Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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First Regular Session
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

2907

HOUSE BILL No..

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE EMI CALIXTO-RUBIANO

Explanatory Note

The 1987 Constitution highlights the importance of sports in nation building.
Under Article Il on Declaration of State Policies particularly in Section 17, it provides
that “The State shall give priority to education, science and technology, arts, culture,
and accelerate d

This proposed bill is a re-filed measure from the 15" Congress (House Bill

per Committee Report No. 02694 submitted by the Committee on Youth and

Sports, filed by Honorable Mark Aeron H. Sambar as principal author. This measure
was approved on Second Reading last 06 February 2013 during the last Congress.

This representation deems it appropriate to re-file said proposal since it promotes.
the institutionalization of a program that would cater to the needs of the athletes thereby
giving them the fair and just reward they deserve in their struggle to give pride and
honor to our country. The benefits proposed under the measure includes, among
others, the grant of twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments relative to
utilization of transportation services, hotels, and other lodging establishments,
restaurants and recreation centers and purchase of medicine and sports equipment;
coverage from Philhealth; free medical and dental consultations in government
hospitals; and priority in national housing programs.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought for.

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EMI CALIXTO-RUBIANO:

Representative
Lone District of Pasay City


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2907

HOUSE BILL No..

Introduced by Representative EM! CALIXTO-RUBIANO

AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER NINETY
HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR (RA 9064), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
“NATIONAL ATHLETES, COACHES AND TRAINERS BENEFITS AND
INCENTIVES ACT OF 2001" AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1 . Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9064, otherwise known as "National
Athletes, Coaches and Trainers Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001" is hereby
amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 3, Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall
be defined as follows:

(a) National Athletes - shall refer to athletes who are Filipino citizens,
members of the national training pool, recognized and accredited by the
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Commission
(PSC), INCLUDING ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY WHO ARE
RECOGNIZED AND ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL PARALYMPIC
COMMITTEE PHILIPPINES (NPC PHIL) AND THEPSC and = who have
represented the country in international competitions;


(b) National Coaches and Trainers - shall refer to coaches and trainers OF
NATIONAL ATHLETES who are Filipino citizens, members of the national
coaches and trainer s pool, recognized and accredited by the PSC and who
have represented the country as official coaches and trainers to national athletes
in international competitions;

(c) International Competitions - shall refer to international sports
competitions which are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
OR BY THE INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC) AND/OR
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS PARTICIPATED IN BY NOT
LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE (45) COUNTRIES, INCLUDING “OTHER
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS TO. BE DETERMINED BY
THE PSC AND THE POC or COMPETITIONS held every four (4) years
including qualifying championships in team sports wherein only one (1) or two

(2) countries may qualify for the Olympics or World Championships. "

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SEC. 2. Section 4 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Sec 4. Benefits and Privileges for National Athletes, Coaches and Trainers. -
Any national 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 FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE
NATIONAL ATHLETE, COACH AND TRAINER;

(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 FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE AND
ENJOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL ATHLETE, COACH AND TRAINER;

(c) free medical and dental consultations in (private or public) GOVERNMENT
hospitals and similar establishments anywhere in the country [and medical insurance
program to be provided by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC)];

(c-l) COVERAGE IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM (NHIP) OF THE PHILIPPINE
HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION (PHILHEALTH)
THROUGH THESPONSORED PROGRAM BY THE PSC,
PROVIDED, THAT UPON REACHING THE AGE OF FIFTY-
FIVE (55), THE ATHLETE, COACH AND TRAINER SHALL
BE HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM, SUBJECT
TO EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PHIC;

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(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 "Pabahay" loans and, other
housing opportunities subiect to guidelines and qualifications set by the National
Housing Authority (NHA) Or the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF); AND

(g) USE OF LIVING QUARTERS AND REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS
WHICH SHALL BE SET UP MAINTAINED BY THE PSC FOR THE EXCLUSIVE
USE OF NATIONAL ATHLETES WHILE PREPARING AND TRAINING FOR
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. "


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SEC 3. Section 8 of the same Act is hereby further amended to read as follows:

" Sec 8. Cash incentives for National Athletes.- National athletes who win
gold, silver and bronze medals in international competitions shall be entitled to cash
awards in the following arnounts:

A. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

(a) For gold medalists:

(1) Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) for Olympic Games OR
ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY;

(2) Two Million Five Hundred Pesos (P2,500,000.00) for
quadrennial World Championships, WORLD CUP AND
WORLD GAMES;

(3) One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) for Asian Garnes OR
ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONALATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY; and

(4) [One hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00)] TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (200,000.00) for Southeast
Asian Games (SEA Games) OR ITS EQUIVALENT


INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY
NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY.

