO BE REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA 
GAMES STARTING 2010; 
(4) 
Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) for Southeast Asian 
Games (SEA Games) AND/OR ASEAN PARA GAMES. 
(c) For bronze medalists: 
(1) 
One million pesos (P1 ,000,000.00) for Olympic AND/OR 
PARALYMPIC Games; 
(2) 
Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) for ALL 
quadrennial World Championships; 
(3) 
One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) for Asian 
Games and/or FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 
2006, TO BE REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA 
GAMES STARTING 2010; 
(4) 
Ten thousand pesos (P10,000) for Southeast Asian 
Games (SEA Games) AND/OR ASEAN PARA GAMES. 
B. TEAM EVENTS 
For competitions with less than five (5) participants per team, the team 
shall receive the same cash awards for individual medal winners as herein 
provided, to be divided equally among the team members actually present during 
the competition. 
For competitions with five (5) or more participants per team, the team shall 
receive twice the cash awards for individual winners to be divided equally among 
the team members actually present during the competition: 
Provided, That for demonstration and exhibition sports events in the 
Olympic ANDIOR PARAL YMPIC Games, winning national athletes, NATIONAL 
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES shall 
receive fifty percent (50%) of the cash awards for Olympic AND/OR 
PARAL YMPIC medalists as herein provided; 
Provided, further, That for SEA Games AND/OR ASEAN PARA GAMES, 
monetary incentives shall be given starting 2001 to the winning athletes or teams 
who have equaled or surpassed the existing game records or the previous 
placing in non-measurable events. 
C. AGE GROUP COMPETITIONS 
FOR NATIONAL ATHLETES AND NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH 
DISABILITY 
OR 
DIFFERENTLY -ABLED 
ATHLETES 
IN 
AGE-GROUP 
COMPETITIONS, ONLY THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL 
POOL, 
ACCREDITED 
AND 
RECOGNIZED 
BY 
THEIR 
RESPECTIVE 
NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS 
COMMISSION, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE FOLLOWING CASH AWARDS: 


(A) FOR GOLD MEDALISTS 
(1) 
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P300,000.00) 
FOR ALL QUADRENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; 
(2) 
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) 
FOR ASIAN GAMES ANDIOR FESPIC GAMES, WHICH 
WILL BE HELD UNTIL 2006, TO BE REPLACED BY 
THE ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010; 
(3) 
FIFTEEN 
THOUSAND 
PESOS 
(P15,000) 
FOR 
SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES (SEA GAMES) ANDIOR 
ASEAN PARA GAMES. 
(B) FOR SILVER MEDALISTS: 
(1) 
ONE 
HUNDRED 
FIFTY 
THOUSAND 
PESOS 
(P150,000.00) FOR ALL 
QUADRENNIAL WORLD 
CHAMPIONSHIPS; 
(2) 
SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00) FOR 
ASIAN GAMES ANDIOR FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE 
HELD UNTIL 2006, TO BE REPLACED BY THE ASIAN 
PARA GAMES STARTING 2010; 
(3) 
TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000) FOR SOUTHEAST 
ASIAN GAMES (SEA GAMES) ANDIOR ASEAN PARA 
GAMES. 
(C) FOR BRONZE MEDALISTS: 
(1) 
SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00) FOR 
ALL QUADRENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; 
(2) 
FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) FOR ASIAN 
GAMES ANDIOR FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD 
UNTIL 2006, TO BE REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA 
GAMES STARTING 2010; 
(3) 
FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000) FOR SOUTHEAST 
ASIAN GAMES (SEA GAMES) ANDIOR ASEAN PARA 
GAMES. 
THEY SHALL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL 
AND COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN 
STATE-RUN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. 
SECTION. 6. Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
SEC. 9. Benefits, Privileges and Incentives for Past Achievers. - Any 
national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-
ABLED ATHLETE who, prior to the enactment of this Act, had won gold, silver or 
bronze medals in international competitions except SEA Games ANDIOR 
ASEAN PARA GAMES, shall be entitled to the benefits and privileges provided 
under Section 4 and fifty percent (50%) of the cash incentives provided under 
Section 8 of this Act. Such incentives shall be the difference between the cash 
award received under Administrative Order No. 352 and the cash award provided 
under this Act. 
SECTION. 7. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 


SEC. 12. Funding. - The amount necessary for the implementation of the 
cash incentives and retirement benefits program of this Act shall be taken from 
the net cash income of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation 
(PAGCOR), to be remitted directly as a special account to the National Sports 
Development Fund (NSDF) of the PSC. This is in addition to the regular income 
share of the PSC pursuant to Republic Act No. 6847. 
A separate fund equivalent to not less than sixty percent (60%) of existing 
NSDF shall be automatically set aside for the training and preparation of national 
athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-
ABLED ATHLETES covered by this Act. 
Not less than five percent (5%) of the NSDF shall be set aside for the 
selection of individual athletes at the elementary and high school levels in track 
and field, swimming, badminton, ping pong and similar individual sports events 
where the Philippines can develop into world class competitors. Said fund shall 
be administered by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS). 
SECTION 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act, or 
the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining sections of this Act or the application of such 
provision or part hereof to other persons or circumstance shall remain in full force 
and effect. 
SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, 
rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 10. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its approval and publication in the Official Gazette and/or in two (2) newspapers 
of general circulation, whichever comes earlier. 
Approved,