Republic of the May 21, 2021 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4:15 pm Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS Second Regular Session

COMMITTEE REPORT NO. ______976

Submitted by the Committee on Public Works and Highways and the Committee on Appropriations on ______May 21, 2021

Re : House Bill No. ______9391

Recommending its approval in substitution of House Bill No. 6461

Sponsors : Representatives Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona, Eric Go Yap and Luisa Lloren Cuaresma

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Public Works and Highways and the Committee on Appropriations to which was referred House Bill No. 6461, introduced by Representative Luisa Lloren Cuaresma, entitled:

“AN ACT RECONSTITUTING THE FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VISCAYA INTO THREE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” have considered the same and recommend the approval of attached House Bill No.______,9391 entitled:

“AN ACT RECONSTITUTING THE NUEVA VISCAYA DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VISCAYA INTO THREE SEPARATE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICES, AND APPRORIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” in substitution of House Bill No. 6461 with Representatives Luisa Lloren Cuaresma, Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona and Eric Go. Yap as authors thereof.

Respectfully submitted,

ERIC GO YAP ELEANDRO JESUS F. MADRONA Chairman Chairman Committee on Appropriations Committee on Public Works and Highways

THE HONORABLE SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Quezon City Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 9391 (In Substitution of House Bill No. 6461)

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LUISA LLOREN CUARESMA, ELEANDRO JESUS F. MADRONA AND ERIC GO YAP ______

AN ACT RECONSTITUTING THE NUEVA VISCAYA DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VISCAYA INTO THREE SEPARATE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICES, AND APPRORIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

1 SECTION 1. The Nueva Viscaya District Engineering Office, under the supervision of 2 the Department of Public Works and Highways, shall be reconstituted into three (3) separate 3 district engineering offices to be named as Nueva Viscaya First, Second and Third District 4 Engineering Offices, respectively. 5 . 6 SEC. 2. The Nueva Viscaya First District Engineering Office shall serve the 7 municipalities of Solano, Bagabag, , Villaverde and Quezon. The Nueva Viscaya Second 8 District Engineering Office shall serve the municipalities of , , Dupax del 9 Sur, Sta. Fe, and Alfonso Castañeda. The Nueva Viscaya Third District Engineering Office shall 10 serve the municipalities of Bambang, , , and . 11 12 SEC. 3.The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include in the Department’s 13 program the operationalization of the three (3))district engineering offices, the funding of which 14 shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 15 16 SEC. 4.This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official 17 Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 18 19 Approved, 20