FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) REPUBLIC OF THE ) Third Regular Session ) 1 '")

SENATE

S.NO. 3313

(In substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 167, 1104, 2511, and 2947)

Prepared jointly by the Committees on Amateur Competitiveness; and Finance with Senators Cayetano, Pia S., Escudero, Villar, Lapid, Sotto III, and Trillanes IV as authors

AN ACT EXPANDING AND STRENGTHENING THE CASH AND OTHER NON-MONETARY BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES FOR NATIONAL ATHLETES, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY·ABLED ATHLETES, COACHES AND TRAINERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF . REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETY HUNDRED AND SIXTY·FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'NATIONAL ATHLETES, COACHES AND TRAINERS BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES ACT OF 2001' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and the House ofRepresentatives of the Philippines in Congress 2 assembled: 3 4 SECTION. 1. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as 5 follows: 6 7 "SEC. 3. Definition of Terms - For purposes of this Act, the following terms 8 shall be defined as follows: 9 10 (a) National Athletes - shall refer to athletes who are Filipino citizens, members 11 of the national training pool, recognized and accredited by the Philippine Olympic 12 Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), INCLUDING 13 ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES (AWD) WHO ARE RECOGNIZED AND 14 ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE 15 PHILIPPINES (NPC PHIL) AND THE PSC and who have represented the 16 country in international competitions. IT SHALL ALSO REFER TO ATHLETES 17 WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL TRAINING POOL BUT 18 WHO HAVE OTHERWISE REPRESENTED THE COUNTRY IN 19 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS; 20

1 1 (b) National Coaches and Trainers - shall refer to coaches and trainers OF 2 NATIONAL ATHLETES, who are Filipino citizens, members of the national 3 coaches and trainers pool, recognized and accredited by the PSC AND POC, OR 4 THE PSC AND NPC PHIL IN THE CASE OF A WD COACHES AND 5 TRAINERS who have represented the country as official coaches and trainers to national 6 athletes in international competitions; 7 8 (c) International Competitions - shall refer to WORLD, ASIAN, 9 ASEAN/SOUTHEAST ASIAN AGE-GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 10 international sports competitions which are sanctioned by the INTERNATIONAL 11 SPORTS FEDERATIONS (ISFs), International Olympic Committee (IOC), 12 INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC), FAR EAST & SOUTH 13 FOR THE DISABLED (FESPIC), INTERNATIONAL 14 ORGANIZATION OF FOR THE DISABLED (IOSD), held every four (4) 15 OR TWO (2) YEARS OR HELD ANNUALLY including qualifying 16 championships in team sports wherein only one (1) or two (2) countries may qualify 17 for the Olympics or World championships. 18 19 Competitions granting pnze money or those held in honor of any personality or 20 sponsor shall not be included; 21 22 (D) NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED 23 ATHLETES - SHALL REFER TO ATHLETES WHO ARE FILIPINO 24 CITIZENS, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR 25 THE DISABLED, RECOGNIZED AND ACCREDITED BY THE PHILIPPINE 26 SPORTS COMMISSION (PSC) AND THE NATIONAL PARALYMPIC 27 COMMISSION, AND WHO HAVE REPRESENTED THE COUNTRY IN 28 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS." 29 30 31 SEC. 2. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows: 32 33 "SEC. 4. Benefits and Privileges for National Athletes, NATIONAL 34 ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES, 35 Coaches and Trainers - Any national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH 36 DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE, coach and trainer who is 37 currently registered as such before the PSC AND/OR NPC PHIL shall be entitled to the 38 following:

