TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
SENATE
Senate Bill No.
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25 J'JL-7 A 8 ••48
Introduced by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING
ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Given its location just above the equator, facing the open western Pacific 
Ocean on the east, the Philippines is no stranger to natural disasters, with more 
or less 20 typhoons entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility every year. The 
country is also found along the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area in the basin of the 
Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. As a result, 
Filipinos have suffered numerous natural disasters over the years that have 
resulted to loss of lives, injuries, and damaged or destroyed houses and 
properties, with the cost of damage amounting to billions of dollars.
The country has seen three of the top ten worst disasters in terms of 
casualties in recent years, with Typhoon Sendong (Wash!) killing 1,439 
individuals in December 2011, Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) killing 1,901 individuals in 
December 2012, and Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) killing 6,300 individuals in 
November 2013. Typhoon Yolanda, also referred to as Super Typhoon Yolanda, 
is considered to be the world's strongest typhoon to hit at the time and is also 
the deadliest typhoon, affecting mostly low-lying coastal islands where, 
according to World Bank estimates, more than 60 percent of the population lives.
Considering the vulnerability of the Philippines to various natural disasters 
such as earthquakes, volcanic activities, tropical cyclones and other phenomena, 
it is about time that we create a department that would function as the lead


agency in charge of, among others, disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness 
and response, rehabilitation and recovery. This bill seeks to create a Department 
of Disaster Resilience, which shall take on the powers and functions of the Office 
of Civil Defense, Climate Change Office of the Climate Change Commission, Geo- 
Hazard Assessment and Engineering Geology Section of the Mines and 
Geosciences Bureau, Health Emergency Management Bureau of the Department 
of Health, Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau of the 
Department of Social Welfare and Development, Bureau of Fire Protection, and 
Program Management Office for Earthquake Resiliency of the Greater Metro 
Manila Area. The Department shall oversee and coordinate the preparation, 
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of disaster and climate resilience 
plans, programs, projects and activities to reduce the risk of natural hazards and 
effects of climate change, and manage the impact of disasters with the ultimate 
goal of saving lives and minimizing damage to property.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly
sought.
JUAN^MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI


TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
25 jiJL-7 A 8:48
SENATE 
Senate Bill No.
Introduced by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE,
DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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ARTICLE I
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Department of
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Disaster Resilience Act."
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies and Principles. - (a) The state shall:
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a) Carry out and harmonize the poiicies on disaster risk and vulnerability
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reduction and management, environmentai management, climate change adaptation,
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and sustainable development to uphold the welfare of the people especially the
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vulnerable sectors of society.
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b) Uphold its commitment to the achievement of the sustainable development
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goals specifically, integrating and implementing policies and pians towards inciusion,
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resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters,
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and develop and implement a holistic disaster risk management at all levels.
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c) Uphold its commitment to the international treaties, conventions and
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agreement on disaster risk management, climate change, disaster risk and vulnerability
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reduction and management, and climate change adaptation and mitigation, including
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universal principles and standards for humanitarian assistance.
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The State shall integrate and accelerate the implementation of the recognized
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contained in the international agreements, treaties, conventions, and frameworks in the
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various phases of policy formulation, development plans and investments, poverty
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reduction strategies and other development tools, and techniques by all national and
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local agencies, institutions and instrumentalities of the government to enhance the
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country's climate change adaptive capacity.
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d) Uphold the people's constitutional right to life and property by minimizing and
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mitigating the root causes of vulnerabilities to disasters, strengthening the country's
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institutional capacity for disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management, and
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building the resilience of local communities to disasters including climate change
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impacts, and human induced disasters;
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e) Ensure a science-based whole-of-society approach and bottom-up
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participation, representation, and decision-making in climate-disaster risk governance,
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and adopt a comprehensive, integrated, and proactive approach to lessen the
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socioeconomic and environmental impacts of disasters and climate change;
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f) Strengthen the capacity of the national government and the local government
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units, together with development partner stakeholders, build disaster resilient
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communities, and institutionalize arrangements and measures to reduce disaster risks
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and projected climate risks, and enhance disaster preparedness and response
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capabilities at all levels;
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g)Work with international humanitarian and development partners especially
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those with established presence in the country;
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h) Develop, maintain, and ensure the accessibility of climate and geospatial
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information and services to the public;
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i) Ensure that disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and climate change
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adaptation measures are disability and vulnerable sensitive, and culturally sensitive,
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recognizing indigenous knowledge systems and practices, and respecting human rights;
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j) Mainstream disaster risk and vulnerability reduction in government by
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ensuring risk-informed planning, programming, implementation, monitoring, and
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evaluation, and the use of quality management, accountability, and performance
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systems in measuring and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of disaster risk
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and vulnerability reduction management processes across all government levels,
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including those offices which manage peace processes and conflict-resolution
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approaches, so as to minimize loss of lives and damage to properties and ensure that
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communities in conflict zones can immediately resume their normal lives at the
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k) Adopt risk sharing and risk transfer mechanisms to ensure the appropriate,
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efficient, and timeiy recovery of disaster-stricken communities, especialiy for the
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poorest and most vuinerable;
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i) Recognize and respond to the differentiated concerns and needs of vulnerabie
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groups such as women and girls, children and youth, older persons, persons with
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disabilities, urban poor, and indigenous peoples with respect to disaster risk reduction
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and management, at the same time, recognizing their inherent capacities to contribute
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to resilience;
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m) Create an enabling environment for substantiai and sustainabie
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participation of civil society organizations, private organizations, non-govemmert organizations,
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private sector, volunteers and communities, and recognize their contributions to the
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disaster risk reduction and management efforts of government;
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n) Ensure the use of advanced science and the most up-to-date technologies in
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climate change adaptation, disaster risk, and vulnerability reduction and management;
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o) Ensure transparency and accountabiiity in climate-disaster risk governance, by
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fadiitating access to financial records of public funds and disaster risk and vulnerability
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reduction and management data, and ensure the transparency of humanitarian
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assistance from all sources;
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p) Recognize families as the most basic unit of disaster risk and vulnerability
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reduction and management and climate change adaptation by developing the capacity
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of local institutions and providing technical assistance and financial support to the most
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vulnerable communities.
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SEC. 3. Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders. - The commitment, goodwill,
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knowledge, experience, and resources of relevant stakeholders are critical to realize a
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safer, adaptive, resilient and inclusive Filipino community. Citizens shall have the shared
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vision and duty to provide support to the State in the implementation of policies and
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programs, particularly the Disaster Resilience Framework and Plan at the national,
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regional and local levels.
