EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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Introduced by Senator Aqiiilino “Koko” Pimentel HI
AN ACT INSTITUTING THE CITIZEN SERVICE TRAINING 
COURSE, ESTABLISHING THE CITIZEN SERVICE CORPS, 
CREATING THE CITIZEN SERVICE MOBILIZATION 
COMMISSION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The 1987 Constitution empowers the State to call on its citizens to 
render personal military and civil service. The Constitution also 
mandates the Armed Forces of the Philippines to maintain, in addition to 
its regular force, a reserve force which shall undergo military training.
At the same time, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the vital role of 
the youth in nation-building and encourages the State to inculcate in 
them patriotism and nationalism and encourage their involvement in 
public and civic affairs.
Now more than ever, we are in need of a strong citizen service and 
military reserve force that may be called on to respond to national 
emergencies and disasters and external and internal threats to national 
security. It now behooves the State to constitute the youth into a major 
component of the citizen reserve force envisioned in the 1987 
Constitution.


In doing so, the State must remain conscious of its undertaking to 
the international community that the minimum age for voluntary 
recruitment into the Armed Force of the Philippines (which includes the 
regular force and the reserve force) is eighteen (18) years, and that 
minors will only be subjected to military training if the minors attain 
majority age at the completion date of their training. The State must also 
remain cognizant of the proven inadequacies of the Reserve Officers 
Training Corps (ROTC) model under Republic Act No. 7077 and the 
National Service Training Program (NSTP) model under Republic Act 
No. 9163, and seek to address these weaknesses.
This measure seeks to establish a comprehensive framework for 
training and mobilization of the youth within the current frameworks of 
national and external defense, law enforcement and peace and order and 
national disaster risk reduction and management.
The bill establishes the Citizen Service Training Course (CSTC) as 
mandatory for all tertiary-level students enrolled in baccalaureate degree 
courses or technical vocational courses in all public and private colleges. 
Graduates of the CSTS shall comprise the Citizen Service Corps, 
civilian in character but possessed of a strong military component, 
prepared for rapid mobilization to address national and/or local 
emergencies and contingencies and external and internal threats to 
national security.
In all, this bill is a structured, coherent and comprehensive 
legislative measure for the training and mobilization of the youth for 
their holistic development. It gives life to the constitutional mandate of 
raising the youth as partners in nation-building, encouraging their early 
involvement in public and civic affairs, and developing a citizenry that is 
ready to defend the State in personal military and civil service, without 
violating our commitments to the international community.


In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is 
earnestly sought.
AQUILINOJ“KOKO,, PIMENTEL III


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E
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Introduced by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
AN ACT
INSTITUTING THE CITIZEN SERVICE TRAINING COURSE, 
ESTABLISHING THE CITIZEN SERVICE CORPS, CREATING 
THE CITIZEN SERVICE MOBILIZATION COMMISSION, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. Short Title. -  This Act shall be known as the
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DECLARATION OF POLICY 
SEC. 2. Statement of Policy. -  It shall be the policy of the State:
a) To institutionalize the vital role of the youth in nation-building, 
promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and 
social well-being; to inculeate in them patriotism and nationalism; and to 
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b) To constitute the youth into a major component of the citizen
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defend the State and to render personal military or civil service under
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SEC. 3. Basic Citizen Sennce Training Course. -  There is hereby 
instituted a Basic Citizen Service Training Course (Basic CSTC) which 
shall form part of the curricula of all baccalaureate degree courses and 
all technical vocational courses (which may be completed in at least two 
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The Basic CSTC shall have the following components:
a) External and Territorial Defense Training;
b) Internal Security and Peace and Order Training; and
c) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training.
The Basic CSTC shall be divided into four (4) training modules to 
be administered for at least four (4) semesters over two (2) school years, 
unless otherwise allowed by the Citizen Service Training Board. It shall 
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practical training every semester, and at least sixteen (16) hours of field 
exercises every year.
