Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

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Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No._1187

Introduced by HON. HENRY S. OAMINAL

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Philippine National Police (PNP) as the primary law
enforcement agency of the government has to continuously improve and
upgrade itself to effectively perform its mandate.

This is significant as it is a current occurrence that we are
confronted with heightened and increasing acts of criminality and
terrorism not only in our country but it has even expanded to a global
scope.

To keep up with the emerging challenges of time, our PNP has to
evolve to be a more effective and competent police force to successfully
deliver timely and responsive services and carry out an effective approach
to counter serious threats to our nation security. Important attention to
modernize the PNP’s equipment and intensify its operational tactics and’
law enforcement approach is at all cost imperative at this crucial
challenging era.

In view of the foregoing reasons, the approval of this important
piece of legislation is earnestly sought

. HENRY S. OA!
Representative
istrict, Misamis Occii



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Hepublic of Che Bytltpptars
House of Representatives
Qsrees City

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _ 1187

Introduced by Representative Henry S. Oaminal

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE REVITALIZATION AND CAPABILITY
ENHANCEMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES”

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “PNP

Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Act.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — \t is hereby declared the policy of the
State to transform the Philippine National Police (PNP) into a highly efficient,
capable, and competent police force in order to fully perform its mandate as the

primary law enforcement agency of the government.

Towards this end, the State shall sustain a revitalized PNP that will

continuously carry out effective policing functions and law enforcement


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operations, deliver timely and responsive frontline public safety services, and
pursue a comprehensive and integrated approach against transnational crime and
emerging forms of criminality, insurgency, terrorism and other serious threats

to national security.

For this purpose, the State shall pursue the implementation of a
Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program focused on infrastructure

and facilities development as well as equipment acquisition and upgrading.

SEC. 3. PNP Revitalization Thrusts. — As used in this Act, the term
“revitalization” shall be understood to mean the state of being enlivened or the
condition of achieving a dynamic level of performing police functions and law
enforcement operations, frontline public safety services, and modern approaches
against criminality with the end view of establishing and maintaining for all
people a safe, secure, orderly, peaceful, and prosperous nation. Towards this

aspiration, the PNP shall pursue the following revitalization thrusts:

a) Fill-up of basic equipage and construction of standard police
stations nationwide;

b) Acquisition of modern equipage;

c) Adoption of Information and Communications Technology

(ICT) to modernize and integrate police administration and operations;


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d) Strengthening police coordination and cooperation with the
citizenry, local governments, public safety agencies, other law enforcement
agencies and pillars of the criminal justice system, and the regional and
international police communities; and

e) Enhancing law enforcement approach and intensified operations
against transnational crime and emerging forms of criminality, insurgency,

terrorism and other serious threats to national security.

SEC. 4. Components of the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement
Program. — The PNP revitalization thrusts shall be realized through the

implementation of a Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program.

As used in this Act, the term police “capability enhancement” shall be
understood to mean a measurable improvement in the performance of PNP
mandates that translates into an enduring ability to enforce the law, prevent and
control crimes, maintain peace and order, ensure public safety and internal
security, and protect the country against threats to national security including

terrorism.

The Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program shall consist of

the following components:


1 a) Infrastructure and Facilities Development — The objectives of

2 this component are:

3 1) construction and upgrading of basic infrastructure like buildings,
4 police stations and police community precincts and support facilities for
5 administrative, investigative, and operational services which include
6 crime laboratory, communications systems, research and development
7 centers, training institutions, hospitals and dispensaries for delivery of
8 medical and dental services, in accordance with camp development plans;
9 2) upgrading of facilities to support regulatory functions;

10 3)development, procurement, and management of ICT systems and

a automated systems to ensure integration and effective coordination; and
12 4)real estate acquisition, titling, and management.

13 b) Equipment Acquisition and Upgrading. — The objectives of this

14 component are judicious procurement and acquisition of modern equipage for
1s enhanced PNP capabilities which includes munitions and ordnance, firepower
16 and weapons, transportation and mobility assets, communication, intelligence, |

17 _ investigative and forensic equipment.
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19 SEC. 5. Standard of Modernization. — In preparing and implementing the
20 Police Capability Enhancement Program, the standard test to indicate modernity
21 is the possession of latest attribute or innovative quality of infrastructure,

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facilities, and equipment, over and above the basic and standard features. This
would enable the PNP to better adapt to the needs of the present time, add value

to services delivered, and achieve increased citizens satisfaction with the police.

In endeavoring to modernize police infrastructure and facilities, the
primary consideration shall be developing capabilities for command and
direction, tactical and strategic control, effective communication, robust ICT and
automated systems network, upholding the human rights and rule of law, and

sustained police-community-relations.

The acquisition of modern equipment shall be based on the results of

operational needs assessment.

SEC. 6. Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program. — Within
ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Chief of the PNP, in
consultation with the Secretaries of the Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM), shall

prepare a Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program.

After consultation, the Chief of the PNP shall submit the Revitalization
and Capability Enhancement Program to the National Police Commission
(NAPOLCOM), which shall endorse the same to Congress, through the
Congressional Oversight Committee created under this Act, for consideration

and approval in a joint resolution of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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The Program shall indicate the following: G

a) The police organizational structure, personnel strength, and logistics
and facilities inventory during the various implementation stages;

b) The capability enhancement programs, activities, and projects to be
undertaken vis-a-vis the particular component and corresponding objectives and
revitalization thrusts they relate to;

c) The priorities, schedules, and phases of implementation of the
capability enhancement projects and activities; and

d) The estimated average cost of each project or activity to bé

undertaken.

