REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

15% CONGRESS
FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL No._38700

___INTRODUCED BY: REPRESENTATIVE HERMINIA B. ROMAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On December 17, 1965, President Diosdado Macapagal issued
Proclamation No. 508 which established the Subic Bay Naval Reservation
under the administrative jurisdiction of the United States Government.

Two years thereafter or in 1967, some areas of the Subic Bay Naval
Reservation were returned to the administration of the Philippine Government
by virtue of a Memorandum of Agreement entered into between the Philippine
Government and the American Government.

‘The area covered by Proclamation No. 508 consisted of two (2) parcels of
land designated as Parcel No. 9 with an area of 627,330 sq. m. and Parcel No.
10 with an area of 886,770 sq. m. more or less.

On September 16, 1989, the Investigating Committee created pursuant
to DENR Special Order No. 556 conducted an ocular inspection and found
hundreds of families occupying Parcel No. 10 since 1963 or even before
Proclamation No. 508 was passed. These families have organized themselves
into an association known as “Socorro Hills Community_Association, Inc.”
previously known as “Tipo, Morong, Bataan Community Association, Inc.”
These families now form a community within the area. In fact, they have
already introduced improvements in the area, such as residential houses of
strong materials with some fruit bearing trees planted thereon. It is also
noteworthy to note that there is a public elementary school in the area
constructed by the government.

Through the years, petitions were made before the different agencies of
the government such as the Department of National Defense, Department of


Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Health and Department of
Public Works and Highways, all of which favorably recommended for the
release of the area occupied as alienable and disposable.

‘The petition would have been granted through the proposed amendatory
proclamation of then Executive Secretary Teofisto Guingona during the
administration of President Fidel V. Ramos. However, instead of the proposed
amendatory proclamation, Proclamation No. 532 was passed by President
Ramos which even expanded the metes and bounds of SBMA, thereby, further
encroaching on the territory where the “Socorro Hills Community_Association,
Inc.’ lies.

It is quite inevitable that these families have already established their
roots in the area. They managed to improve the community even if the
property where they stand had not been titled in their name.

Every Filipino has the right to an improved quality of living by being able
to acquire lands and enrich the same. It is also the policy of the state to
promote social justice and this can be achieved through the equitable
distribution and ownership of lands to the landless. This will also prevent the
individuals who are not the actual occupants of the land from further acquiring
certain parcels of land in the area.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is most earnestly sought.

N rset Saul Renna

HERMINIA B. ROMAN
FIRST DISTRICT, BATAAN,


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

15% CONGRESS
yifsT__ REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 3700

INTRODUCED BY: REPRESENTATIVE HERMINIA B. ROMAN

AN ACT
CONVERTING A PORTION OF THE LAND, EMBRACED UNDER
PROCLAMATION NO. 508 AND PROCLAMATION NO. 532 AS ALIENABLE
AND DISPOSABLE TO THE ACTUAL BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS THEREOF

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

SEC. 1. DECLARATION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS.- Certain lands of the
public domain located in the municipalities of Hermosa, Dinalupihan and
Morong, Province of Bataan are hereby declared alienable and disposable lands
for residential, agricultural and other similar purposes to the actual bona fide
occupants thereof.

Said parcel of land has an area of 1,949,128.26 sq. m., more or less. is
particularly described as follows as shown on plan Swo-030805-000192:

Rounded on the E., along line 1-2 by Roosevelt National Park, Municipality
of Hermosa; along line 2 to 8 by Bahay Buwaya River; on the S., along lines 8
to 21 by Perimeter Road; on the SW., along line 21-22 by the Municipality of
Morong; on the W., along lines 22 to 27 by Bangal River; on the NW., along
lines 27 to 30 by Municipality of Dinalupihan; on the N., along lines 30 to 45
by National Road; and on the NE., along lines 45 to 53-1 by Municipality of
Dinalupihan. Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being N. 85 deg. 25 W.,
16, 618.13 from BLIM # 1 Hermosa Cad.


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228.06 m. to point 2;
87.75 m. to point 3;
323.03 m. to point 4;
130.27 m. to point 5;
103.34 m. to point 6;
94.61 m. to point 7;
113.39 m. to point 8;
145.29 m. to point 9;
96.90 m. to point 10;
54.60 m. to point 11;
27.00 m. to point 12;
138.97 m. to point 13;
62.62 m. to point 14;
70.78 m. to point 15;
250.69 m. to point 16;
67.83 m. to point 17;
51.50 m. to point 18;
57.49 m. to point 19;
47.67 m. to point 20;
37.97 m. to point 21;
529.78 m. to point 22;
89.52 m. to point 23;
88.81 m. to point 24;
92.02 m. to point 25;
60.22 m. to point 26;
63.56 m. to point 27;
411.41 m. to point 28;
263.96 m. to point 29;
562.23 m. to point 30;
103.42 m. to point 31;
59.90 m. to point 32;
43.75 m. to point 33;
43.54 m. to point 34;
19.90 m. to point 35;
79.30 m. to point 36;
34.06 m. to point 37;
49.71 m. to point 38;
159.45 m. to point 39;
26.35 m. to point 40;
76.64 m. to point 41;
34.32 m. to point 42;
26.80 m. to point 43;
9.15 m. to point 44;
9.04 m. to point 45;
17.32 m. to point 46;
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62 deg. 35°E., 38.08 m. to point 48;
35 deg. OVE., 17.01 m. to point 49;
06 deg. 37°W., 186.32 m. to point 50;
75 deg. 27’E., 10.87 m. to point 51;
72 deg. S¥E., 97.85 m. to point 52;
27 deg. 43°E., 90.71 m. to point 53;
59 deg. 161 406.32 m. to the point of

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVITY.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general

circulation.

Approved,