The trainees, who shall be referred to as cadets, shall be organized 
by squads, platoons, companies, battalions, brigades and divisions 
similar to military units. Military-type of discipline, organization and 
cadet movement shall be observed in the conduct of the Basic CSTC. 
The Basic CSTC shall instill upon the youth the ideals of patriotism, 
nationalism and respect for human rights.
Except for justifiable causes and upon the issuance of a Certificate 
of Exemption by the Citizen Service Mobilization Commission 
(Commission), the Basic CSTC must be completed, as far as practicable, 
within the first two (2) years of all baccalaureate degree courses and 
technical vocational courses. The completion of the Basic CSTC shall be 
a prerequisite for enrollment to the third year of all baccalaureate degree 
courses and technical vocational courses.
When the Basic CSTC is allowed to be taken beyond the first two 
(2) years of all baccalaureate degree courses and technical vocational 
courses, completion of the Basic CSTC shall be a requisite for 
graduation in the said courses.
SEC. 4. Summer Citizen Service Training Camp. -  In addition to 
the requirements under Section 3, the Basic CSTC shall require for its 
completion attendance in a Summer Citizen Service Training Camp 
(Summer CSTC), which shall consist of at least thirty (30) days of 
direct instruction and training to be administered in two (2) tranches of 
fifteen (15) days a year and, except for justifiable causes, must be 
completed within the first two (2) years of all baccalaureate degree 
courses and technical vocational courses.
The Summer CSTC shall be conducted within the campuses or 
facilities of all public and private colleges, universities, or similar 
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private colleges, universities, or similar learning institutions that it is 
impracticable to conduct the Summer CSTC in their respective 
campuses or facilities, they should immediately make the same known to 
the Commission’s Citizen Service Training Board (Training Board), 
which upon the proposal of the public and private colleges, universities, 
or similar learning institutions, shall designate such safe and appropriate 
venues for the Summer CSTC. As far as practicable, the venue shall be 
proximate to the campuses or facilities of the public and private 
colleges, universities, or similar learning institutions.
The Program of Instruction for the Summer CSTC shall be 
developed by the Training Board and shall focus on practical and field 
training exercises. It shall be administered under the control and 
supervision of the Commission, which may tap the personnel and 
expertise of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine 
National Police (PNP) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). For such 
purpose, the AFP, the PNP and the OCD are hereby directed to make its 
camps and premises, training facilities and equipment, and pool of 
trainers available to the Commission for the efficient, effective and 
realistic conduct of the Summer CSTC.
SEC. 5. Coverage. -  All tertiary-level students, male and female, 
enrolled in baccalaureate degree courses or technical vocational courses 
(which may be completed in at least two (2) years) in all public and 
private colleges, universities, or similar learning institutions shall be 
required to undergo the Basic CSTC.
SEC. 6. Special CSTC for Students under Specific Circumstances. 
-  There shall be no exemptions from the Basic CSTC. However, the 
Commission shall prescribe Special CSTC to address the peculiar needs 
and circumstances of students under the following circumstances:
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b) Those whose religious beliefs prohibit the use of firearms in 
rendering service to the country; and
c) Those who have been convicted by final judgment of crimes 
involving moral turpitude;
Provided, that foreign citizens enrolled in baccalaureate degree 
courses or technical vocational courses where CSTC is required shall 
also undergo a Special CSTC prescribed by the Commission that would 
deepen their understanding and appreciation of the Philippines, its 
people, society, culture and government, and harness their potential as 
bridges to improve, their respective countries’ ties with the Philippines.
