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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY:_foeh_
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

Second Regular Session

House BILL No, 2645

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE |

The unprecedented pandemic that hit the country this year resulted in the
temporary suspension and delay in the implementation of many. governmental
programs, projects, and other activities to be funded from the General Appropriations
Act of 2020. Moreover, all government infrastructure projects were halted for more
or less an aggregate of 3 months due to health protocols to curb the spread of the said |
virus ~ a long hiatus of the national infrastructure program.

Today, at the 3% Quarter of the year, there are appropriations that have not 1
been released and allotment issued that have not been obligated which shall
automatically result in the reversion of the said unexpended appropriations to the
National Treasury adversely affecting priority projects, aid in relief activities, as well
as the maintenance, construction/repair and rehabilitation of hospitals, schools, and
other essential facilities of the national government, among others.

In order to be proactive in this trying time of an impending and inevitable
recession brought by the pandemic, and in order to fully utilize the allotted funds of
the country, the extension of the GAA 2020 must be sought.

This measure will give the country the much needed economic boost in 2021
by providing more jobs in order to compensate the future restrictions under the ‘new
norm’.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill i

earnestly sought

 ALMARIO
épresentative
2 District, Davao Oriental



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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 7645

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

AN ACT
EXTENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 2020 APPROPRIATIONS TO
DECEMBER 31, 2021, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 60 OF
THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11465, THE
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF FISCAL YEAR 2020

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

SECTION 1. SECTION 60 of the 2020 General Appropriations Act of Republic Act
No. 11465 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 60. Availability of Appropriations. - All
appropriations authorized in this Act shall be available for
release and obligation for the purpose specified, and under
the same special provisions applicable thereto, until
December 31, 2021

“A report on these releases and obligations shall be
submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
the President of the Senate of the Philippines, the House
Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on
Finance, cither in printed form or by way of electronic
document.”

SEC. 2. Repeating Clause. - All laws, dectees, executive issuances, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 3. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its

publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.