(b) For silver medalists:

(1) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P2,500,000.00) for Olympic Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY
NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY,

(2) One Million Pesos (PI,000,000.00) for quadrennial World
Championships, WORLD CUP AND WORLD GAMES;

(3) Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) for Asian
Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY,

(4) [Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00)] ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) for the SEA Games OR ITS
EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY.

(c) For bronze medalists:

(4) One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) for Olympic Games
OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY;


(2) Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) for
quadrennial World Championships, WORLD CUP AND
WORLD GAMES;

(3) One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) for Asian
Games OR ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL
ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY;

(4) [Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00)] TWENTY FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000.00) for the SEA G ames OR
ITS EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PARTICIPATED IN BY NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITY.

B. TEAM EVENTS

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For competition 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] EACH TEAM MEMBER SHALL
RECEIVE CASH AWARD EQUALTO THE SHARE OF EACH TEAM MEMBER FOR
COMPETITIONS WITH FOUR(4) PARTICIPANTS.”

Provided, That, for demonstration and exhibition sports events in the Olympic
Games, winning national athletes shall receive fifty percent (50%) of the cash awards
for Olympic medallists as herein provided: PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT, ATHLETES
WHO SURPASS PHILIPPINE RECORD OR RANKING IN ANY INTERNATIONAL
SPORTS COMPETITION SHALL BE GIVEN CASH INCENTIVES, THE AMOUNT OF
"WHICH SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE PSC.


Provided, [further,] FINALLY, That for SEA 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 placings in non-measurable events.

SEC. 4. New Sections between Sections 10 and 11 of the same Act are hereby
inserted to be denominated as follows:

"SEC. 10-A. AVAILMENT OF BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES - THE
ABOVE-MENTIONED BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES SHALL BE AVAILED BY
ATHLETES, COACHES AND TRAINERS UPON PRESENTATION OF AN
IDENTIFICATION CARD, RENEWABLE EVERYEAR. T O BE ISSUED B Y
THE PSC.

PROVIDED, THAT, ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY SHALL NOT AVAIL
OF SAID BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES IN COMBINATION WITH SIMILAR
BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES UNDER RA 9442 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE MAGNA CARTA FOR DISABLED PERSONS.

SEC. 10-B. PENALTIES. - (A) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES SECTION
4 (A) AND (B) OF THIS ACT SHALL SUFFER THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES:

(1) FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY
THOUSAND P'ESOS (P50,000.00) BUT NOT EXCEEDING ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) OR IMPRISONMENT OF
NOT LESS THAT SIX (6) MONTHS BUT NOT MORE THAT TWO (2)
YEARS, OR BOTH AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT; AND

(2) FOR ANY SUBSEQ UENT VIOLATION, A FINE OF NOT LESS
THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) BUT NOT
EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000.00) OR
IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO (2) YEARS BUT NOT
MORE THAT SIX (6) YEARS, OR BOTH.


(B) ANY NATIONAL ATHLETE, COACH OR TRAINER WHO ABUSES
THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED HEREIN SHALL BE PUNISHED WITH
IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN SIX (6) MONTHS OR A FINE OF NOT
LESS T'HAN FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000.00). BUT N'OT MORE THAN
FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00), OR BOTH, ATI THE DISCRETION
OF THE COURT.

(C) IF THE VIOLATOR IS A CORPORATION PARTNERSHIP OR ANY
JURIDICAL PERSON, THEPENALTY SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON
THEPRESIDENT, OWNER OR ANY RESPONSIBLE OFFICER.

(D) IF THE VIOLATOR IS AN ALIEN OR A FOREIGNER, HE SHALL BE
DEPORTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER SERVICE OF SENTENCE WITHOUT
FURTHER DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS.

UPON FILING OF AN APPROPRIATE COMPLAINT, AND AFTER DUE
NOTICE AND HEARING, THE PROPER AUTHORITIES MAY AIl.SO CAUSE
THE CANCELLATION OR REVOCATION OF THE BUSINESS PERMIT,
PERMIT TO OPERATE FRANCHISE AND OTHER SIMILAR PRIVILEGES
GRANTED TO ANY BUSINESS ENTITY THAT FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE
PROVISIONS OF THE LAW.”

SEC. 5. Funding. - The amount necessary for the implementation of the cash
incentives and retirement benefits under 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.

SEC.6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within ninety (0) days after the
approval of this Act, the PSC, in cosultation with the POC NPC PHIL, DEPED, CHED,
TESDA, SENATE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and other concerned agencies,
shall promulgate and issue the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) to carry out


the provisions of this Act. The IRR shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the
publication in a major daily newspaper of general circulation.

SEC.7. 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.

SEC.8. 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 9. Effectivity. - This Act shalll take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,