SEC. 7. Advance CSTC. -  There is also hereby instituted an 
Advance CSTC which may be pursued by all graduates of the Basic 
CSTC, except those who have been convicted by final Judgment of 
crimes involving moral turpitude; and who have successfully finished a 
one-semester Officer Qualifying Course within the first two (2) years of 
their baccalaureate degree courses or technical vocational courses. The 
Officer Qualifying Course shall include leadership and management 
training, which will equip the graduates thereof to themselves administer 
the Basic CSTC, shall be completed in one (1) semester; and shall 
consist of at least one hundred and twenty-eight (128) hours of lecture, 
practical training and field exercises in external and territorial defense, 
internal security and peace and order, and disaster risk reduction and 
management. Graduates of the Officer Qualifying Course, who shall be 
referred to as cadet officers, shall compose the Offieer Corps of the 
Basic CSTC in each campus and shall administer the conduct of the 
Basic CSTC of each campus under the administrative control and 
supervision of the Department of Citizen Service Training (DCST) of 
the respective campuses.
It shall be mandatory for all public and private colleges, 
universities and similar learning institutions offering baccalaureate 
degree courses to offer the Advance CSTC in all their campuses, which 
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Preparatory CSTC which shall be administered and implemented by the
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Department of Education (DepEd) to all students, male and female,
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institutions. The Preparatory CSTC shall be an introductory/orientation
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enrollment in all baccalaureate degree courses or technical vocational
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courses (which may be completed in at least two (2) years) in all public
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SEC. 10. Citizen Sennce Mobilization Commission. -  There is
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SEC. 11. Composition of the Commission. -  The Commission shall 
be composed of a Chairperson and four (4) Commissioners, namely, 
two (2) Commissioners for Training and two (2) Commissioners for 
Mobilization. The Secretary of the Department of National Defense 
(DND), the Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), the Chairperson of the Commission of Higher 
Education (CHED), and the Director General of the Technical 
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), or their duly- 
authorized representatives with a rank of at least Assistant Secretary for 
the DND and the DILG, Commissioner for the CHED, or Board 
Member for the TESDA, shall be ex-officio voting members of the 
Commission.
The Chairperson and the Commissioners shall be citizens and 
residents of the Philippines, at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of good 
moral character, of recognized probity and independence, and, through 
their training, experience, and education, must have distinguished 
themselves as best-suited to discharge the duties of their offices. They 
must not have been candidates for any elective national or local office in 
the immediately preceding elections, whether regular or special. The 
Chaiiperson and the Commissioners, who shall have the rank equivalent 
of cabinet secretary and undersecretary, respectively, shall be appointed 
by the President.
SEC. 12. Quorum. -  Five (5) members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of at least a majority of 
those present, there being a quorum, shall be necessary for the adoption 
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powers and functions of the Commission under Section 15(a), (d), (f), 
(j), and (k), as well as those under Section 20, paragraph 4, Section 29, 
and Section 31.
SEC. 13. Term of Office. -  The term of office of the Chairperson 
and the Commissioners shall be seven (7) years, without reappointment. 
Of those first appointed, the Chairperson and the two (2) 
Commissioners first to be appointed shall hold office for seven (7) 
years, while the two (2) Commissioners last to be appointed shall hold 
office for five (5) years. Appointment to any vacancy shall only be for 
the unexpired term of the predecessor.
SEC. 14. Compensation and Other Emoluments of the Members 
and Employees of the Commission. -  The compensation and other 
emoluments of the members and employees of the Commission shall be 
exempted from the coverage of Republic Act No. 6758, otherwise 
known as the Salary Standardization Act. For this purpose, the 
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on an objective classification system, taking into consideration the 
importance and responsibilities attached to their respective positions, 
and shall be submitted to the President for his approval.