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(1) Civil society, non-governmental organizations, international non-
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governmental organizations, private sector, practitioners of climate and
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disaster mitigation, organized voluntary work organizations and community-
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based organizations shall participate, in collaboration with public institutions,
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to, inter alia, provide specific knowledge and pragmatic guidance in the
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standards and plans for disaster risk and vulnerability reduction; engage 
in the implementation of iocai, nationai, regionai, and giobal plans and 
strategies; contribute to and support public awareness, a cuiture of 
protection, prevention and conservation, and education on disaster risk; and 
advocate for resiiient communities and an inciusive and whole of society, risk 
reduction and management which shail strengthen the synergies across 
groups, as appropriate;
(2) Women and giris shali contribute to and participate in effectiveiy managing 
disaster risk and designing, resourcing, and leading impiementation of 
gender sensitive disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management 
policies, plans, and programs;
(3) Children and the youth as agents of change shall endeavor to actively 
contribute to disaster risk and vulnerabiiity reduction, in accordance with 
legislation, nationai practice, and educational curricula; disaster risk reduction 
and management at aii leveis and processes of disaster risk and vuinerabiiity 
reduction and anticipatory adaptation, inciuding data gathering, planning, 
programming, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaiuation;
(4) For citizens having years of knowiedge, skills on climate change adaptation 
and disaster risk reduction and wisdom, are invaluable assets to reducing 
disaster risk, and shail therefore participate in the design of policies, plans 
and mechanisms, inciuding those for early warning;
(5) Persons with disabiiities, through their existing network or organizations, 
shali participate in activities reiated to assessment, programming, and the 
designs of poiicies, plans, and mechanisms;
(6) Migrants shall contribute to the resiiience of communities and societies using 
their knowledge, skills and capacities in the design and impiementation of 
disaster risk and vulnerabiiity reduction and ciimate change adaptation;
(7) Indigenous peopies and Musiim Filipinos, through their practical experience 
and traditional knowledge, shall contribute to the deveiopment and 
impiementation of policies, plans and mechanisms, inciuding those for early 
warning;
(8) Urban and rurai poor shali contribute to resiiience building as weli as in the 
promotion of a more inclusive and transformative resettiement for informal 
settler families in reducing their vuinerabiiity to threats of disaster and 
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(9) Farmers and fisherfolk shall contribute to the promotion and protection of the 
environmental resource management that will secure food and nutrition 
resilience through the integration of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction 
into sustainable development policies and planning;
(10) Emergency responders, community practitioners, and organized volunteer 
organizations shall contribute to resilience by providing timely and efficient 
emergency response and providing training on basic life support, first aid, and 
search and rescue, in accordance with the standards provided by the 
Research, Education, and Training Institute of the Department;
(11) Academia and scientific and research entities and networks are encouraged 
to focus their research efforts on disaster risk factors and scenarios, including 
emerging disaster risks, in the medium and long term; partner with 
government and increase research for regional, national and local application; 
support action by local communities and authorities; and support the 
interface between policy and science for decision-making;
(12) Businesses, private sector financial institutions, professional associations, as 
well as philanthropic foundations together with financial regulators shall be 
encouraged to integrate disaster risk management, including business 
continuity, into business models and core business values and practices via 
disaster risk-informed investments, especially in micro, small and medium­
sized enterprises; engage in awareness-raising and training for their 
employees and customers; engage in and support research and innovation as 
well as technological development for disaster risk management; share and 
disseminate knowledge, practices and data; and actively participate, as 
appropriate and under the guidance of the public sector, in the development 
of normative frameworks and technical standards that incorporate disaster 
risk management; and
(13) The media shall take an active and inclusive role at the local, regional, and 
national levels in contributing to the raising of public awareness and 
understanding, and disseminate accurate disaster risk, hazard and disaster 
information, including on small-scale disasters, in a simple, transparent, easy- 
to-understand and accessible manner, in close cooperation with national and 
local authorities; adopt specific disaster risk and vulnerability reduction 
communication policies; support, as appropriate, early warning systems and 
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Strong community involvement in sustained public education campaigns and 
public consultations at all levels of society, in accordance with national 
practices.
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:
a) Adaptation refers to the adjustment in natural or human systems in 
response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which 
moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
b) Assisting Domestic Entity refers to any not-for-profit entity established 
under domestic laws, which is responding to a disaster in the country.
c) Assisting International Entity refers to any foreign state, organization, 
entity or individual responding to a disaster within or transiting through the 
country to respond to a disaster in another country.
d) Capacity refers to the combination of all strengths, attributes and resources 
available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the 
level of risk, or impacts of a disaster. Capacity may include infrastructure and 
physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as weli as human 
knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, 
leadership and management. Capacity may also be described as capability.
e) Civil Society Organizations refer to non-state actors whose aims are 
neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power, but to unite people 
to advance shared goals and interests. They have a presence in public life, 
expressing the interests and values of their members or others, based on 
ethical, cultural, scientific, religious or philanthropic considerations. Civil 
society organizations include non-government organizations, professional 
associations, foundations, independent research institutes, community-based 
organizations, faith-based organizations, people's organizations, social 
movements, and labor unions.
f) Climate Change Adaptation refers to the adjustment in natural or human 
systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, 
which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
g) Climate Finance refers to finance that aims at reducing emissions, and 
enhancing sinks of greenhouse gases and aims at reducing vulnerability of, 
and maintaining, and increasing the resilience of, human and ecological 
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h) Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management 
(CBDRRM) refers to a process of disaster risk reduction and management in 
which at risk communities are actively engaged in the identification, analysis, 
treatment, monitoring and evaiuation of disaster risks in order to reduce their 
vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities, and where the peopie are at the 
heart of decision-making and implementation of disaster risk reduction and 
management activities.
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Compiex Emergency refers to a form of human-induced emergency in 
which the cause of the emergency as weli as the assistance to the afflicted is 
complicated by intense level of political considerations.
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Disaster refers to a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or 
a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental 
losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or 
society to cope using its own resources.
k) Disaster Mitigation refers to the lessening or limitation of the adverse 
impacts of hazards and related disasters. Mitigation measures encompass 
engineering techniques and hazard-resistant construction as well as improved 
environmentai policies and public awareness, iand use planning, and climate 
change.
5 Disaster Preparedness refers to the knowledge and capacities developed 
by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, 
communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover 
from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions. 
It includes preparedness for response such as contingency planning, 
stockpiling of equipment and supplies, the development of arrangements for 
coordination, evacuation, and public information, and preparedness for 
recovery such as procurement of land for resettlement sites.
m) Disaster Prevention refers to the outright avoidance of adverse impacts of 
hazards. It expresses the concept and intention to completely avoid potentiai 
adverse impacts through action taken in advance such as construction of 
dams or embankments that eliminate flood risks, iand-use regulations that do 
not permit any settlement in high-risk zones, and seismic engineering 
designs that ensure the survival and function of a critical building in any 
likely earthquake.
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assistance during or immediateiy after a disaster in order to secure and save 
iives, reduce heaith impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic 
subsistence needs of the people affected. Disaster response includes disaster 
reiief focused on immediate and short-term needs of the victims and the 
vuinerable.
o) Disaster Risk refers to the potentiai disaster losses in lives, health status, 
livelihoods, assets and services that couid occur to a particuiar community or 
society in the future, and is determined by a combination of the vuinerabiiity, 
capacity, exposure of persons and assets, hazard characteristics and the 
environment.
p) Disaster Risk Governance refers to the way in which the pubiic 
authorities, civii servants, media, private sector, and civii society coordinate 
at community, national and regional levels in order to manage disaster and 
climate related risks. This means ensuring that sufficient leveis of capacity 
and resources are made available to prevent, prepare for, manage, and 
recover from disasters. It also entails mechanisms, institutions, and 
processes for citizens to articuiate their interests, exercise their iegai rights 
and obiigations, and mediate their differences.
q) Disaster Risk Management refers to the systematic process of using 
administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities 
to impiement strategies, poiicies and improved coping capacities in order to 
iessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.
r) Disaster Risk Reduction refers to the concept and practice of reducing 
disaster risks through systematic efforts to anaiyze and manage the causal 
factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, iessened 
vuinerabiiity of peopie and property, wise management of land and the 
environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.
s) Disaster Risk and Vuinerabiiity Reduction refers to the concept and 
practice of reducing potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged 
assets or disruption which couid occur to a system, society or a community in 
a specific period of time, determined probabilistically and conditions 
determined by physical, social, economic and environmentai factors or 
processes which increase the susceptibility of an individuai, a community, 
assets or system to the impacts of hazards through systematic efforts to 
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Strengthening resilience and therefore to the achievement of sustainable 
development.
