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First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 2899

Introduced by
Honorable ANIELA BIANCA D. TOLENTINO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Approved and signed into law back in 2019, Republic Act No. 11214 seeks to
finally concretize the Constitutional mandate in Section 19, Article XIV, which states
that: “The State shall promote physical education and encourage sports programs,
Jeague competitions, and amateur sports, including training for international
competitions, to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the development
of a healthy and alert citizenry.”R.A. No. 11214 realizes this Constitutional mandate
thru the creation of the Philippine Sports Training Center (PSTC).

The PSTC is a state-of-the-art and highly scientific sports complex. R.A. No.
11214 mandates a period for the construction of the PSTC, to wit: "After a period of
planning not exceeding six (6) months upon the effectivity of this Act, the necessary
sports facilities and amenities, which are at par with international standards, shall be
constructed within a period of eighteen (18) months in a location suitable and
conducive to high-level training of athletes, coaches and referees.” However, more
than three years have passed and the PSTC has not been constructed.

During the 30" Southeast Asian Games held here in the Philippines, the entire
world was witness to the world-class sports facility - the New Clark City Sports
Complex. In several meetings of the Committee on Youth and Sports Development of
the House of Representatives, athletes and sports leaders were in unison in stating
that the New Clark City Sports Complex can be used as the PSTC. However, there is a
restrictive provision in R.A. No. 11214 that will not allow the use of the New Clark City
Sports Complex for the PSTC.

R.A. No. 11214 already gives the PSC the power for the operation and
management of the PSTC. The amendment proposed in this bill seeks to strengthen
such power by allowing the PSC to use existing facilities for the PSTC. The PSC will be
empowered to enter into an agreement for the use of existing facilities for the
implementation and realization of the provisions stated in R.A. 11214 and the
Constitution.


The proposed law herein will allow Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to use
the New Clark City Sports Complex for purposes of the PSTC. As it is, the New Clark
City Sports Complex is already a state-of-the-art facility and capable of being highly
scientific sports center. It would be greatly prudent for the government to consider
using the already constructed and existing New Clark City Sports Complex as the PSTC.

For Filipino athletes, Philippine sports, and the entire country, approval of the
bill herein is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City .
TWENTIENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 2899

Introduced by Honorable ANIELA BIANCA D. TOLENTINO

AN ACT GRANTING THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION, THE
AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTIES BY OTHER MODES,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 7 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11214,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PHILIPPINES SPORTS TRAINING CENTER,
ACT”

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

Section 1. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 11214, otherwise known as the “Philippine
Sports Training Center Act”, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 7. Operation of the Philippine Sports Training Center. - The
operation of the PSTC and the ownership of sports facilities and amenities
are hereby vested with the PSC.

The title of the land OR USE THEREOF THROUGH USUFRUCT over which
the PSTC is established shall be transferred to the PSC in accordance with
Jaw, either by grant, donation, or payment of onerous or gratuitous title.”

Section 2. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its
publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,