SEC. 15. Powers of the Commission. -  The Commission shall 
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a) Design, prescribe and/or approve the programs of instruction for 
the CSTC, including special courses for students under specific 
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b) Ensure the proper administration of the CSTC;
c) Exercise supervision and control over all agencies, offices and 
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scale mobilization of the Corps;
e) Approve, as required under this Act, the deployment of a limited 
number of the Corps to national government agencies and to local 
government units to assist in regional, provincial, city, municipal or 
barangay level disasters, emergencies and other contingencies;
f) Approve the regular deployment of a limited number of the 
Corps to the AFP, the PNP and the OCD to serve as reservists and active 
duty cadres to meet the peace time stand-by reserve requirements of said 
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g) Investigate or secure the services or assistance of the appropriate 
agencies to investigate cases of corruption, graft, hazing, sexual 
harassment and other abuses in the conduct of the CSTC, mobilization 
of the Corps and implementation of this Act;
h) Issue serial numbers to all graduates of the CSTC;
i) Maintain and update a registry/database of all cadets and cadet 
officers of the CSTC;
j) Promulgate the appropriate rules and regulations, in accordance 
with Section 39 hereof, to fully implement the provisions of this Act;
k) Appoint, fix the compensation and determine the status, 
qualifications, and duties of the staff of the Commission. The members 
of the technical staff, except those perfonning purely clerical functions, 
shall possess at least a baccalaureate degree;
l) Generate and utilize resources to fully implement the provisions 
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n) Exercise such other powers as are necessary or essential to fully 
implement the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 16. Organization of the Commission. — The Commission 
shall have a Citizen Service Training Board (Training Board) and a 
Citizen Service Mobilization Board (Mobilization Board).
SEC. 17. Citizen Senice Training Board. -  The Training Board 
shall be composed of the Chairperson as head, the two (2) 
Commissioners for Training, the Chairperson of the CHED and the 
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Board Member for the TESDA. The Secretary of the DepEd, or his duly 
authorized representative, with a rank of at least Assistant Secretary, 
shall be a consulting non-voting member of the Training Board.
The Training Board shall come up with the initial CSTC Programs 
of Instruction, including the Basic CSTC, the Advance CSTC, the 
Program Managers Training Course and the Officer Qualifying Course 
(CSTC POI), within sixty (60) days from the organization of the 
Commission. For this purpose, the Training Board is hereby directed to 
tap the technical expertise of the AFP, the PNP and the OCD, he 
expertise and experience of stakeholders in both public and private 
sector, and the curriculum development expertise of the CHED, the 
TESDA and the DepEd, as well as public and private colleges, 
universities and similar learning institutions. The CSTCPOI shall be 
subject to the approval of the Commission. The Training Board shall 
also supervise and see to the continuous development of the CSTC POI.
Thereafter, the Commission, through the Training Board, shall 
ensure the incorporation of the CSTC POI in the curricula of all 
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may be completed in at least two (2) years) offered by public and private 
colleges, universities and similar learning institutions, and in the 
curricula of Grade 11 and Grade 12 in all public and private learning 
institutions.
The Training Board shall adopt guidelines, which shall be 
incorporated in the rules and regulations of the Commission, for the 
organization of a DCST in every public and private colleges, universities 
and similar learning institutions. For colleges and universities with 
multiple campuses, there shall be a DCST for each campus.
SEC. 18. Citizen Sendee Mobilization Board. -  The Mobilization 
Board shall be composed of the Chairperson as head, the two (2) 
Commissioners for Mobilization, the Secretary of the DND and the 
Secretary of the DILG, or their duly authorized representatives with a 
rank of at least Assistant Secretary. The Secretary of the Department of 
Social Work and Development, or his duly authorized representatives 
with a rank of at least Assistant Secretary, the Chief of Staff of the AFP 
and the Police General of the PNP, or their duly authorized 
representatives with a rank of at least Brigadier General, Commodore or 
Police Brigadier General, as the case may be, shall be consulting non­
voting members of the Mobilization Board.
The Mobilization Board shall administer the process of 
deployment of the Corps in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 
From time to time as manpower and training resources may allow, the 
Mobilization Board may call for retraining of the Corps to maintain and 
enhance its level of competency and readiness for mobilization. For this 
purpose, the Mobilization Board may call for training mobilizations for 
periods not exceeding fifteen (15) days.