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Information System refers 
to a specialized database which contains, among others, information on 
disasters and their human, material, economic, and environmental impact, 
risk assessment and mapping, and vuinerabie and marginaiized groups.
u) Eariy Warning System refers to the set of capacities needed to generate 
and disseminate timeiy and meaningfui warning information to enable 
individuals, communities and organizations threatened by a hazard to 
prepare and to act appropriately and in sufficient time to reduce the 
possibility of harm or loss. A people-centered early warning system 
necessariiy comprises four (4) key eiements: knowledge of the risks; 
monitoring, analysis and forecasting of the hazards; communication or 
dissemination of aierts and warnings; and local capabilities to respond to the 
warnings received. The concept of "end-to-end warning system" emphasizes 
that warning systems need to span ali steps from hazard detection to 
community response. Early warning systems include systems developed at 
the level of communities or based on indigenous knowiedge.
v) Ecosystem Management and Restoration refers to an integrated 
process to conserve, improve and restore the heaith of the ecosystem that 
sustains ecosystem services for human well-being.
w) Eiigibie Assisting Entity refers to any assisting actor that has been 
determined to be eiigibie to receive legal facilities as provided in this Act and 
its implementing ruies and regulations.
x) Emergency refers to unforeseen or sudden occurrence, especialiy danger, 
demanding immediate action.
y) Emergency Management refers to the organization and management of 
resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of emergencies, in 
particular preparedness, response and initial recovery steps.
z) Exposure refers to the degree to which the elements at risk are likely to 
experience hazard events of different magnitudes.
aa) Geographic Information System (GIS) refers to a system used to 
capture, store, manipulate, manage and display all types of spatial or 
geographical data.
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areas with a marginalized population which is physically and socio­
economically separated from the mainstream society and characterized by 
physical factors, and isolated due to distance, weather conditions and 
transportation difficulties in island, upland lowland, landlocked, hard to reach 
and underserved communities; and/or socio-economic factors such as high 
poverty incidence, presence of vulnerable sectors, communities in or 
recovering from situation of crisis or armed conflict.
cc) Hazard refers to a dangerous phenomenon, either natural or human- 
induced, that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property 
damage, loss of livelihood and services, social and economic disruption, or 
environmental damage.
dd) Human-Induced Hazard refers to an event caused by humans and occurs 
in or close to human settlements or a particular environmental area. This can 
include environmental degradation, technological or industrial conditions, 
pollution, accidents such as high-density events, industrial and transport 
accidents, complex emergencies, armed conflict, situations of generalized or 
organized violence, and violation of human rights.
ee) Imminent Danger refers to a situation where, on the basis of official 
forecasts, that a disaster will or is expected to occur in a particular 
geographical area and within an estimated period of time, and where 
necessary preparedness actions or financing are required.
If) International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Period refers to the 
period which commences upon the issuance of a request for international 
disaster assistance or upon acceptance of an offer, and shall continue until 
terminated pursuant to guidelines set in the implementing rules and 
regulations.
Internally Displaced Persons refer to persons or groups of persons who 
have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of 
habitual residence within national borders, in particular as a result of or in 
order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized and/or 
organized violence, violations of human rights, implementation of 
development projects, or natural or human-induced disasters.
hh) International Personnel refers to the staff and volunteers of any assisting 
actor providing disaster relief or initial recovery assistance, being persons 
who are neither citizens of, nor domiciled in the Philippines prior to their
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recruitment by the international assisting actor.
h) Land Use Planning refers to the process undertaken by public authorities 
to identify, evaluate and decide on different options in the use of land, 
including consideration of long-term economic, social and environmental 
objectives and the implications for different communities and interest groups, 
and the subsequent formulation and promulgation of plans that describe the 
permitted or acceptable uses.
D Legal Facilities refer to special entitlements and exemptions that are made 
available to eligible assisting actors under this Act.
W) Mitigation refers to effort to reduce or limit greenhouse gas emissions or 
enhance greenhouse gas sequestration.
10 National Continuity Poiicy refers to a policy aimed at the development of 
an organizational culture that has the ability to provide a minimum level of 
service during interruptions, emergencies, and disasters, and return to full 
operations quickly.
mm) National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework
refers to the comprehensive, all hazards, multi-sectoral, inter-agency and 
community-based approach to disaster risk reduction and management.
m) National Disaster Resilience Plan (NDRP) refers to the document to be 
formulated by the NDRC and implemented by the Authority that sets out 
goals and specific objectives for reducing disaster risks together with related 
actions to accomplish these objectives. The NDRP shall provide for the 
identification of hazards, vulnerabilities, and risks to be managed at the 
national level; disaster risk reduction and management approaches and 
strategies to be applied in managing said hazards and risks; agency roles, 
responsibilities and lines of authority at all government levels; and vertical and 
horizontal coordination of disaster risk reduction and management in the pre­
disaster and post-disaster phases. It shall be in conformity with the national 
disaster risk reduction and management framework.
oo) Natural Hazard refers to naturally occurring physical phenomena caused 
either by rapid or slow onset events which can be geological such as 
earthquakes, ground rupture, liquefaction, landslides, tsunamis, sinkholes, 
and volcanic activity; hydrological and meteorological such as floods, severe 
winds, typhoons, storm surges, climatological variability such as extreme 
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epidemics and insect/animal plagues.
pp) Open Data refer to facts and statistics that can be freely used, shared and 
built-on by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose. These must be available in 
bulk, should be available free of charge, or at least at no more than a 
reasonable reproduction cost. The information should be digital, preferably 
available by downloading through the internet, and easily processed by a 
computer. These must permit people to use, re-use, and redistribute, 
intermix with other data providers. These do not allow conditions to be 
placed on how people can use Open Data, but permit a data provider to 
require that data users credit them in some appropriate way, clarify if the 
data have been changed, or that new datasets created using their data are 
also shared as open data.
qq) Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment refers to a process to evaluate a hazard's 
level of risk given the degree of exposure and vulnerability in a specific area 
likely to be affected by an imminent hazard. It presents the possible 
impacts on the population and provides a basis to determine the appropriate 
level of response actions of government agencies from the national to the 
local levels. It is hazard-specific, area focused and time-bound, 
rr) Post-Disaster Recovery refers to the restoration and improvement, where 
appropriate, of facilities, livelihood, and living conditions of disaster-affected 
communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors, in accordance 
with the principle of "build forward better." 
ss) Private Sector refers to private corporations, households, non-profit 
institutions serving households, and other economic enterprises outside of 
government.
tt) Recovery refers to rehabilitation measures that ensure the ability of affected 
communities or areas to restore their normal level of functioning by restoring 
livelihoods and services, reconstructing damaged infrastructures and 
increasing the communities' organizational capacity, 
uu) Resilience refers to the ability of a system, community or society exposed to 
hazards to resist, absorb, adapt to, transform, accommodate, and recover 
from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including 
through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and 
functions through risk management in such ways as to enhance their 
capacities to withstand current and future risk.
