NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S. No. 1303
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Rl'CEIVEO Bv
Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada
AN ACT
GRANTING THE BASES CONVERSION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE 
POWER TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IN THE 
CREATION OF NEW MILITARY BASES AND FACILITIES, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7227, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
9400, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BASES CONVERSION AND 
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This measure seeks to grant the Bases Conversion Development Authority 
(BCDA), the authority to assist and facilitate the creation of military bases in order to 
improve and advance our state of national defense preparedness. The BCDA, a state- 
controlled enterprise, is mandated to help strengthen the armed forces by 
spearheading the conversion of former military bases into centers of growth and 
placement of new military facilities in strategic and key locations.
The State, in ensuring our Armed Forces to be more responsive to current and 
future non-conventional security threats to the country's territorial integrity and 
national sovereignty, should acquire facilities and game-changing equipment, that will 
modernize and help strengthen our troops to bring us a step closer towards a world- 
class Armed Forces of the Philippines.


In this light, the immediate passage of this bill is highly recommended.
INGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S. No. 1309
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23 JAN 31 A9:13
RECEIVED BV:
Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada
AN ACT
GRANTING THE BASES CONVERSION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE 
POWER TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IN THE 
CREATION OF NEW MILITARY BASES AND FACILITIES, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7227, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
9400, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BASES CONVERSION AND 
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7227, as amended by Republic Act No.
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9400, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
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"Sec. 2. Declaration of Poiicies. - It is hereby declared the policy
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of the Government to acceierate the sound and balanced conversion into
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alternative productive uses of the Ciark and Subic military reservations
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and their extension (John Hay Station, Wailace Air Station, O'Donnell
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Transmitter Station, San Miguel Naval Communications Station and
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Capas Relay Station), to raise funds by the saie of portions of Metro
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Manila military camps, and to apply said funds as provided herein for
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the development and conversion to productive civilian use of the lands
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covered under the 1947 Military Bases Agreement between the
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Philippines and the United States of America, as amended.
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"It is likewise the declared policy of the [Government] STATE to
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enhance the benefits to be derived from said properties in order to


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promote the economic and social development OF THE PEOPLE, AS
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WELL AS THE OVERALL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE
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COUNTRY [of Central Luzon in particular and the country in general.]"
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Sec. 2. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 7227, as amended by Republic Act No.
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9400, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
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"Sec. 4. Purposes of the Conversion Authority- The conversion
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authority shail have the following purposes:
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"x X X
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"(H) TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL
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DEFENSE (DND) IN THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
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LAND AND COASTAL AREAS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, IN
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AREAS NEAR THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA, THE SULU SEA, AND
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THE PHILIPPINE RISE."
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Sec. 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days from
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the date of effectivity of this Act, the Bases Conversion Deveiopment Authority (BCDA),
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in consultation with the DND, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), shall promulgate 
and
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publish the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this
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Act.
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Sec. 4. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision or part not otherwise
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affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
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Sec. 5. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule, or regulation contrary to or
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or amended
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accordingly.
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Sec. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
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complete publication in the OfTicial Gazette or in two (2) nationai newspapers of
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general circulation.
Approved,