Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

INETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

"9" 4345

House Bill No.

Introduced by HON. JOSEPHINE VERONIQUE “Jaye” R. LACSON - NOEL.
and HON. FLORENCIO GABRIEL G. NOEL

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The government’s support for cultural development is particularly highlighted by the passage of
Republic Act No. 7356 that created the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. The
NCCA is the overall policy making body, coordinating, and grant-giving agency for the
preservation, development, and promotion of Philippine arts and culture. It is an executing
agency for the policies it formulates, and is tasked to administer the National Endowment Fund
for Culture and the Arts (NEFCA), a fund exclusively for the implementation of culture and arts
programs and projects.

Under Section 12 of RA 7356, the NCCA’s mandate includes promoting the interest and welfare
of artists and cultural workers by protecting their rights to intellectual and artistic properties as
well as by associations which shall promote and protect the economic and moral rights of artists
all over the country.

The Order of National Artists (Order ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest national
recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the
development of Philippine arts, namely: Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film,
Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts. The order is jointly administered by the NCCA
and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), and conferred by the President of the
Philippines upon recommendation by both institutions?

‘As one of the Honors of the Philippines, it embodies the nation’s highest ideals in humanism and
aesthetic expression through the distinct achievements of individual citizens. The Order of
National Artists shares similarities with orders, decorations, and medals of other countries
recognizing contributions to their national culture such as, the U.S. National Medal for the Arts,
and the Order of Culture of Japan.

| httpszv/neca.gov.ph/about-noca-G/history-and-mandatey
2 https //upd,edu.ph/national-atists-of-the-philippines/

3 https/www officalgazette.gov phithe-order-of-national-artists/


The role of artists in nation-building includes: creating a sense of community, working to
illuminate the margins and make societal changes; and offering messages of hope.‘

As a logical consequence, this bill aims for National Artists to be declared as essential members
of the NCCA.

IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

JOSEPHINE VERONIQUE ye” R. LACSON - NOEL.
Lone District, Malabon City

FLORENCIO GABRIEL G. NOEL
An Waray Party-list

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

oo A345

House Bill No.

Introduced by HON. JOSEPHINE VERONIQUE “Jaye” R. LACSON - NOEL.
and HON. FLORENCIO GABRIEL G. NOEL

AN ACT
INCLUDING A NATIONAL ARTIST AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL
COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7356, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LAW CREATING THE
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CULTURE AND THE ARTS"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 9 of Republic Act No. 7356, otherwise known as the "Law Creating the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts," is hereby amended by providing an additional
subsection, to read as follows

"Section 9. Composition. -The Commission shall be composed of the following
members:
a) [the] Undersecretary of the Department of Education [, Culture and
Sports];
b) [the] Undersecretary of the Department of Tourism;
¢) [the] Chairfman]PERSON of the House Committee on BASIC
EDUCATION AND Culture;
[the] Chair{man]PERSON of the Senate Committee on EDUCATION,
ARTS AND Culture;
€) the] President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines;
f) [the Executive Director] CHAIRPERSON of the National Historical
[Institute] COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES;
9) [the] Director GENERAL of the National Museum OF THE
PHILIPPINES;
h) [the] Director of the National Library OF THE PHILIPPINES;
i) [the Director] CHAIRPERSON of the [Institute of Philippine
Languages] KOMISYON SA WIKANG FILIPINO;
j) [the] EXECUTIVE Director of the [Records Management and Archives
Office] NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES;
k) [the] Executive Director of the Commission;
1) [the] Head of the Subcommission on Cultural Communities and
Traditional Arts; [t]Three (3) representatives from the private sector who
shall be the elected heads of the THREE (3) Subcommission identified

i)


hereunder, namely: the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage, the
Subcommission on the Arts, and the Subcommission on Cultural
Dissemination. They shall be elected by the chai persons of the national
committee under their respective Subcommission{.|;

m) Xxx;

n) A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ORDER OF THE NATIONAL
ARTISTS WHO SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS
FROM AMONG THEMSELVES.

The Chairfman|PERSON of the Commission shall be elected by the members from
among themselves."

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,