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subsistence needs of affected people and in the restoration of essential 
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vm)Risk Assessment refers to a methodology which includes risk assessment 
with mapping to determine the nature and extent of risk by analyzing 
potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of vulnerability that 
together could potentially harm exposed people, property, services, livelihood 
and the environment on which they depend, 
xx) Probabilistic Risk Assessment refers to the simulation of those future 
disasters that, based on scientific evidence, are likely to occur. As a result, 
these risk assessments resolve the problem posed by the limits of historical 
data. Probabilistic models "complete" historical records by reproducing the 
physics of the phenomena and recreating the intensity of a large number of 
synthetic events. Probabilistic Risk Assessment considers all possible 
scenarios, their likelihood, and associated impacts. It is characterized by 
inherent uncertainties partly related to the natural randomness of hazards, 
and partly because of incomplete understanding and measurement of the 
hazards, exposure, and vulnerability.
yy) Deterministic Risk Assessment refers to an assessment that considers 
the possible disaster impacts of a single scenario. This is in contrast to 
probabilistic risk assessment, which considers all possible scenarios, their 
likelihood, and associated impacts.
zz) Risk Transfer refers to the process of formally or informally shifting the 
financial consequences of particular risks from one party to another whereby 
a household, community, enterprise, or state authority will obtain resources 
from the other party after a disaster occurs, in exchange for ongoing or 
compensatory social or financial benefits provided to that other party, 
aaa) State Of Calamity refers to a condition involving mass casualty and/or 
major damage to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads, and 
normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the 
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recovery and rehabilitation, to anticipatory adaptation strategies, measures, techniques
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search, rescue, and retrieval, and the delivery and distribution of relief goods.
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3. Coordinate information-sharing and other disaster risk and vulnerability 
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interoperability among national government agencies and local government 
units before, during, and after a disaster. Administer, oversee, and monitor 
the utilization of National Disaster Resilience Fund (NDRF), the Disaster 
Resilience Support Fund (DRSF) for third (3rd) to sixth (6th) class provinces 
and municipalities, and other grants and donations for disaster risk reduction 
and management and climate change adaptation, unless otherwise specified.
4. Receive, administer, mobilize, and monitor and oversee the utilization of the 
national disaster resilience fund, the Prevention, Mitigation, and 
Preparedness Fund for 3rd to 6th Class Provinces and Municipalities, and 
donations for disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management and 
climate change adaptation, unless otherwise specified.
5. Use of advanced science and technologies in disaster risk reduction and 
management by engaging, consulting with, employing and regularly funding 
the academe or higher education and research institutions such as the 
University of the Philippines Resilience Institute and the University of the 
Philippines Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards Center or other 
institutions that have a recognized and credible track record, as well as the 
capacity to conceptualize and implement the science and engineering 
requirements necessary for effective climate change adaptation and disaster 
risk reduction.
6. Establish a disaster resilience information system to facilitate the creation of 
an integrated risk assessment platform that is built from the inputs of 
government and private scientific and academic institutions, national 
government agencies and local government units, local communities and 
other stakeholders, and is able to provide readily accessible and actionable 
information for purposes of risk governance and humanitarian action.
7. Develop the criteria and procedure for the enlistment of accredited 
community disaster resilience volunteers and institutions.
8. Create and continuously update, in consultation with stakeholders, a manual 
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ARTICLE III
GENERAL WELFARE AND EMERGENCY MEASURES
SEC. 6. General Welfare. — The Department shall exercise the powers expressly 
granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as powers necessary, appropriate 
or incidental for its efficient and effective governance, and those which are essential to 
the promotion of the general welfare, such as the implementation of emergency 
measures including preemptive and forced evacuation, in anticipation of, during, and in 
the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters and only when there is imminent 
danger of loss of lives and/or damage to property.
SEC. 7. Emergency Measures at the National Level. —The Department may 
require the assistance of law enforcement agencies and the uniformed services, such as 
the PNP and the AFP, as well as emergency responders, to assist in the implementation 
of emergency measures.
SEC. 8. Emergency Measures at the Local Level. —
(a) Local government units shall enact an ordinance on and implement through the 
LDRRMO which shall be renamed as Local Disaster Resilience Office (LDRO) the 
necessary and appropriate emergency measures, including preemptive and forced 
evacuation, in anticipation of, during, and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and 
disasters, and only when there is imminent danger of loss of lives and/or damage to 
property.
(b) Emergency measures, including preemptive and forced evacuation, shall be 
carried out in a manner that is humane, respectful of the dignity and culture of persons, 
without using disproportionate force, without discrimination, and with conscious 
attention to the needs of vulnerable and marginalized groups.
(c) All measures shall be taken to inform the population, in a manner and language 
that they can understand, of the need for emergency measures and evacuation for their 
safety, as well as the location where they will be taken and for how long they are going 
to stay there. Adequate evacuation centers and transportation to and from the affected 
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(a) Preemptive evacuation shall be the preferred and primary mode of evacuation of 
people that will be affected by emergencies, hazards and disasters.
(b) Forced evacuation shall be considered as an emergency measure of last resort 
that may be undertaken in anticipation of, during or after an emergency, hazard or 
disaster and be carried out by the affected local government in accordance with a duly 
issued order by the local chief executive: Provided, That in case of the failure of the 
local government to appropriately issue such order, the forced evacuation shall be 
implemented by the Department, which may direct and compel the assistance of law 
enforcement and other relevant national agencies to implement said emergency 
measure.
During such forced evacuation, government officials may direct and compel the 
population to be affected or is currently affected by an emergency, hazard or disaster to 
relocate to safer locations for their own safety.
SEC. 10. Reiease from Liabiiity in Case of Refusai to Evacuate. —
(a) Any person who willfully and deliberately disregards or opposes the order of 
forced evacuation issued by the local chief executive or the Department, releases the 
local government or the Department from any liability for injury, death, damage to or 
loss of property attributed to said disobedience.
(b) During evacuation, priority assistance shall be given to the vulnerable groups and 
persons who willfully comply with the order of forced evacuation.
SEC. 11. Inspection and Impiementation Powers. — The Department shall have 
inspection, visitorial and examining authority over government and non-governmental 
entities to ensure that all funds and assets allocated for disaster resilience are actually 
used for said purposes. The Department shall likewise have the power to inspect and 
examine the status of projects and programs being undertaken in furtherance of 
disaster resilience efforts.
Whenever it becomes necessary, the Department may assume responsibility over 
the implementation of and directly implement any program or project in anticipation of, 
during, and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters.
SEC. 12. Utiiization of Private Property for Pubiic Purpose. — The Department 
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only when there is imminent danger of loss of lives and/or damage to property, subject 
to payment of just compensation in appropriate cases.
SEC. 13. Emergency Powers. — Whenever it becomes necessary, the 
Department, subject to the approval of the President, may call on the AFP or the PNP, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Nationai Defense and the Secretary of the Interior 
and Local Government, to prevent or suppress lawless violence and ensure the 
protection and preservation of life or property in anticipation of, during, and in the 
aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters.
Whenever warranted by circumstances, the Department may call upon other 
agencies and instrumentaiities of the government, as weii as non-government 
organizations for the protection and preservation of iife and/or property in anticipation 
of, during, and in the aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters including private 
organizations, for assistance in the use of their facilities and resources.
SEC. 14. Emergency Arrangements. — The Department shaii have the power to 
negotiate, enter into, institutionalize and coordinate arrangements with any private 
person or juridical entity for the purpose of ensuring the adequate and prompt 
availability of all goods and services necessary in anticipation of, during, and in the 
aftermath of emergencies, hazards and disasters and only when there is imminent 
danger of loss of lives and/or damage to property.
ARTICLE IV
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SEC. 15. The Secretary. - The Department shaii be headed by a Secretary who 
shall be appointed by the President.
SEC. 16. Powers and Functions of the Secretary. - The Secretary of the 
Department shall exercise the following powers and functions:
a) Establish and promulgate policies, rules, and regulations for the effective and 
efficient operation of the Department.