The Program shall be based on an amount of at least Forty billion pesos
(P40,000,000.00) for the first three (3) years and on a ceiling of One hundred

thirty billion pesos (P130,000,000.00) for the full period of implementation.

SEC. 7. Period of Implementation. — The Revitalization and Capability
Enhancement Program under this Act shall be implemented over a period of ten

(10) years.

SEC. 8. Appropriations for the Revitalization and Capability
Enhancement Program. — The amount necessary to support the rehabilitation
and capability enhancement projects and activities under the Program approved

through joint resolution shall be appropriated by Congress.


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Appropriations to support the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement

Program shall be treated as distinct and separate budget items from the regular

appropriations for the PNP.

The joint Congressional resolution shall be the basis for subsequent
executive and legislative actions to implement the Revitalization and Capability

Enhancement Program, from year to year, until its complete and full realization.

SEC. 9. Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Trust Fund. —There
is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the Revitalization and Capability
Enhancement (RCE) Trust Fund. Said Trust Fund, which shall be used’
exclusively for the projects and activities approved in the joint resolution, but not
to include payment of salaries and allowances, shall be funded out of the

following:

a) Congressional allocation under the General Appropriations Act;

b) Appropriations allocated under the PNP Capability Enhancement
Program approved by Congress;

°) Portion of amounts collected from the PNP Trust Receipts (TR)
Funds; iy

4) Portion of the PNP Provident Fund established and operated
under Administrative Order No. 279, series of 1992, and surplus declared at the

end of every fiscal year;


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e) Donations from local or foreign sources specifically earmarked
for the implementation of the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement
Program; and

f) All other funds that may be made available through subsequent

legislative enactment or executive action.

The Chief of the Philippine National Police shall conduct periodic studies
on maximizing the fund utilization and generating additional revenues to

augment the RCE Trust Fund.

SEC. 10. Exemption from Taxes and Customs Duties. — The sale of,
munitions and ordnance, firepower and weapons, transportation and mobility
assets, communication, intelligence, investigative and forensic equipment and
other equipment to the PNP, under the Revitalization and Capability
Enhancement Program, where such acquisition directly or exclusively relates to
the performance of its police and law enforcement functions; or may be needed
in public transactions; or in the pursuit of any government undertaking, to include
importation, shall be exempt from the value-added tax and customs duties.

Donations from local or foreign sources granted to the PNP shall likewise be

exempt from payment of donor’s tax.

SEC. 11. Fund Augmentation from Provincial, City, and Municipal

Governments for Local Police Stations. — Provincial, city, and municipal


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governments shall allocate five (5%) percent of its annual appropriations
earmarked for local development projects, sourced from its internal revenue
allocation (IRA), as its annual fund augmentation to support priority projects and
activities of local police stations, embodied in their respective provincial public
safety plans or integrated area or community public safety plan, as the case may
be, which should be aligned with the components of the Revitalization and
Capability Enhancement Program, its corresponding objectives, and the

revitalization thrusts identified under this Act.

SEC. 12. Congressional Oversight Committee. — There is hereby created
a Congressional Oversight Committee to receive the Revitalization and
Capability Enhancement Program of the Chief of the Philippine National Police, ;
as endorsed by NAPOLCOM, for further endorsement to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the Senate President, for consideration and

approval in a joint resolution.

It shall be composed of four (4) members from the House of
Representatives and four (4) members from the Senate with the Chairpersons of
the Committee on Public Order and Safety and the Committee on Public Order
and Illegal Drugs of both Chambers, respectively, as Joint Chairpersons. The
nes (3) other members from each Chamber shall be designated by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the Senate President, respectively. The

Minority shall have at least (1) representative from both Chamber.


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The Committee shall regularly monitor and oversee the implementation of

the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 13. Program Modification. —In the exigency of service or whenever
necessary to address unforeseen emergencies to curb transnational crime,
emerging forms of criminality, insurgency, terrorism and other serious threats to
national security, the Chief of the PNP may modify, through substitution or
revision, a component project in the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement
Program, subject to the favorable endorsement of the Secretary of the Interior
and Local Government, for the President’s approval. Within thirty (30) days from
such approval, the Chief of the PNP shall report such program modification to

Congress, through the Congressional Oversight Committee.

SEC. 14. Annual Reports. — Within the first quarter of the succeeding
year of implementation, the Chief of PNP shall submit to the President and
Congress, through the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government or as
Chairman of the NAPOLCOM, an annual report on the status of the RCE Trust
Fund, as provided for in Section 9 of this Act, and on the progress of the

implementation of the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program.

SEC. 15. Sunset Review. — After five (5) years following its effectivity,
or as the need arises, the Congressional Oversight Committee shall conduct a

sunset review of this Act, to systematically evaluate the accomplishments under

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the Revitalization and Capability Enhancement Program and its impact on the
PNP organizational structure, institutional mechanisms, and performance of

functions, for purposes of determining and effecting remedial legislation.

SEC. 16. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act shall be held
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not otherwise affected shall

remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 17. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, rules and
regulations inconsistent with or contrary to this Act, are hereby deemed

accordingly repealed or modified.

SEC. 18. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15)
days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2)

newspapers of national circulation.

Approved,

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