FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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COMMITTEE REPORT ~O. 23 
Submitted jointly by the Committee on Civil Service- and Government Reorganization; and 
Government Corporations and Public Enterprises on MAR 1 6 2011 
RE: Senate Bill No. 2 74 a 
Recommending its approval in substitutiou of Senate Bill No. 251 
Sponsors: Senators Trillanes IV and Recto 
MR. PRESIDENT: 
The Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization and Government 
Corporations and Public Enterprises, to which was referred S.B. No. 251 introduced by Senator 
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Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV, entitled: 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO ENSURE THE RELEASE OF THE 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF ITS EMPLOYEES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM 
RETIREMENT 
have considered the same and have the honor to report it ba~k to the Senate with the 
recommendation that the attached Senate Bill No."" ? 7 4 8 prepared by the Committees, 
entitled: 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THE 
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RELEASE OF THE RETIREMENT PAY, PENSIONS, GRATUITIES AND OTHER 
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BENEFITS OF RETIRING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITHIN A PERIOD OF 
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER HIS OR HER ACTUAL DATE OF RETIREMENT 
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be approved in substitution of Senate Bill No, 251 with Senators Trillanes IV and Recto as 
authors thereof. 
Respectfully submitted: 
Chairpersons 
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ANtONIO' "SONNY" F. TRILLANES IV 
Committee 
nt Corporations 
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r e on Civil Service 
and P lie Enterprises 
Vice-Chairpersons 
TEOFISTO L. GUINGONA III 
Committee on Government Corporations 
and Public Enterprises 
FRJ{;,KlY,~~R'X, 
Go rnment Corporations 
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Public Enterprises 
RAMO ";t;;,, ~VlLLA,JlL 
Members 
Com! 'tee on G vernment Corporations 
And 
blic Enterprises 
MANNY VILLAR 
Committee on Government Corporations 
And Public Enterprises 
JOKER P. ARROYO 
Committee on Government Corporations 
, and Public Enterprises 
PIA S. CAYETANO 
Civil Service and Government Reorganization; 
Government Corporations and Public 
Enterprises 
RIO B. HONASAN II 
and overnment Reorganization 
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Civil Service and 
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Government Reorganization 
LOREN B. LEGARDA 
" Committee on Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization; 
Government Corporations 
and Public nterprises 
FERDINAN R. M:i\lRCOS, JR. 
Committe on Civil Service 
and Gover nent Reorganization 
. FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN 
Committee on Civil Service 
and Government Reorganization 
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Ex-Officio Members 
G~\' 
ENTE C. SOT'~O III 
Majority Leade~ 
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RON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE 
President 
Senate 
R "COMPANERO" S. 
CAYETANO 
Minority Leader 
OY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
resident Pro-Temppre 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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MAR 16 P 4 :37 
First Rt)gular Session 
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SENATE 
S. NO. 2748 
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(In substitution of Senate Bill No. 251) 
Prepared by the Committees on Civil Service and Government Reorganization; and 
Government Corporations and Public Enterprises, with Senators Trillanes IV and Recto as 
authors thereof 
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AN ACT 
REQUIRING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THE 
RELEASE OF THE RETIREMENT PAY, PENSIONS, GRATUITIES AND OTHER 
BENEFITS OF RETIRING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITHIN A PERIOD OF 
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER HIS OR HER ACTUAL DATE OF RETIREMENT 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Declaration or State Policy - It is hereby declared that it is the 
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policy of the State to ensure the timely and expeditious release of the retirement pay, 
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pensions, gratuities and other benefits of all retiring employees of the Government. 
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Public officers and employees who have spent the best years of their lives serving the 
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Government and the public should not be made to wait to receive benefits which are due 
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to them under the law, Accordingly, it is hereby m~ndated that highest priority shall be 
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given to the payment andlor settlement of the pensions, gratuities andlor other retirement 
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benefits of retiring government employees. 
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SEC. 2. 
Period [or Release or Retirement Benefits. -
The head of the 
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government agency concerned, the President and other responsible officers of the 
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Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the President and other responsible 
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officers of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) andlor the Secretary 
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and other responsible officers of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) 
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shall ensure the release of the retirement pay, pension, gratuities, and other benefits of a 
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retiring government employee within a period of t~irty (30) days from the date of the 
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actual retirement of said employee; provided, that all requirements are submitted to the 
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concerned government agency at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of 
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retirement. 
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SEC. 3. Retiring Employees With Pending Cases. - In the case of retiring 
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government employees with pending cases and whose retirement benefits are being 
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lawfully withheld due to possible pecuniary liability; the Head of the agency where such 
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case is pending shall ensure that the said case shall b~ terminated and/or resolved within a 
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period six (6) months from the date of the retirement of the concerned employee; 
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provided, that in case the concerned agency fails to tenninate and/or resolve the case 
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within the said period without any justifiable reason('s), the retirement benefits due to the 
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employee shall be immediately released to him .without prejudice to the ultimate 
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resolution of the case; except, when the delay is deliberately caused by the retiring 
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employee. 
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SEC. 4. Coverage. -
This Act shall cover all branches, agencies and/or 
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instrumentalities of the Government, including Government Owned and/or Controlled 
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Corporations (GOCCs), excluding personnel of the Anned Forces of the Philippines, and 
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shall be applicable both to applications for compulsory retirement and optional or early 
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retirement as authorized by law. 
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SEC. 5. Penal Provisions. - The unjustified failure and/or refusal to release the 
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pension, gratuities and other retirement benefits due to a retiring government employee 
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within the periods prescribed above or to comply with any provisions of this Act shall be 
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a ground for the filing administrative disciplinary action against the erring officer(s) 
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and/or employee(s). Such erring officer(s) and/or employee(s) shall, after hearing and 
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due proceedings, be penalized with suspension from,the service without pay from six (6) 
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months to one (1) year, at the discretion ofthe disciplining authority. 
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This penalty shall not apply if the release of , the retirement benefits could not be 
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accomplished due to force majeure and other insuperable causes. In such cases, the thirty 
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(30) day period shall be counted from the time such cause(s) ceases to exist. 
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SEC. 6. 
Implementing Rules and Regulations. 
The Civil Service 
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Commission (CSC), after consultation and coordination with the government agencies 
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and/or instrumentalities affected by this Act, including but not limited to the GSIS, the 
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Pag-IBIG Fund, the Constitutional Commissions, the Legislature and the Judiciary as 
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well as the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) and the Department of 
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Interior and Local Government (DILG), shall proml\lgate and issue the appropriate rules 
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and regulations for the proper implementation of this Act. 
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Such rules and regulations shall include provisions prescribing uniform periods 
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for the advance filing of retirement applications in the different agencies concerned, as 
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gratuities and allowances which will pinpoint responsibility in case of delay in the release 
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thereof. 
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SEC. 7. Separability Clause. - If any provi,sion, part or portion of this Act shall 
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be held as invalid, the provisions, parts or portions of the Act not otherwise affected 
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thereby shall remain valid and effective. 
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SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive issuances, orders and rules and 
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regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provi$ions of this Act, or any part thereof, 
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are hereby repealed, amended and/or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 9. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its 
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publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the 
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country. 
Approved, 
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