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contribution to global, regional, and other inter-governmental disaster risk
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the Secretary in administering the affairs of the Department, one to be
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officers and employees shaii be appointed in accordance with civii service 
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(e) The Nationai Ciimate and Disaster Resiiience Research, Education, and 
Training Institute under the Capacity Buiiding and Training Service, to be 
headed by a Director;
(f) Regionai and other fieid Offices of the Department that shaii be established 
in each administrative region, each to be headed by a Regionai Director;
(g) Seconded personnei from reievant agencies and detailed service from the 
uniformed services, as appropriate; and
(h) Grievance desks in every region, which shaii serve as a referrai mechanism 
and shall work jointly with relevant agencies, to receive compiaints from the 
public regarding violations of this Act. It shaii assist the complainant in the 
gathering of reievant documentation and other evidence to support said 
compiaint. The grievance desk shaii faciiitate the forwarding of the compiaint 
to the appropriate office within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof, and 
shaii provide timeiy feedback and updates regarding the status of the 
complaint. The grievance desk shaii use the best avaiiabie technoiogy to 
ensure that compiaints are endorsed to the proper office and are addressed 
in a timely manner.
ARTICLE V
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 18. Fiscal Management - The Department shall manage all funds 
appropriated to it by Congress and from other sources. This shaii inciude all donations, 
as contemplated under the succeeding paragraph, subject to provisions of Section 3, 
paragraph (D) of Articie IX, of the 1987 Constitution on the auditing powers of the 
Commission on Audit.
SEC. 19. Donation. - (a) The Department shaii have the power to receive 
donations and grants from any person, government institution, corporation, 
international organization and other similar entities, and the power to recommend the 
procurement of developmental assistance for the purpose of disaster risk and 
vulnerabiiity reduction and management and climate change adaptation.
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(c) The importation and donation of food, clothing, medicine and equipment for 
relief and recovery and other disaster management and recovery-related supplies is 
hereby authorized in accordance with Section 800, Chapter 1, Title 8, of Republic Act 
No. 10863, otherwise known as the nCustoms Modernization and Tariff Act" as 
amended, and the prevailing provisions of the General Appropriations Act covering 
national internal revenue taxes and import duties of national and local government 
agencies.
All importations and donations under Section 11 (c) of Republic Act No. 10863, 
otherwise known as the "Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CTMA)" shall be 
considered as importation or donation to the Department, subject to the approval of 
the Office of the President.
ARTICLE VI
WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT AND WHOLE OF NATION APPROACH
SEC. 20. Nationai Disaster Resiiience Councii. - (a) There is hereby created the 
National Disaster Resilience Council (NDRC), which shall serve as the policy advisory 
body to the Department on disaster risk reduction and management and climate 
change adaptation, consistent with the policies and scope as defined in this Act.
(b) The NDRC shall be chaired by the Secretary of Disaster Resilience and shall 
be composed of the following:
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and Local Government (DILG), Disaster Response to be led by the Department of Social 
Welfare and Development (DSWD), Logistics to be led by the Department of National 
Defense (DND), and Recovery and Sustainable Development to be led by the 
Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev).
(d) Technical Management Advisory Group - The Department may constitute, as 
the need arises, a technical management advisory group from the different stakeholders, 
that shall coordinate and meet with the Department as often as necessary to effectively 
manage and sustain national efforts on disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and 
emergency management, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
(e) Guidelines for the Department of Disaster Resilience Fund (DDRF) and Local 
Disaster Resilience Fund (LDRF) - The Department shall provide the necessary 
guidelines and procedures on the DDRF and the LDRF releases as well as utilization, 
accounting and auditing thereof.
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a. Monitoring and Reporting. On or before the last quarter of the preceding 
year, member-agencies of the National Disaster Resilience Council shall submit to the 
Department through the Council Secretariat their respective DDR annual work and 
financial plans (AWFPs) for the next year. The AWFPs shall be based on the DDR Plan.
The member-agencies shall submit to the Secretariat quarterly progress reports 
of their implementation of the AWFPs within thirty (30) days from the end of each 
quarter.
The Department is likewise accountable, liable and responsible for monitoring 
and requiring the appropriate implementation of remedial measures by member- 
agencies of the Council during a state of calamity. It shall have the authority and power 
to require reports from the appropriate member-agencies regarding implementation of 
such measures.
b. Validation. The Secretary shall require the submission of reports from local 
government units to validate the progress reports of the Council member-agencies. 
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and the development and promotion of research, education, and training mechanism
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stakeholders, shall establish a Multi-Stakeholders Convergence Unit (MSCU), which shall
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academe, and other stakeholders with the Department by assisting, coordinating, or
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(e) Preparation and facilitating the issuance of micro, small, and medium 
enterprises (MSMEs), such as mechanisms involving procurement and 
liquidity to create enabling environments for disaster preparedness and 
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The MSCU shall establish a platform that includes, among others, a database for 
monitoring and coordinating efforts and resources of stakeholders.
ARTICLE VII
DISASTER RISK AND VULNERABILITY REDUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE 
ADAPTATION MAINSTREAMING, INTEGRATION AND CONVERGENCE
SEC. 24. Integration of DRR and Climate Change Adaptation in the Climate and 
Disaster Resilience Framework and Rian. - The existing National Disaster Resilience 
Framework and Plan and the National Climate Change Strategic Framework and Plan 
shall be enhanced by the Climate and Disaster Resilience Framework and Plan, which 
provides for the comprehensive probabilistic multi-hazards, multi-scenario, multi- 
sectorial, resilience-building, and community risk-based approach and management of 
disaster and climate risk, and provide for the integration of disaster risk and 
vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation, as well as the mainstreaming in 
other sectoral policies. It shall be reviewed every three (3) years.
The Climate and Disaster Resilience Plan shall provide for the following: (1) 
identification of the underlying factors of risk, or the nature and degree of hazards, 
vulnerabilities, exposures and capacities, which need to be managed at the national 
level; (2) disaster risk and vulnerabilities reduction and management approaches and 
strategies to be applied in managing said hazards and risks; (3) agency roles, 
responsibilities, and lines of authority at all government levels; and (4) vertical and 
horizontal coordination of climate change adaptation, disaster risk and vulnerability 
reduction and management before, during, and after a disaster. The Climate and 
Disaster Resilience Plan shall be in conformity with the framework.
The Climate and Disaster Resilience Framework and Plan for climate-disaster risk 
governance, climate vulnerability assessment, risk assessment and risk management 
shall be formulated and jointly approved by the NDRC and the CCC.
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defined in this Act, and ensuring that environmentai and naturai resource poiicies are 
risk-informed.
ARTICLE VIII
CLIMATE AND DISASTER RESEARCH, EDUCATION,
AND TRAINING INSTITUTE
SEC. 26. Creation of the Ciimate and Disaster Research, Education, and Training 
Institute. - (a) Within one (1) year from approvai of this Act, the Department shail 
estabiish the Climate and Disaster Research, Education, and Training Institute in 
collaboration with higher education institutions and private and state universities and 
colleges (SUCs) which shali be a world-ciass center of excelience for iearning and 
research in the fieid of disaster risk and vuinerabiiity reduction and management and 
climate change adaptation;
(b) The Climate and Disaster Research, Education, and Training Institute shaii be 
headed by a Director. The organizationai structure and staffing pattern shali be 
determined by the Department in consuitation with the DBM and in accordance with 
civil service iaws, rules and regulations.
