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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Rice is the staple food of every Filipino and is at the core of the country's 
Agricultural development thrust. In view of the central role that this staple food 
plays in the life of every Filipino, it underscores the need to provide for 
contingency measures to ensure the adequate supply of rice for all. 
This legislative measure thus provides for a mechanism Whereby national 
rice reserves will be maintained in order to cushion the impact of a rice shortage 
during periods of national emergency. 
Immediate passage of this bill is thus earnestly recommended. 
GOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 
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Senate Bill No. 1 0 6 3 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRAEtA 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING 
EMERGENCY 
RICE 
RESERVES 
AND 
FOR 
OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives if the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
Title. This Act shall be known as the "Emergency Rice 
Reserves Act of 2013". 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared the policy of the State 
to ensure an adequate supply of rice at reasonable and affordable process for the 
people in times of calamities. 
mean: 
SEC. 3. Definition of term. As used in this Act, the following terms shall 
(a) 
Calamities are fortuitous event which include act of God such as but 
not limited to typhoon, floods, droughts, earthquakes, fires, volcanic 
eruption, lahar flows, and acts of man such as political and/or civil 
disturbances, and wide-spread civil unrest; 
(b) 
Emergency Rice Reserve is the inventory or stock rice and/or palay 
by the National Food Authority (NFA), equivalent to the 15-day 
average national.daily rice consumption. to be maintained as a matter 
of national policy. 
SEC. 4. Management. In order for the National Food Authority (NFA) to 
effectively perform the functions and responsibilities provided for in this Act, it 
shall: 
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(1) 
Maintain and manage a government rice reserve equivalent to 
fifteen (15) days of the national rice consumption for the current year 
and determine the location and distribution of such stocks 
into 
depots nationwide. 
(2) 
Procure stock from small farmers and farmer' cooperative and import 
only under abnormal conditions determined through consultation with 
all affected sectors unless directed otherwise by the President: 


Provided, That, the quality of the imported rice shall be regular milled 
rice, thirty-five percent (35%) brokens, or better; NFA will have the 
option to release the equivalent volume in palay form to maintain the 
fifteen (15) day rice reserve. 
(3) 
Release to the market said government rice reserve upon the 
declaration of a state of calamity by the President of the Republic of 
the Philippines; Provided That such declaration shall specifically 
state that NFA rice reserve is to be released to the market upon the 
recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture; 
Provided further, That the release price of said rice shall be based on 
the prevailing market price immediately prior to the occurrence of the 
calamity. 
SEC. 5. Refill of Emergency Rice Reserve. The NFA shall ensure that rice 
stocks are refilled in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 6. Appropriations. There shall be appropriated from the funds of the 
National Treasury a seed money of P4 Billion for its initial operations and 
constituted into a revolving fund held in trust by NFA used for funding 
replenishment and as a depository for funds obtained from the sale/monetization 
of food security stocks. Thereafter, all such amounts as may be necessary for the 
continued operation of said Fund which shall include the maintenance and/or 
increase of the Food Security Rice Reserve shall be automatically appropriated in 
the General Appropriations Act as approved by Congress. 
SEC. 7. Monitoring and Review. The NFA shall regularly review and 
assess the national palay and rice situation and, on the bases of the data and 
information collected, prepare a report to be submitted on Agriculture of Congress. 
SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulation. The NFA shall. Within sixty 
(60) days from the effectivity of this Act, issue the implementing rules and 
regulation if this Act. 
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. If any provIsions of this Act be deemed 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in 
force and effect. 
SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. If acts, presidential decrees, executive orders 
and administrative orders, rules and regulations, and other such issuance or parts 
of thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 11. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
after complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,