SEC. 19. Annual Reports. -  The Commission shall regularly 
publish an annual report containing a list of its accomplishments, status 
of its operations, number and demography of the Corps, assessment of 
readiness for mobilization and the incidence and details of each 
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campus of their respective institutions, all public and private colleges, 
universities and similar learning institutions shall establish and 
maintain, in accordance with the structure and organization provided in 
the rules and regulations of the Commission, an autonomous 
Department of Citizen Service Training, which shall be tasked with the 
primary duty and responsibility of fully implementing the CSTC in their 
respective campuses. The DCST shall have an overall department head, 
a commandant for external and territorial defense, a commandant for 
internal security and peace and order, and a commandant for disaster 
risk reduction management.
The head of each campus and/or learning institution shall appoint a 
department head within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of the rules 
and regulations implementing this Act. Within thirty (30) days from 
acceptance of his appointment, the department head shall submit a list of 
three (3) names for each commandant position from which the head of 
each campus and/or learning institution shall appoint, within fifteen (15) 
days from receipt of the lists, the three (3) commandants.
The DCST shall be directly under the office of the head of each 
campus and/or learning institution. It shall be civilian in character and 
shall administer the CSTC. However, it is understood that personnel of 
the AFP, PNP and the OCD shall not be disqualified from being 
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The head of the DCST shall be chosen by the head of the learning 
institution from among candidates who by reason of their training, 
experience and/or education in the fields of external and territorial 
defense, internal security and peace and order and/or disaster risk 
reduction management is best qualified to be the head of the DCST. The 
Commission shall have the authority to prescribe the qualifications for 
the head of DCST.
Should a learning institution fail to organize a DCST and/or 
appoint a DCST head within the period stated above, the Commission 
shall cause the establishment of a DCST and/or appoint the head thereof
SEC. 21. The University of the Philippines as Curriculum and 
Development Center. -  The University of the Philippines (U.P.), as the 
National University, through its various DCSTs in each of its campuses, 
shall serve as the CSTC POI research and development center for the 
Commission. For this purpose, there is hereby created a U.P. Center for 
Citizen Service Training (CCST), which shall be within the U.P. System 
and under the Office of the U.P. President. It shall have the following 
powers:
a) Undertake studies, surveys, and research to assess and/or 
enhance the implementation of the CSTC;
b) Design and develop CSTC subjects and modules for the review 
and approval of the Commission;
c) Pilot test CSTC subjects, modules and programs it designed and 
developed within the U.P. system for purposes of assessment; and
d) Subjeet to the approval of the U.P. President and the U.P. Board 
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committee composed of the department heads of the various DCSTs in 
each campus of the U.R System. The chairperson of the executive 
committee shall be elected for a term of three (3) years from among the 
members of the executive committee.
The U.R CCST shall be located at the U.R. Diliman DCST.
SEC. 22. Development of the CSTC POL -  The U.R. CCST shall 
propose improvements to the CSTC ROI, which shall undergo pilot­
testing in each of the U.R campuses. The pilot-tested CSTC POI shall 
be submitted for the assessment, consideration and approval of the 
Commission within thirty (30) days from the last day of the pilot-testing 
semester.
The Commission and the U.R CCST shall ensure the participation 
of third-party stakeholders and experts in the fields of external and 
territorial defense, internal security and peace and order, and disaster 
risk reduction and management in the continued development and 
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SEC. 24. Evaluation of the Requests for Deployment. -  The 
Mobilization Board shall evaluate the requests for deployment. When 
the number of personnel requested does not exceed one hundred and 
fifty (150) and the period of deployment does not exceed sixty (60) 
days, the Mobilization Board shall decide whether to approve or 
disapprove the request within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt 
thereof When the number of personnel requested exceeds one hundred 
and fifty (150) or the period of deployment exceeds sixty (60) days, the 
Mobilization Board shall make a recommendation to the Commission 
within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of the request. The 
Commission shall decide whether to approve or disapprove the request 
within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of the recommendation of 
the Mobilization Board.
In case of the approval of the request for deployment, the 
Mobilization Board shall issue an Order of Deployment requiring the 
Corps, or a number thereof, to assist the national government, its 
agencies and instrumentalities and the local government units in their 
functions related to external and territorial defense, internal security and 
peace and order, and disaster risk reduction and management.