(c) The Climate and Disaster Research, Education, and Training Institute shaii 
have the following functions:
1) Establish regional branches as well as provincial, city or municipal branches if 
deemed necessary, to train individuais from the pubiic and private sectors in 
the fieids of disaster risk and vulnerabiiity reduction and management, 
climate change adaptation, and ecosystem management and restoration, 
among others;
2) Develop and implement an inclusive and iadderized curricuia on climate 
change adaptation, and disaster risk and vuinerabiiity reduction and 
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3) Deveiop research programs and a knowledge management system on climate 
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institutionalize flexible learning options such as online modules, supplemental learning 
materials, resources and platforms, as part of its climate change adaptation, disaster 
risk and vulnerability reduction and governance, analysis, and management strategy.
® The DepEd, CHED, TESDA, developmental institutions and community-based 
organizations shall regularly review, monitor, evaluate and report to the Council the 
status of integration, mainstreaming and implementation of climate change adaptation, 
disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management in public-private schools and 
other learning institutions.
(ig) The LDROs shall form formal partnerships with tertiary learning institutions 
within their respective jurisdictions to provide standard and ladderized training 
programs for LGU officials and other disaster risk and vulnerability reduction 
management and climate change adaptation.
Oi) The DRC, the RDRCs, the LDRCs, the LDROs, the BDRCs, and the Sangguniang 
Kabataan shall encourage the community, specifically the youth, participation in disaster 
risk and vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation activities, such as 
Information, Education and Communication (lEC) Campaigns organizing quick response 
groups, particularly in identified disaster-prone areas, as well as the inclusion of DRVR- 
climate change adaptation programs as part of programs and projects of the 
Sangguniang Kabataan, youth organizations and community-based disaster risk and 
vulnerability reduction management and anticipatory adaptation initiatives.
(i) There shall be a mandatory training on climate change adaptation-DRVR for 
public and private sector employees, including teachers and Climate-Disaster Resilience 
Coordinators from both the public and private learning institutions. They shall be 
trained in emergency preparedness and response in compliance with the provisions of 
this Act.
SEC. 29. Standard Mechanism for Cascading Information, Education and 
Communication on Ciimate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk and Vuinerabiiity 
Reduction Management. - (a) The DRC shall promote and advocate a culture of 
resilience and responsible-accountable, liable and responsible citizenship through 
information, education and communication that is appropriate, integrated, calibrated, 
inclusive, localized, science- and risk-based, gender, culture and disability sensitive and 
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(b) The NDRC shali formuiate a Strategic Risk Communications Pian to encompass 
the entirety of disaster risk and vulnerabiiity reduction and ciimate change adaptation 
to achieve the desired behaviorai and attitudinai change towards responsible citizenship 
and culture of resilience. It shali serve as a reference on continuous awareness raising 
and education at ali ievels of the government and muitipie stakehoiders.
(c) A Climate and Disaster Resilience Information Officer shall be designated at aii 
leveis of the Department to ensure implementation of the disaster risk and vulnerabiiity 
reduction and management and climate change adaptation information, education, and 
communication campaign and shall serve as the primary coordinator for the 
dissemination of information, education, and communication on climate change 
adaptation and disaster risk and vulnerabiiity reduction management.
SEC. 30. Declaration of Imminent Disaster. - The DDR shali provide guidance 
and operating guidelines to LDRCs for the declaration of imminent disaster in their 
respective areas, which shall allow them to implement preemptive measures and use 
their quick response funds in order to save lives and minimize damage to property, loss 
of livelihoods and other assets.
SEC. 31. Flash Appeal or Appeal for International Assistance. - Upon 
consultation with the NDRC and in cognizance of the urgency, criticality and intensity of 
an imminent risk, the DDR shall issue a flash appeal to the family of nations, under 
regional and multilateral conventions, for assistance in preparedness including 
preemptive measures, search, rescue and retrieval, relief, recovery, and reconstruction.
ARTICLE X
CLIMATE AND DISASTER RISK INSURANCE AND INCENTIVES
SEC. 32. Climate and Disaster Risk Transfer, Insurance and Social Welfare - (a) 
The Department shall oversee all climate and disaster risk-sharing and risk-transfer 
instruments and other related initiatives to ensure the protection of property and 
livelihood, both public and private.
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prescribed under Republic Act No. 656, otherwise known as the "Property Insurance 
Law." The insurance shall be provided by any government insurance agency.
(c) The Department shall oblige the local government units the mandatory insurance 
coverage of assets, properties and livelihood of vulnerable and marginalized groups for 
unforeseen or contingent potential losses, damages and disruption from natural 
hazards and human-induced disasters chargeable against the LDRF.
SEC. 33. Recognition and Incentives. - Unless otherwise provided, the 
Department shall establish an incentives program that recognizes outstanding 
performance of LDRC, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society 
organizations, private sector, schools, hospitals, and other stakeholders in promoting 
and implementing significant disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management- 
climate change adaptation programs and innovations, and meritorious acts of 
individuals, groups or institutions during natural or human-induced disasters.
ARTICLE XI
PREPAREDNESS AND INTEGRATED EARLY WARNING
SEC. 34. Standards for Disaster Preparedness Activities. - (a) The NDRC shall 
establish standards for disaster preparedness, contingency planning, localizing and 
operationalizing disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and management, 
preparedness for disaster response, preparedness for early recovery, continuity of 
essential services, and other relevant preparedness activities.
(b) Local government units shall identify safe or strategic sites, and establish 
evacuation centers with appropriate and adequate facilities in accordance with 
government-approved standards as provided under Republic Act No. 10821, otherwise 
known as "The Chiidren's Emergency Relief Protection Act, "in order to avoid disruption 
of school classes and lessen the use of school buildings and facilities as evacuation 
centers.
The local government units shall immediately compensate schools used as 
evacuation centers. The schools may seek compensation for renovation or repairs of 
damaged facilities for such use.
SEC. 35. Muiti-Hazard Eariy Warning and Risk Communication Standards. - (a) 
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ARTICLE XII
DISASTER RESPONSE AND EARLY RECOVERY
SEC. 37. Declaration of State of Calamity. - The Department shall declare a 
cluster of barangays, municipalities, cities, provinces, and regions under a state of 
calamity, and the lifting thereof, based on the criteria set by the NDRC.
The declaration and lifting of the state of calamity may also be issued by the 
local Sanggunian, upon the recommendation of the LDRO, based on the results of the 
damage assessment and needs analysis: Provided, That the Department, through the 
LDRC, may seek from the local legislative body or Sanggunian, the declaration of a 
state of imminent disaster to enable the local executives to implement preemptive 
evacuation and precautionary measures in order to save lives and minimize damage to 
property, loss of livelihoods, and disruption of livelihood that require the use of funds 
and resources under the LDRF.
SEC. 38. Emergency Management. - The respective Climate and Disaster 
Resilience Councils shall lead in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the 
effects of any disaster, upon due consideration of the economics of classification, 
capacity and vulnerability of the locai governments concerned:
a) The BDRC, if one barangay is affected;
b) The city/municipal DRCs, if two (2) or more barangays are affected;
c) The provincial DRC, if two (2) or more cities/municipalities are affected;
d) The regional DRC, if two (2) or more provinces are affected; and
e) The NDRC, if two (2) or more regions are affected.
SEC. 39. Humanitarian Assistance Action Center.- The DRC shall institutionalize a 
one-stop shop mechanism through the Humanitarian Assistance Action Center for the 
processing and release of goods, articles or equipment intended for humanitarian 
assistance and the processing of necessary documents for international assisting actors. 
The Humanitarian Assistance Action Center shall be managed by the Department and 
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INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
SEC. 42. International Humanitarian Assistance. — The Department shall 
promulgate guidelines on international humanitarian assistance, including the initiation, 
entry, facilitation, transit, regulation, and termination thereof, as well as those involving 
international disaster relief and personnel assisting international actors, visa waiver, 
recognition of foreign professional qualifications, entry of international disaster goods 
and equipment, and exemption from port duties, taxes and restrictions.