2 1 (a) the grant of twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments relative to 2 the utilization of transportation services, hotels, and other lodging 3 establishments, restaurants and recreation centers and purchase of medicine and 4 sports equipment anywhere in the country FOR THE ACTUAL AND 5 EXCLUSIVE USE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL ATHLETE, 6 NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED 7 ATHLETES, COACH AND TRAINER; 8 (b) minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees charged by theaters, 9 cinema houses and concert halls, circuses, carnivals, and other similar places 10 of culture, leisure and amusement FOR THE ACTUAL AND EXCLUSIVE 11 USE OR ENJOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL ATHLETE, NATIONAL 12 ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED 13 ATHLETES, COACH AND TRAINER; 14 (c) free medical and dental consultations in private or GOVERNMENT [public) 15 hospitals and similar establishments anywhere in the country [and medical 16 insurance program to be provided by the Philippine Health Insurance 17 Corporation (PHIC)); AND FREE COVERAGE IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH 18 INSURANCE PROGRAM OF THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE 19 . CORPORATION (PHIC) THRU THE SPONSORED PROGRAM OF THE 20 PSC; 21 (d) X X X 22 (e) X X X 23 (f) X X X 24 25 Such privately-owned establishments shall enjoy tax [credits) DEDUCTIONS 26 equivalent to the discounts extended to the NATIONAL athletes, COACHES AND 27 TRAINERS." 28 29 X X X 30 31 SEC. 3. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows: 32 33 "SEC. 5. Scholarships. - A national athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH 34 DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE, who wins in an international 35 competition EXCEPT SEA GAMES OR ASEAN PARA GAMES or anyone qualified 36 member of his[j) OR her immediate family within the fourth civil degree of 37 consanguinity shall be entitled to scholarship benefits in the form of tuition fees in 38 state colleges and universities in order to complete a college or university degree.

3 1 The winning national athlete, shall likewise be given priority III the availment of 2 state college and university scholarship grants. 3 4 Likewise, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education 5 Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) shall give priority to winning national 6 athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY- 7 . ABLED ATHLETES, who seek scholarship grants and study under their programs 8 subject to the qualifications for all applicants.

9 Private colleges and universities shall likewise be encouraged to adopt a similar

10 program III their institutions for winning national athletes, NATIONAL 11 ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES." 12 13 SEC. 4. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14 15 "SEC. 6. Retirement Benefits. - Any national athlete, NATIONAL 16 ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE, 17 coach and trainer who wins A GOLD MEDAL OR PLACES 1ST in an international 18 competition or has coached or trained such winning national athlete, NATIONAL 19 ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE [shall 20 receive a lump sum amount equivalent to twenty-five percent (25%) of his/her total 21 cash incentives computed from the start of his Iher active sports career as a member 22 of the national training pool or national coaches and trainers pool up to the last day 23 of retirement from active competition or training as certified by the PSc. Such lump 24 sum amount shall be extended sixty (60) days after the filing of the retirement papers.] 25 EXCEPT SEA GAMES OR ASEAN PARA GAMES, UPON REACHING THE 26 AGE OF FIFTY -FIVE (55), SHALL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING 27 RETIREMENT BENEFITS: 28 29 A. FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS - A LIFETIME MONTHLY PENSION OF AT 30 LEAST TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,OOO.OO) FOR INDIVIDUAL 31 WINNERS; 32 B. FOR TEAM EVENTS - A LIFETIME MONTHLY PENSION OF AT 33 LEAST FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (PI5,OOO.OO) FOR EACH TEAM 34 MEMBER. 35