SEC. 25. Deployment in Case of a Declaration of a State of War, 
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Violence or State of Calamity; Nationwide 
Mobilization. -  In case of a declaration of a state of war, state of lawless 
violence or state of calamity, the Commission may motu proprio 
recommend the mobilization of the Corps to the President of the 
Philippines. The President of the Philippines, by himself, shall also have 
the power to order the mobilization of the Corps to respond to national 
or local contingencies related to external and territorial defense, internal 
security and peace and order and/or disaster risk reduction management.
SEC. 26. Mobilization Centers. -  There shall be established in 
each province and city as many mobilization centers as needed 
according to the number and geographical distribution of the Corps, 
where they will report in case of deployment. The local government 
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In case of mobilization, the equipment of the Corps shall be 
supplied in close coordination with the AFP, the PNP and the OCD, with 
the end in view of achieving rapid mobilization.
SEC. 27. Lines of Command. -  Upon deployment, operational 
control over the Corps shall be vested upon the head of the requesting 
national government agency or local government unit; Provided, that, in 
case of deployment for purposes of external and territorial defense, 
when the Corps is mobilized to expand the AFP in the event of war, 
invasion, rebellion or similar circumstances, operational control shall be 
vested upon the AFP.
SEC. 28. Expenses of Deployment. -  The role of the Commission 
shall be to provide and marshal the required personnel to address 
national or local contingencies involving external and territorial 
defense, internal security and peace and order, and national disaster risk 
reduction and management. Upon deployment, the national government 
agency or the local government unit to which the Corps is deployed 
shall shoulder the operational expenses of deployment.
SEC. 29. Operationalization of Deployment. -  The Mobilization 
Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, shall promulgate the 
specific mechanisms by which deployment is efficiently implemented, 
including the organization of the Corps to be deployed, their territorial 
assignments, how deployment orders are communicated to each 
member of the Corps and to which mobilization center they will report.
SEC. 30. Serial Numbers and Registry. -  Upon completion of the 
Basic CSTC, the graduates shall be issued individual serial numbers, 
which will serve as their identification in case of deployment.
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The Commission shall maintain and update a registry/database 
containing the names of the members of the Corps, their serial numbers, 
address, contact details and such other information as the Commission 
may determine. For this purpose, all public and private colleges, 
universities and learning institutions are hereby mandated to annually 
transmit their records of the graduates of the CSTC to the Commission, 
in the form as may be determined by the Commission.
All graduates of CSTC are required to update their addresses and 
contact details on file with the Commission as often as necessary. Orders 
of deployment sent to the addresses and/or through the contact details on 
file with the Commission shall be sufficient notice for the purpose of 
Section 37 hereof
SEC. 31. Termination of Deployment. -  Upon the expiration of the 
requested period of deployment, without an extension having been 
requested and approved by the Commission, the Corps shall be 
discharged of its duties. The deployment may also be tenninated earlier 
upon a determination by the Commission, in consultation with the 
requesting national government agency or local government unit, that 
such deployment is no longer in accordance with the objectives and 
purposes of this Act.
SEC. 32. Effect on Employment. -  Deployment of employees in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act shall not be a ground for 
dismissal or diminution of any benefit enjoyed by such employees prior 
to their deployment. Employees shall be entitled to their regular wage 
or salary during the period of their deployment; Provided, that 
employers shall be entitled to deduct such regular wage or salary from 
their gross income for the same taxable year that the regular wage or 
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FUNDING OF THE CITIZEN SERVICE CORPS
SEC. 33. Citizen Senice Fund. -  A Citizen Service Fund is hereby 
established exclusively for the implementation of the objectives and 
purposes of this Act. The Office of the President shall monitor and 
evaluate the activities and the balances of the fund.
SEC. 34. Appropriations. -  All funds previously appropriated for 
the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Reserve Officers 
Training Corps Program of the AFP, established under Republic Act No. 