SEC. 43. Assessment of the Need for International Humanitarian Assistance. -
(a) Immediately after the declaration of a state of calamity by the Sanggunian of a 
local government unit or by the Department, as the case may be, the Department shall 
determine as to whether domestic capacities are likely to be sufficient to attend to the 
needs of affected persons for international humanitarian assistance. This determination 
may also be made by the President prior to the onset of an imminent disaster.
(b) In the event the Department determines that domestic response capacities are 
not likely to be sufficient due to the impact of the disaster, the Department shall 
recommend to the President that a request be made for international humanitarian 
assistance.
(c) A determination that domestic capacities are likely to be sufficient and that 
international humanitarian assistance is therefore unnecessary may be reviewed and 
rescinded by the Department, with the approval of the President, at any time, in light of 
prevailing circumstances and available information.
SEC. 44. Request for International Humanitarian Assistance. — The President 
may request for international humanitarian assistance upon the advice of the 
Department. Such request may be specifically directed to particular assisting 
international actors, or it may be a general request directed to the international 
community.
SEC. 45. One-Stop Shop for International Humanitarian Assistance. — The 
Department shall establish, in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs 
(DFA), a One-Stop Shop mechanism for International Humanitarian Assistance for the 
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ARTICLE XIV
OFFER AND FACILITATION OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
TO FOREIGN STATES
SEC. 46. Offer and Facilitation of International Humanitarian Assistance to 
Foreign States. — In the event of a disaster occurring in a foreign state for which 
international humanitarian assistance is required, the Department, in coordination with 
the DFA, may offer, facilitate and provide international humanitarian assistance to such 
foreign state, which shail be subject to guidelines to be promulgated by the Department 
for the purpose.
SEC. 47. Accreditation. — The Department, in coordination with reievant 
government agencies and organizations, shall provide and facilitate the necessary 
training and accreditation to the respective government personnel to be deployed for 
such offer, facilitation and provision of international humanitarian assistance to a 
foreign state.
ARTICLE XV
LEGAL FACILITIES FOR ELIGIBLE ASSISTING INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
SEC. 48. Guidelines for Coordination of International Humanitarian Assistance. - 
The DRC shall issue comprehensive guidelines on the initiation, entry, facilitation, transit and 
regulation of international relief goods and personnel, as well as eligibility guidelines to utilize 
the legal facilities for assisting international actors provided hereunder.
SEC. 49. Visa Waiver. - Eligible assisting international actors shall be entitled to 
waiver of entry visa requirements, including any associated fees or charges, to perform 
Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance work for their sponsoring entities without 
the requirement to seek a separate residence or work permit.
SEC. 50. Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications. - (a) Eligibie 
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requiring legal recognition of their foreign professional qualifications shall certify the 
validity of those qualifications under the law of the country where they were obtained 
and the competence of their personnel for the tasks envisaged.
(b) The Department shall establish the guidelines and scope for recognition of 
foreign professional qualifications for disaster response and early recovery.
(c) Recognition of qualifications shall remain valid until the end of the International 
Initial Recovery Period, absent individual criminal conduct or other professional 
misconduct sufficient to bar the individual from professional practice in the country.
SEC. 51. Recognition of Foreign Driving Licenses. - Foreign driving licenses of 
eligible assisting international actors shall be accorded temporary recognition during the 
International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Periods.
SEC. 52. Faciiitation of Access. - The international personnel of eligible assisting 
international actors shall be allowed access to disaster-affected areas and persons 
requiring Disaster Relief or Initial Recovery Assistance, subject to coordination 
requirements as mandated by the Authority and iimitations based on nationai security, 
public order or public health, weighed in the context of the urgency of the disaster 
needs. They shall be permitted to provide their goods and services directly to affected 
persons.
A. ENTRY OF INTERNATIONAL DISASTER GOODS AND EQUIPMENT
SEC. 53. Customs Faciiitation and Priority Treatment. - The Department shall 
facilitate the rapid importation of consignments of goods and equipment by eligible 
assisting actors and shall accord them priority treatment in handling.
SEC. 54. Duty of Compiiance by Eiigibie Assisting Actors. - In order to benefit 
from the aforementioned legal facilities, eligible assisting international actors shall:
(a) Declare that all the goods and equipment they seek to import under this Part are 
exclusively for Disaster Relief or Initial Recovery Assistance and that they comply with 
any relevant standards under Philippine laws; and
(b) Pack, classify and mark their consignments in accordance with the requirements 
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SEC. 59. Food. - Food imported by eligible assisting international actors for 
disaster relief and recovery shall be admitted pursuant to expedited procedures set out 
by the DRC.
SEC. 60. Imported Vehicles. - The granting of local registration and plates for 
vehicles imported by eligible assisting international actors shall be expedited.
C. PERMITTED DISPOSITION OF EQUIPMENT AND UNUSED GOODS
SEC. 61. Disposition of Equipment and Unused Goods. - The DRC shall provide 
for the guidelines for retention, re-exportation, donation and disposal of unused goods 
and equipment after the termination of Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance 
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ARTICLE XVI 
RECOVERY
SEC. 62. Standards for Recovery. - The Department shall observe internationally 
accepted standards for recovery, planning, programming and implementation of the 
recovery process and shall:
(a) Improve the community's physical, social and economic resilience, consistent 
with the principle of "build forward better";
(b) Use locally-driven and centrally-supported processes based on legal mandates 
with supplementary capacity support when requested;
(c) Redirect development outside danger zones to minimize loss of lives and 
structures resulting from typhoons, flooding, landslides, and other hazards;
(d) Employ outcome-driven planning and implementation;
(e) Maximize use of private-public sector partnership where possible;
(f) Consider local conditions such as culture, security situation, and existing 
capacities of communities in identifying programs and projects;
(g) Ensure access to public transport, physical and mental health services, markets, 
schools, sustainable livelihoods, and other public services in planning for settlement 
areas; and
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ARTICLE XVII
REMEDIAL MEASURES UNDER STATE OF CALAMITY
SEC. 63. Remedial Measures understate of Calamity. - Upon the declaration of 
the state of calamity, the following remedial measures shall be immediately undertaken 
by concerned government agencies both of national and local levels:
(a) Imposition of price ceiling on basic necessities and prime commodities by the 
National Price Control Council, as provided for under Republic Act No. 7581, otherwise 
known as the "Price Act," as amended by Republic Act. No. 10623;
(b) Monitoring, prevention and control by the Local Price Coordination Council of 
overpricing/profiteering and hoarding of prime commodities, medicines and petroleum 
products;
(c) Programming/reprogramming of funds for the repair of critical facilities or public 
infrastructures that are vital for the quick delivery of humanitarian assistance, to reduce 
further threat to lives and arrest further deterioration of properties and loss of 
livelihoods in the affected communities, following the "build better forward" principle:
(1) Grant of no-interest loans by government financing or lending institutions to 
the most vulnerable and marginalized groups or individuals; and
(2) Local tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs under such terms and conditions 
as may be deemed necessary by the affected local government unit.
ARTICLE XVIII 
PROCUREMENT
SEC. 64. General Rule on Procurement. - Any procurement of goods, services, 
consultancy or infrastructure for disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and climate 
risk, whether at the national or local level shall conform to the provisions and 
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9184 otherwise known 
as the "Government Procurement Reform Act, "as amended.