4 1 PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR NATONAL ATHLETES, COACHES 2 AND TRAINERS WHO WIN IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM EVENTS, 3 THE RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS SHALL APPLY. 4 5 PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT, ATHLETES, COACHES AND TRAINERS 6 WHO ARE STILL ACTIVELY EMPLOYED AT THE TIME THEY REACH 7 THE AGE OF FIFTY·FIVE (55) AND HAVE AVAILED OF THE 8 RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER THIS ACT MAY CONTINUE WITH 9 SUCH EMPLOYMENT. 10 11 PROVIDED, FINALLY, THAT THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER 12 THIS ACT SHALL BE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM THE 13 MANDATORY RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER EXISTING LAWS." 14 15 SEC. 5. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows: 16 17 "SEC. 7. Death Benefits. - Upon the death of any national athlete, NATIONAL 18 ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETE, coach 19 and trainer, his/her primary beneficiaries shall be entitled to a lump sum benefit of Thirty 20 thousand pesos (P30,000) to cover for his/her funeral services: Provided, That if 21 he/she has no primary beneficiaries, his/her secondary beneficiaries shall be entitled to 22 . said benefits. 23 24 For purposes of this Act, primary beneficiaries shall refer to the legitimate spouse 25 WIDOW OR WIDOWER, legitimate or illegitimate children. Secondary beneficiaries 26 shall refer to the parents, and in their absence, to the brothers or sisters of such athlete, 27 coach and trainer." 28 29 SEC. 6. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows: 30 31 "SEC. 8. Cash Incentives for National Athletes, NATIONAL ATHLETES 32 WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES. - National athletes, 33 NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED 34 ATHLETES who win gold, silver and bronze medals in international competitions shall 35 be entitled to cash awards in the following amounts:

5 1 A. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS 2 3 (a) For Gold Medalists 4 5 (1) Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) for Olympic AND/ OR 6 ; 7 (2) Two million five hundred thousand pesos (P2,500,000.00) for ALL 8 quadrennial World Championships; 9 (3) TWO MILLION PESOS (P2,000,000.00) FOR THE WORLD CUP 10 AND WORLD GAMES; 11 [(3)] (4) One Million Pesos (pl,OOO,OOO.OO) for AND/ OR 12 FESPIC GAMES, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 2006, TO BE 13 REPLACED BY THE STARTING 2010; 14 [(4)] (5) One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) for 15 (SEA Games) AND/ OR ASEAN PARA GAMES. 16 17 (b) For silver medalists: . 18 19 (1) Two million five hundred pesos (P2,500,OOO.00) for Olympic AND/OR 20 PARALYMPIC Games; 21 (2) One million pesos (Pl,OOO,OOO) for ALL quadrennial World 22 Championships; 23 (3) SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P700,000.00) FOR THE 24 WORLD CUP AND WORLD GAMES; 25 [(3)] (4) Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) for Asian Games 26 AND/OR FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 2006, TO BE 27 REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010; 28 [(4)] (5) Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) for Southeast Asian Games (SEA 29 Games) AND/OR ASEAN PARA GAMES. 30 31 (c) For bronze medalists: 32 33 (1) One million pesos (Pl,OOO,OOO.OO) for Olympic AND/OR 34 PARALYMPIC Games; 35 (2) Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) for ALL quadrennial World 36 Championships; 37. (3) TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P250,000.00) FOR 38 THE WORLD CUP AND WORLD GAMES;

6 1 [(3)] (4) One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) for Asian Garnes 2 AND/OR FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 2006, TO BE 3 REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010; 4 [(4)] (5) Ten thousand pesos (PIO,OOO) for Southeast Asian Garnes (SEA 5 Garnes) AND/OR ASEAN PARA GAMES. 6 7 B. TEAM EVENTS 8 9 For competitions with less than five (5) participants per team, the team shall 10 receive the same cash awards for individual medal winners as herein provided, to 11 be divided equally among the team members actually present during the competition. 12 13 For competitions with five (5) or more participants per team, the team shall 14 receive [twice] THREE TIMES the cash awards for individual winners to be divided 15 equally among the team members actually present during the competition. 16 17 Provided, That for demonstration and exhibition sports events in the 18 Olympic AND/ OR PARALYMPIC Games, winning national athletes, NATIONAL 19 ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES 20 shall receive fifty percent (50%) of the cash awards for Olympic AND/OR 21 PARALYMPIC medalists as herein provided;

