SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator GREGORIO B. HONASAN II 
AN ACT MANDATING THE COMPLETION OF THE LAND ACQUISITION AND 
DISTRIBUTION (LAD) COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN 
REFORM PROGRAM (CARP) BY JUNE 30, 2016 PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 
NO. 6657, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM 
LAW", AS AMENDED 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Our 1987 Constitution mandates that "the Sate shall, by law, undertake an 
agrarian reform program founded on the right of farmers and regular farmworkers, who 
are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till or, in the case of other 
farmworkers, to receive a just share of the fruits thereof. To this end, the State shall 
encourage and undertake the just distribution of all agricultural lands, subject to such 
priorities and reasonable retention limits as the Congress may prescribe, taking into 
account ecological, developmental, or equity considerations, and subject to the payment 
of just compensation. In determining retention limits, the State shall respect the rights of 
small landowners. The State shall further provide incentives for voluntary land-sharing." 
Furthermore, under Section 30 of Republic Act (RA) No. 9700, it is provided that 
"any case and/or proceeding involving the implementation of the proVisions of Republic 
Act No. 6657, as amended, which may remain pending on June 30, 2014, shall be 
allowed to proceed to its finality and be executed even beyond such date." 
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issuance of a Notice of Coverage starts the proceedings in the implementation of the 
provisions of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law. 
According to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), the remaining balance 
for Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD) stood'at 1.2 Million hectares when RA 9700 • 
was passed in 2009. From its passage until 31 December 2013, the DAR was able to 
distribute 405,206 hectares leaving a balance of 790,648 hectares. Of this balance, 
206,536 hectares have not been subjected to Notices of Coverage (NOCs). 
Pursuant to the mandate of the C.onstitutibn and in support of the standing 
executive directive to complete the distribution of all agricultural lands by June 30,2016, 
this measure mandates the issuance of NOCs over all remaining agricultural lands 
within the next two (2) years, and the prOVision of budgetary mechanisms for the 
completion of the LAD process including support services. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 2188 
Introduced by Senator GREGORIO B. HONASAN II 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the' House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
AN ACT 
MANDATING THE COMPLETION OF THE LAND. ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION 
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(LAD) COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM 
(CARP) BY JUNE 30, 2016 PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6657, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS THE "COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW", AS AMENDED 
SECTION 1. 
The land acquisition. and distribution (LAD) component of the 
comprehensive agrarian reform program shall be completed by June 30, 2016; 
SEC. 2. Section 30 of Republic Act No. 9700 is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"Section 30. ISSUANCE OF NOTICES OF COVERAGE AND 
Resolution Of CaseS/PROCEEDINGS- THE NOTICES OF COVERAGE 
SHALL BE ISSUED TO LANDOWNERS OF ALL AGRICULTURAL 
LANDS WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN COVERED BY THE CARP 
UNTIL JUNE 30, 2016, 
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6657, AS AMENDED. 
Any case and/or proceeding involving the implementation of the 
provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, as amended, which may remain 
pending on June 30, 2Q44 2016 shall be allowed to proceed to its finality 
and be executed even beyond such date." 
SEC. 3. Section 21 of Republic Act No. 9700, is hereby further amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 63. Funding Source. - The amount needed to further 
implement the CARP as provided in this Act until June gO, 2014 THE 
COMPLETE 
ACQUISITION 
AND 
DISTRIBUTION 
OF 
ALL 
AGRICULTURAL LANDS COVERED BY THE CARP, upon expiration of 
funding under Republio /\ot No. 8532 and other pertinent laws, shall be 
funded from the Agrarian Reform Fund and other funding sources in the 
amount of at least one hundred fifty billion pesos (P150,OOO,OOO,OOO.00). 
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All funds appropriated to implement the provisions of this Act shall 
be considered continuing appropriations during the period of its 
implementation: Provided, That if the need arises, specific amounts for 
bond redemptions, interest payments and other existing obligations arising 
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from the implementation of the program shall be included in the annual 
General Appropriations Act: Provided, further, That all just compensation 
payments to landowners, including execution of judgments therefore, shall 
only be sourced from the Agrarian Reform Fund: Provided, however, That 
just compensation payments that cannot be covered within the approved 
annual budget of the program shall be chargeable against the debt service 
program of the national government, or any unprogrammed item in the 
General Appropriations Act: Provided, finally, That after the Completion of 
the land acquisition and distribution component of the CARP, the yearly 
appropriation shall be allocated fully to support services, agrarian justice 
delivery and operational requirements of the DAR and the other CARP 
implementing agencies." 
SEC. 4. Term of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform 
(COCAR).- The term of the COCAR shall end six (6) months after June 30, 2016. 
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All other laws; decrees, executive orders, 
issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby 
repealed or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - If, for a·ny reason, any section or provision of this 
Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not affected 
thereby shall remain in full force and effect. 
SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. - this Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days upon 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulatibn. 
Approved, 
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