7077, as amended, and which will subsequently and hereafter be 
appropriated for such purpose shall be used exclusively for the 
implementation of the objectives and purposes of this Act. All funds 
appropriated for the implementation of the National Service Training 
Program under Republic Act No. 9163shall also be used exclusively for 
the implementation of the objectives and purposes of this Act.
An initial funding of Fifty million pesos (P50,000,000.00) shall be 
allocated from the Presidential Social Fund to sustain the operation of 
the Commission and the implementation of this Act for the first year of 
its effectivity. Thereafter, the Citizen Service Fund shall be included in 
the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 35. School Fees. -  Public colleges, universities and similar 
learning institutions covered by Republic Act No. 10931, otherwise 
known as the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, shall 
not collect any fee for the CSTC. The training costs shall be included in 
the annual appropriations of such public colleges, universities and 
similar learning institutions. In cases of students not eligible to avail of 
the benefits under Republic Act No. 10931, public colleges, universities 
and similar learning institutions may collect a training fee of not more 
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Colleges, universities and similar learning institutions not covered 
by Republic Act No. 10931 shall have the option of collecting a training 
fee of not more than fifty percent (50%) of the tuition fee per academic 
unit, or of not collecting any fee for the CSTC; Provided that, in the 
latter case, the actual expenses for the administration of CSTC incurred 
by such institutions shall be allowed as a deduction from the gross 
income of such institutions for the same taxable year that the expenses 
are incurred. The covered institutions shall elect an option and inform 
the Commission not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days before 
the start of the school year. Such election may be changed only once 
every four (4) school years, unless specifically allowed by the 
Commission.
For this purpose, the Department of Finance, through the Bureau of 
Internal Revenue, shall formulate the appropriate regulations for the 
deduction provided under this section. The Commission shall 
promulgate budgetary guidelines for all covered institutions to ensure 
that the budget appropriated, collected or advanced for the training costs 
are reasonable and sufficient to ensure proper administration of the 
CSTC.
SEC. 36. Incentives for Students Pursuing Advance CSTC. -  
Students pursuing the Advance CSTC shall be entitled to tuition fee 
discounts according to the following schedule:
a) Cadet officers shall be entitled to fifty percent (50%) discount 
on their tuition fees effective the semester after their completion of the 
officer qualifying course until their completion of the Basic CSTC 
provided they serve as officers of the CSTC; and
b) During their training under the Advance CSTC, they shall be 
entitled to one hundred percent (100%) discount on their tuition fees. 
Cadet officers pursuing the Advance CSTC who, for any reason, fail to 
qualify for benefits under Republic Act No. 10931 are nonetheless 
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the tuition fee waivers/discounts granted pursuant to this section may 
likewise be claimed as a deduction from the gross income of such 
institutions for the same taxable year that the discounts/waivers were 
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Cadet officers shall likewise be entitled to a uniform allowance, 
which shall be provided and given in kind by the Commission.
Upon completion of the Advance CSTC and subject to the taking 
of the Reserve Officer Qualifying Examination under Section 44 hereof, 
the graduates of Advance CSTC shall be commissioned as reserve 
second lieutenant or its equivalent in the AFP, PNP or OCD; Provided, 
that they shall have obtained their baccalaureate degree courses within 
four (4) years from such completion, failing which their reserve 
commission shall be deemed revoked by operation of law.
The Commission shall ensure that an adequate portion of the 
Citizen Service Fund is allocated for the above incentives. The budget of 
the Commission to be submitted to the President shall likewise 
incorporate such allocation.