22 [Provided, further, That for SEA Garnes, monetary incentives shall be given 23 starting 2001 to the winning athletes or teams who have equaled or surpassed the 24 existing game records or the previous placing in non-measurable events.] 25 26 C. AGE GROUP COMPETITIONS 27 28 FOR NATIONAL ATHLETES AND NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH 29 DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES IN AGE-GROUP 30 COMPETITIONS, ONLY THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE 31 NATIONAL POOL, ACCREDITED AND RECOGNIZED BY THEIR 32 RESPECTIVE NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND THE 33 PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE 34 FOLLOWING CASH AWARDS:

7 1 (A) FOR GOLD MEDALISTS: 2 3 (1) THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P300,000.00) FOR ALL 4 QUADRENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; 5 (2) ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) FOR ASIAN 6 GAMES ANDIOR FESPIC GAMES, WHICH WILL BE HELD 7 UNTIL 2006, TO BE REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA GAMES 8 STARTING 2010; 9 (3) FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,000) FOR SOUTHEAST 10 ASIAN GAMES (SEA GAMES) AND/ OR ASEAN PARA GAMES. 11 12 (B) FOR SILVER MEDALISTS: 13 14 (1) ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P150,000.00) FOR 15. ALL QUADRENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; 16 (2) SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00) FOR ASIAN 17 GAMES AND/ OR FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 2006, 18 TO BE REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 19 2010; 20 (3) TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000) FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN 21 GAMES (SEA GAMES) ANDIORASEAN PARA GAMES. 22 23 (C) FOR BRONZE MEDALISTS: 24 25 (1) SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00) FOR ALL 26 QUADRENNIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; 27 (2) FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) FOR ASIAN GAMES 28 ANDIOR FESPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL 2006, TO BE 29 REPLACED BY THE ASIAN PARA GAMES STARTING 2010; 30 (3) FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000) FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN 31 GAMES (SEA GAMES) ANDIORASEAN PARA GAMES. 32 33 THEY SHALL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL AND 34 COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IN 35 STATE·RUN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.

8 1 SEC. 7. Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 3 "SEC. 9. Benefits, Privileges and Incentives for Past Achievers. - Any national 4 athlete, NATIONAL ATHLETE WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY ·ABLED 5 ATHLETE who, prior to the enactment of this Act, had won gold, silver or bronze 6 medals in international competitions except SEA Games AND/OR ASEAN PARA 7 GAMES, shall be entitled to the benefits and privileges provided under Section 4 and 8 fifty percent (50%) of the cash incentives provided under Section 8 of this Act. 9 Such incentives shall be the difference between the cash award received under

10 Administrative Order No. 35~ OR FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES and 11 the cash award provided under this Act." 12 13 SEC. 8. Section 10 of the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 14 15 "Sec. 10. Incentives for Coaches and Trainers. - Coaches and trainers shall also 16 be entitled to cash awards if they have personally trained and rendered service to 17 the athletes or teams WHO WIN IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS at 18 least [one (1) year] SIX (6) MONTHS prior to the international competition. 19 Certification to this effect by the individual athlete or TEAM MANAGER FOR

20 TEAM EVENTS shall be 111 writing, DULY ATTESTED BY THEIR 21 RESPECTIVE NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS (NSAs). 22 23 XX X 24 25 There is hereby created a body to be known as the Philippine Coaches 26 Accreditation Council that shall accredit and recognize coaches and trainers. It shall 27 be composed, among others, of representatives from the PSC, POC, NPC PHIL and 28 the academic community, preferably a professor in physical education or sports 29 science." 30 31 SEC. 9. A new Section lO-A is hereby inserted to read as follows: 32 33 "SEC lO·A. AVAILMENT OF BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES· THE 34 ABOVE·MENTIONED BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES SHALL BE AVAILED 35 BY ATHLETES, COACHES AND TRAINERS UPON PRESENTATION OF 36 AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, RENEWABLE EVERY YEAR, TO BE 37 ISSUED BY THE PSC AND/ OR NPC PHIL. 38