SEC. 65. Emergency Procurement. - In order to expedite disaster response and 
early recovery, the procurement or lease of equipment and delivery of goods and 
services through emergency procurement or purchase at site shall be allowed. Periods 
of action on procurement activities may also be waived for the same purpose and 
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Forcibly seizing relief goods, equipment, or other aid commodities intended 
for or consigned to a specific group of victims or relief agency;
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Diverting or misdelivery of relief goods, equipment, or other aid 
commodities to persons other than the rightful recipient or consignee;
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Accepting, possessing, using or disposing relief goods, equipment or other 
aid commodities not intended for nor consigned to them;
(10) Misrepresenting the source of relief goods, equipment, or other aid 
commodities by:
i Either covering, replacing or defacing the labels of the containers to 
make it appear that the goods, equipment, or other aid commodities 
came from another agency or persons; 
i Repacking the goods, equipment, or other aid commodities into 
containers with different markings to make it appear that the goods 
came from another agency or persons or was released upon the 
instance of a particular agency or persons; 
i. Making a false verbal claim that the goods, equipment or other aid 
commodities in their untampered original containers actually came from 
another agency or persons or was released upon the instance of a 
particular agency or persons;
(11) Substituting or replacing relief goods, equipment, or other aid commodities 
with the same items or of inferior/cheaper quality;
(12) Illegal solicitations by persons or organizations representing others as 
defined in the standards and guidelines set by the NDRC;
(13) Deliberate use of false or inflated data in support of the request for 
funding, relief goods, equipment, or other aid commodities for emergency 
assistance or livelihood projects;
(14) Stealing, taking, or possessing of any of the equipment, accessories and 
other vital facility or items or any part thereof;
(15) Selling or buying stolen equipment, accessories, and other vital facility 
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of the court, shall be imposed upon any person found guilty of violating subsections
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the objects and the instrumentalities used in the commission of the prohibited acts;
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discretion of the court, shali be imposed upon any person found guilty of unlawfully
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imprisonment or both, shall be imposed if the offender is a public officer, 
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cancellation or revocation of these entities' registration, license or accreditation issued 
to them by any licensing or accredited body of the government. If such offender is an 
aiien, the person shall, in addition to the penaities prescribed in this Act, be deported 
without further proceedings after service of the sentence;
(f) Payment of the full cost of repair or replacement of the government risk 
reduction and preparedness equipment, accessories and other vital facility items, or any 
part thereof, which is the object of the crime shali iikewise be imposed upon any 
person who shail commit any of the prohibited acts in the preceding section; and
(g) The prosecution for offenses set forth under the preceding section shali be 
without prejudice to any criminal liability for violation of Act No. 3815, as amended, 
otherwise known as the "Revised Pena! Code," and other existing laws, as well as the 
imposition of appiicable administrative or dvii iiabiiities.
ARTICLE XX 
APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 68. Appropriations. -
(a) The amount needed for the initial implementation of this Act shali be taken from 
the current fiscal year's unexpended appropriation of aii agencies herein absorbed, 
transferred, and attached to the Department. Thereafter, the amount needed for the 
operation and maintenance of the Department shall be included in the General 
Appropriations Act.
(b) Nationai Disaster Resilience Fund (NDRF). The utilization and aiiocation of the 
entire NDRF (Calamity Fund) and its quick response fund component shall be managed 
by the Department except as provided for by specific laws.
(c) Local Disaster Resilience Fund (LDRF). Not less than seven percent (7%) of the 
estimated revenue from regular sources shall be set aside as the LDRF to support 
disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and ciimate change adaptation and mitigation 
programs, projects and activities. The LDRC shail monitor and evaluate the use and 
disbursement of the LDRF based on the LDRP as incorporated in the local development 
plans and annual work and financial plan. Upon the recommendation of the LDRO and 
approval of the Sanggunian concerned, the LDRC may transfer the said fund to support 
the disaster risk and vulnerability reduction and ciimate change adaptation work and 
initiatives of other LDRCs that are declared under a state of calamity.
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adaptation activities in accordance with the Disaster Resilience Pian and the
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(d) Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness Fund for third (3rd) to sixth (6th) class 
provinces and municipalities. There shall be in the annual General Appropriations Act an 
amount allotted solely for the use of 3rd to 6th class provinces and municipalities for 
the purpose of augmenting their LDRF with respect to plans, programs, projects, and 
procurement for climate change adaptation, disaster risk prevention, mitigation, and 
preparedness. The requirements to avail of this fund shall be laid down in rules and 
regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary.
ARTICLE XXI 
FINAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 69. Transfer and Attached Offices, Agencies, and Personnel. - (a) The 
following offices and agencies are hereby transferred to the Department including their 
powers and functions, funds and appropriations, obligations, records, equipment, 
property, and personnel:
1. Office of Civil Defense;
2. Climate Change Office of the Climate Change Commission;
3. Geo-Hazard Assessment and Engineering Geology Section of the Mines and 
Geosciences Bureau;
4. Health Emergency Management Bureau of the Department of Health
5. Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau of the Department of 
Social Welfare and Development;
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Bureau of Fire Protection; and
7. Program Management Office for Earthquake Resiliency of the Greater Metro 
Manila Area.
(b) The powers and functions, applicable funds and appropriations, records, 
equipment, property and personnel of the following agencies are attached to the 
Department:
1. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 
(PAGASA); and
2. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).
The Department shall, by virtue of this Act, be subrogated to all the rights and 
assume all the liabilities of the agencies absorbed under this Act, and all their funds, 
records, property, assets, equipment, and such personnel as necessary, including 
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upon in accordance with the Auditing Code and other pertinent laws, rules, and 
regulations.
SEC. 70. Separation Benefits of Officiais and Empioyees of Affected Agencies. - 
National government employees displaced or separated from the service as a result of 
this Act shall be entitled to separation pay and other benefits in accordance with 
Republic Act No. 6656, otherwise known as the "Government Reorganization Law" and 
other existing laws, rules or regulations: Provided, That those who are qualified to 
retire under existing retirement laws shall be allowed to retire and receive retirement 
benefits to which they may be entitled under applicable laws and issuances.
SEC. 71. Speciai Benefits and Priviieges. - Qualified employees of the DDR, local 
government units and its attached units shall be covered by Republic Act No. 8439, 
known as the "Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and Other Science 
and Technology Personnel in the Government," and Republic Act No. 7005, otherwise 
known as the "Magna Carta for Pubiic Heaith Workers."
SEC. 72. Hazard Pay and Other Aiiowances and Benefits. - Qualified personnel of 
the Department shall be entitled to receive hazard pay and other allowances and 
benefits, in accordance with such policies and regulations promulgated by the 
Department, in consultation with the DBM and the COA.
SEC. 73. Impiementing Ruies and Reguiations. - The Department, in 
consultation with concerned stakeholders, shall issue the necessary rules and 
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act within ninety (90) days from the 
effectivity of this Act.
SEC. 74. Congressionai Oversight Committee. - (a) There shall be created a 
Congressional Oversight Committee on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience to 
monitor and oversee the implementation of the provisions of this Act. The committee 
shall be composed of six (6) Members of the House of Representatives and six (6) 
Senators to be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President of the Senate, respectively, from their appropriate committees: Provided, 
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(b) Five (5) years after the effectivity of this Act, or as the need arises, the 
Congressional Oversight Committee shall conduct a systematic evaluation of the 
accomplishments and impact of this Act, as well as the performance and organizational 
structure of its implementing agencies, for purposes of determining remedial legislation.
SEC. 75. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act shall be declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not otherwise affected shall remain in full 
force and effect.
SEC. 76. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, decrees, executive orders, 
proclamations, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof that are 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended, 
accordingly.
SEC. 77. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
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