Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3361

Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO

AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD WHICH STARTS AT THE
BOUNDARY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NATONIN IN MT.
PROVINCE, TRAVERSES THE MUNICIPALITIES OF AGUINALDO
AND ALFONSO LISTA IN THE PROVINCE OF IFUGAO, AND ENDS AT
THE BOUNDARY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF AURORA IN THE
PROVINCE OF ISABELA INTO A NATIONAL ROAD.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill was originally filed as House Bill No. 4487 in the fourteenth
(14) congress.

The municipalities of Aguinaldo and Alfonso Lista in the province of
Ifugao and the municipality of Natonin in Mt. Province located at the
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are primarily corn producing areas.
In fact, the volume of corn produced in these three (3) municipalities are
first class corns delivered and sold to corn traders in the province of Isabela
in Region 2. The combined corn production of the municipalities of
Aguinaldo, Alfonso Lista, and Natonin would easily account to more or less
thirty (30) percent of the reported corn production of the province of
Isabela.

It is a sad fact that during the rainy season, the corn farmers of the
municipalities of Aguinaldo and Alfonso Lista, Ifugao and Natonin, Mt.
Province find it very hard or almost impossible to transport their harvests
and produces to the province of Isabela in long periods of time until the
roads are dry and passable resulting to so much waste of corn products as


their harvests and produces would be molding and often rotting when the
road becomes passable.

The road network herein proposed to be converted into a national
road is strategically located in the areas mainly dedicated to corn
production and very vital to accelerate development and increase
agricultural and economic activities essential to support agriculture.

The conversion of the said road will facilitate faster and more efficient
transportation of essential agricultural goods, and the delivery of necessary
agricultural services. It is projected that such road conversion shall promote
livelihood opportunities, encourage competitive flow of investment, and
shall ultimately enhance the economic and social living conditions, not just
of the people farming and living along the roads, but also those in the
arterial roads that are connected to it.

The proposed conversion arises out of extreme necessity and
urgency.

In view of the foregoing premises, immediate enactment of this bill
is earnestly sought.

SOLOM' IUNGALAO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

3361
House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative SOLOMON R. CHUNGALAO

AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD WHICH STARTS AT THE
BOUNDARY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NATONIN IN MT.
PROVINCE, TRAVERSES THE MUNICIPALITIES OF AGUINALDO
AND ALFONSO LISTA IN THE PROVINCE OF IFUGAO, AND ENDS AT
THE BOUNDARY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF AURORA IN THE
PROVINCE OF ISABELA INTO A NATIONAL ROAD.

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

SECTION 1. The road which starts at the boundary of the
Municipality of Natonin in Mt. Province, traverses barangays Bunag, Butac,
Monggayang (Sitio Manaot), Pinto, Little Tadian and San Marcos in the
municipalities of Aguinaldo and Alfonso Lista in the province of Ifugao, and
ends at the boundary of the Municipality of Aurora in the Province of Isabela
is hereby converted into a national road.

SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Department of Public Works and
Highways shall issue the necessary rules, orders and circulars to implement
the provisions of this including in the Department the program of its
improvement, repairs and maintenance, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriation Act.


SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the official gazette and in any newspaper of general
circulations.

Approved,