9 1 PROVIDED THAT, IN CASE OF ATHLETES WHO ARE NON-MEMBERS OF 2 THE NATIONAL TRAINING POOL, THE IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL 3 ONLY BE ISSUED TO WINNING ATHLETES WHO ARE ACTIVE AND WHO 4 CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIOANAL COMPETITIONS. 5 PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES SHALL NOT 6 AVAIL OF SAID BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES IN COMBINATION WITH 7 SIMILAR BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES UNDER RA 9442 OTHERWISE 8 KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR DISABLED PERSONS." 9 10 SEC. 10. A new provision in Republic Act 9064 is hereby added to be known as the new 11 Section 12. The provision shall read: 12 13 "SEC. 12. WINNING FILIPINO OLYMPIAN TO ENJOY THE 14 PRIVILEGE OF BEING TAX FREE FOR LIFE AND OTHER INCENTIVES - IN 15 ADDITION TO THE TAX EXEMPTION FROM INCOME TAX OF PRIZES, 16 WINNINGS AND AWARDS GRANTED TO ATHLETES IN LOCAL AND 17 INTERNATIONAL SPORTS TOURNAMENTS AND COMPETITIONS 18 . PROVIDED IN THIS ACT AND IN REPUBLIC ACT 7549, A WINNING 19· FILIPINO OLYMPIAN SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING 'TAX- 20 FREE FOR LIFE' OR THE EXEMPTION FROM PAYING INCOME TAX 21 AND ALL OTHER TAXES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED RELEVANT TO 22 THE SPORTS WHERE HE/SHE REPRESENTED THE COUNTRY AND WON 23 IN THE OLYMPICS, INCLUDING THE CAMPAIGN TO POPULARIZE OR 24 PROPAGATE THE SAID SPORTS. 25 26 A WINNING FLIPINO OLYMPIAN SHALL RECEIVE A MONTHLY 27 PENSION OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 10,000.00) TO COMMENCE FIVE 28 (5) YEARS AFTER WINNING THE OLYMPICS AND SHALL CONTINUE 29 FOR TWENTY YEARS OR UNTIL THE AGE OF SIXTY (60), AT THE 30 OPTION OF THE WINNING FILIPINO OLYMPIAN." 31 32 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACT, THE TERM WINNING FILIPINO 33 OLYMPIAN COVERS BOTH INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES, NATIONAL 34 ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED ATHLETES, 35 WHO REPRESENTED THE COUNTRY AND PLAYED AS FILIPINOS OR 36 THOSE WHO COMPETED AS PART OF THE PHILIPPINE TEAM AND 37 MERITED EITHER GOLD, SILVER OR BRONZE MEDAL, AWARD OR 38 DISTINCTION IN A COMPETITION SPORTS.

10 1 A WINNING FILIPINO OLYMPIAN WHO, PRIOR TO THE 2 ENACTMENT OF THIS ACT, WON IN THE OLYMPICS SHALL BE 3 ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES PROVIDED UNDER 4 THIS ACT." 5 6 SEC. 11. A new section, Section 13, is hereby inserted to read as follows: 7 8 "SEC 13. PENALTIES. - 9 10 (A)ANY BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT VIOLATING SECTION 4 (A), (B) 11 AND (C) OF THIS ACT SHALL SUFFER THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES: 12 13 (1) FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, A FINE OF NOT LESS UlAN FIFTY 14 THOUSAND PESOS (P50,OOO.OO) BUT NOT EXCEEDING ONE 15 HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (PIOO,OOO.OO) OR IMPRISONMENT 16 OF NOT LESS THAN SIX (6) MONTHS BUT NOT MORE THAN 17 TWO (2) YEARS, OR BOTH AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT; 18 AND 19 (2) FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN 20 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (PIOO,OOO.OO) BUT NOT 21 EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,OOO.OO) OR 22 IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO (2) YEARS BUT 23 NOT MORE THAN SIX (6) YEARS, OR BOTH. 24 25 (B) ANY NATIONAL ATHLETE, COACH, TRAINER OR ANY PERSON 26 WHO ABUSES THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED HEREIN SHALL BE 27 PUNISHED WITH IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS UlAN SIX (6) 28 MONTHS OR A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND PESOS 29 (P5,OOO.OO), BUT NOT MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,OOO), 30 OR BOTH, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT. PROVIDED, 31 HOWEVER, THAT SUCH VIOLATION SHALL NOT DEPRIVE THE 32 CONCERNED NATIONAL ATHLETE, COACH OR TRAINER FROM 33 RECEIVING THE BENEFITS AND PIUVILEGES GRANTED UNDER THIS 34 ACT. 35 36 (C) IF THE VIOLATOR IS A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR ANY 37 JURIDICAL PERSON, THE PENALTY SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON THE 38 PRESIDENT, OWNER OR ANY RESPONSIBLE OFFICER.

