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Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The State recognizes that law enforcement, crime prevention, and the
general maintenance of peace and order in the country sometimes come at a
high price - that of the lives of the very men and women who swore to serve and

protect as members of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

However, despite the State continuously striving to ensure that its men are
fully equipped, trained, and competent to combat, the perils of law enforcement
duty remains. Recent developments in our country bring to our attention the
noble, yet dangerous task of protecting national safety and internal security. On
the 3rd week of fighting in Marawi City between government troops and the
Maute group, almost sixty government fighters have been killed in action’. Nine
policemen were gunned down in the first fifty days of President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte's intensified campaign against illegal drugs, or one man down every five
days*. The high death toll among our police forces in the aforementioned
incidents is only reminiscent of the bloody Mamasapano massacre that claimed
the lives of 44 elite Special Action Forces (SAF) personnel.

* Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas (June 11, 2017). Army releases list olice officers killed in Marawi” GMA News

Retrieved June 13, 2017.
ia Ranada, ‘Duterte mulls reviving Pi Constabulary to lead drug war,” Rappler, 31 January 2017,
http://www rappler.com /nation/160062-duterte-mulls-reviving-philippine-constabulary-<drug-war



In light of the foregoing, this bills seeks to institutionalize the educational
benefits currently granted under Republic Act No. 6963 to the surviving children
of police forces who were killed in line of action by establishing the PNP
Educational Benefits Trust Fund. The budget for this purpose will no longer be
sourced only from the license fees for firearms collected by the PNP as provided
under the existing law. Instead, this bill proposes that the PNP Educational
Benefits Trust Fund shall receive an allocation in the Annual Appropriations, on
top of various other sources, to secure its continuance. Educational benefits shall
also be expanded to include not only tuition and miscellaneous fees, but
reasonable allowances for books, school supplies, transportation, clothing, as
well as food from the moment such children are orphaned until their completion

of tertiary education.

This bill deems it necessary to prioritize the educational grant to the
orphaned children of our fallen police forces in consideration of the increasing
cost of education in the Philippines. Additionally, it recognizes education's
incomparable rate of return to the individual and the nation as a whole.

This is a counterpart bill to Senate Bill No. 1123 filed by Senator Poe
under the same title. Its expeditious approval is most humbly sought.

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LUIS MUND “| YY” F, VILLAFUERTE, JR.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Queson City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6058

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO THE SURVIVING CHILDREN OF
MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE WHO WERE SLAIN IN
THE LINE OF DUTY, CREATING THE PNP EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FUND,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - The Constitution declares the duty of the
State to protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all
levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all
In light of this, and in recognition of the sacrifices of Philippine National Police
(PNP) forces slain in the line of duty, it shall be the policy of the State to provide
educational benefits to the orphaned children of the latter.

SECTION 2. Educational Benefits. — All surviving children of members of the
PNP who are killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to educational benefits
from the time they are orphaned up until their completion of tertiary education.
The benefits shall include tuition, and reasonable allowances for books, school

supplies, transportation, clothing, and food.

SECTION 3. PNP Educational Benefits Trust Fund. — There is hereby created
a trust fund, to be known as the PNP Educational Benefits Trust Fund,

hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”, which shall be used exclusively for the


provision of educational benefits under this act and shall be funded through the

following:

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Annual Appropriations;

b) Proceeds generated from examination stamps, clearance and

certification fees and other service income of the National Police

Commission;

c) Proceeds from license fees for firearms, and fines and penalties

collected by the Philippine National Police;

d) All interest income of the trust fund; and

e) Grants, donations and endowments from domestic and foreign

sources, pursuant to existing laws and regulations.

SECTION 4. Administration of the Fund. — The fund shall be administered by
the National Police Commission (NPC), in accordance with existing government

auditing rules and regulations.

SECTION 5. Annual Report. — The National Police Commission shall annually
submit to the Office of the President, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives a report on the disbursement and utilization of the Fund.

SECTION 6. Non-diminution of Benefits. — Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to reduce existing benefits granted under existing laws, decrees,
executive orders, or any contract, agreement, or policy between the employer

and employee.


SECTION 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within six months from
the effectivity of this Act, the NPC, in coordination with PNP, Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the Unified Student Financial
Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST) Board and other relevant
government agencies shall jointly promulgate the rules and regulations for the
effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 8. Separability Clause. — |f any provision of this Act shall be held
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not otherwise affected shall

remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. — Sections 8, 9 and 10 of Republic Act No. 6963
are hereby amended accordingly. All other laws, executive orders, rules and
regulations inconsistent with or contrary to this Act, are hereby deemed

accordingly repealed or amended.

SECTION 10. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect upon its publication
in the Official Gazette.

Approved,