SEC. 37. Audit of Funds. -  Without prejudice to the audit 
jurisdiction of the Commission on Audit and the Bureau of Internal 
Revenue under existing laws and regulations, there shall be created an 
Audit Division within the Commission with the limited authority to 
conduct audit investigation on the spending of colleges, universities and 
similar learning institutions of funds appropriated, collected or 
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a) Failure to respond to the order of deployment despite notice sent 
to the address and/or contact details on file with the Commission for 
external and territorial defense shall be punishable in accordance with 
the Articles of War, and shall, upon conviction by a court-martial, be 
punishable by imprisonment of not less than six (6) months but not 
more than two (2) years;
b) Failure to respond to the order of deployment for internal 
security and peace and order or disaster risk reduction and management 
shall, upon conviction by a civil court, be punishable as follows:
First Offense: One hundred and twenty (120) hours of community 
service;
Second Offense: Two hundred and forty (240) hours of community 
service; and
Third and Subsequent Offenses: Six (6) months imprisonment and 
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Administrative offenses committed by persons involved in or in relation 
to the implementation of this Act, including the administration of the 
CSTC and the conduct of the Summer Citizen Service Training Camp, 
shall be subject to administrative penalties in accordance with the 
applicable civil service rules. Jurisdiction over these Administrative 
Offenses shall be vested exclusively on the Disciplinary Board of the 
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Complaints against heads and commandants of DCSTs or their 
equivalent, officers of the Commission and such employees of the 
Commission as may be identified in the implementing rules and 
regulations of this Act, shall be filed with and decided by a Disciplinary 
Board to be composed of the Chaiiqoerson of the Commission, a 
Commissioner for Training and a Commissioner for Mobilization, both 
of which shall be selected by the Chairperson. All complaints must be 
decided by the Disciplinary Board within one hundred and twenty (120) 
days from filing thereof
Complaints against officers and employees of the DCSTs, as well 
as cadet officers, shall be filed with and decided by the heads of their 
respective DCSTs. All complaints must be decided by the head of the 
DCST within thirty (30) days from filing thereof subject to a one-time 
extension of thirty (30) days granted by the Chairperson of the 
Commission. Unless stayed by the Disciplinary Board for meritorious 
reasons, all decisions of the heads of DSCTs on the complaints shall be 
immediately executory.
No motions for reconsideration shall be allowed from the decision 
of the heads of the DCSTS, but the same may be appealed within fifteen 
(15) days from receipt thereof by filing a memorandum of appeal with 
the Disciplinary Board of the Commission. If the penalty imposed by the 
heads of the DCSTs is dismissal, the decision shall be automatically 
reviewed to the Disciplinary Board.
In all cases of appeal by parties and automatic review by the 
Disciplinary Board, the entire records of the cases shall be transmitted to 
the Disciplinary Board within thirty (30) days from the promulgation of 
the decision by the heads of the DCSTs. All appeals and automatic 
reviews shall be resolved by the Disciplinary Board within one hundred 
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ensure that the initial set of program managers who shall instruct and 
train the first sets of enrollees in the CSTC in all public and private 
colleges, universities and similar learning institutions are properly 
trained and equipped. For this purpose, the Training Board shall 
develop a Program Managers Training Course (PMTC). All covered 
institutions are required to send program managers, in number sufficient 
to implement the CSTC, to undergo and successfully pass the PMTC to 
be administered and conducted by the Commission.
SEC. 44. Current Enrollment under Republic Act No. 9163. -  In all 
cases, students who are currently enrolled under the curriculum 
implemented by virtue of Republic Act No. 9163, otherwise known as 
the National Service Training Program Act of 2001, shall be allowed to 
finish the curriculum and be deemed to have satisfied the requirement 
for graduation after completion thereof
SEC. 45. Integration of Existing Resen’e Units and Sennce Corps. 
-  All reservists included in the Reserved Force created under Republic 
Act No. 7077, otherwise known as the Citizen Armed Forces of the 
Philippines Reservist Act, and all members of the National Service 
Reserve Corps created under Republic Act No. 9163, shall be absorbed 
under the Citizen Service Corps created under this Act. The Citizen 
Service Mobilization Board shall determine their ranks and designations 
within the Citizen Service Corps.
SEC. 46. Organization of Reserve Components. -To complement 
the existing AFP Reserve Force, the Commission is hereby mandated 
and authorized to organize the reserve components of the PNP and the 
OCD within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act. Thereafter, 
the administration, operational control and funding of the newly 
organized reserve components shall be vested upon the PNP and the 
OCD, respectively.
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