11 1 (D)IF THE VIOLATOR IS AN ALIEN OR A FOREIGNER, HE SHALL 2 BE DEPORTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER SERVICE OF SENTENCE 3 WITHOUT FURTHER DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS. 4 5 UPON FILING OF AN APPROPRIATE COMPLAINT, AND AFTER 6 DUE NOTICE AND HEARING, THE PROPER AUTHORITIES MAY 7 ALSO CAUSE THE CANCELLATION OR REVOCATION OF THE 8 BUSINESS PERMIT, PERMIT TO OPERATE, FRANCHISE AND 9 OTHER SIMILAR PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO ANY BUSINESS. 10 ENTITY THAT FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE 11 LAW." 12 13 SEC. 12. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9064 is hereby renumbered as Section 14 and is 14 further amended to read as follows: 15 16 "SEC. [12] 14. Funding. - The amount necessary for the implementation of the 17 cash incentives and retirement benefits program of this Act shall be taken from the 18 net cash income of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation 19 (PAGCOR), to be remitted directly as a special account to the National Sports 20 Development Fund (NSDF) of the PSC. This is in addition to the regular income share 21 of the PSC pursuant to Republic Act No. 6847. 22 23 A separate fund equivalent to not less than sixty percent (60%) of existing NSDF 24 shall be automatically set aside for the training and preparation of national athletes, 25 NATIONAL ATHLETES WITH DISABILITY OR DIFFERENTLY·ABLED 26 ATHLETES covered by this Act. 27 28 Not less than five percent (5%) of the NSDFshall be set aside for the 29 selection of individual athletes at the elementary and high school levels in track and 30 field, swimming, , ping pong and similar individual sports events where 31 the Philippines can develop into world class competitors. Said fund shall be 32 administered by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)." 33 34 SEC. 13. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The PSC, in coordination with the 35 POC, NPC PHIL, DEPED, CHED, TESDA, DOF, BIR, and other concerned agencies shall 36 promulgate and issue the Implementing Rules and Regulations within sixty (60) days upon 37 approval of this Act.

12 1 SEC. 14. Congressional Oversight Committee. - A Congressional Oversight Committee 2 is hereby created to be composed of the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Amateur Sports 3 Competitiveness and the House of Representatives Committee on Youth and Sports 4 Development, and two (2) members each from of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 who shall be designated by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of 6 Representatives: Provided, That one (1) of the two (2) Senators and one (1) of the two (2) House 7 Members shall be nominated by the respective Minority Leaders of the Senate and the House of 8 Representatives. 9 10 The oversight committee is hereby mandated to oversee the implementation of this Act 11 for a period of five (5) years. For this purpose, the oversight committee shall set the guidelines 12 . and overall framework for the monitoring of the implementation of this Act and shall adopt its 13 internal rnles of procedures. 14 15 SEC. 15. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act, or the application 16 thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining 17 sections of this Act or the application of such provision or part hereof to other persons or 18 circumstance shall remain in full force and effect. 19 20 SEC. 16. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, issuances, rules and regulations 21 or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or 22 modified accordingly. 23 24 SEC. 17. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its 25 publication in the Official Gazette or at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the 26 country.

Approved,

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