January 6, 2020
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11465
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1.Appropriation of Funds.— The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury of the Philippines not otherwise appropriated, for the operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from January one to December thirty-one, two thousand and twenty, except where otherwise specifically provided herein:
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2020
SECTION 2.FY 2020 Budget with UACS. — All items of appropriations in this Act shall be given account codes by the DBM pursuant to the Unified Accounts Code Structure. This account code shall be used in the release of the appropriations in this Act for a unified accounting, auditing, and reporting of all...
Summary of Republic Act No. 11465 (General Appropriations Act for FY 2020):
Appropriations and Use of Government Funds:
- Appropriations authorized for operation of government from January 1 to December 31, 2020 (Section 1)
- Rules on receipts or revenues collected by agencies, including exceptions (Section 4)
- Regulations on donations, trust receipts, performance bonds, PPP project receipts (Sections 5-8)
- Conduct of seminars, sale of publications and non-serviceable equipment (Sections 12-14)
- Tax payments and obligations assumed by the government (Section 15)
- Restrictions on loan agreements (Section 16)
- Use of funds subject to procurement laws, energy efficiency, disaster risk reduction (Sections 17-18, 36-38)
Expenditures and Procurement:
- Strict adherence to procurement laws and regulations (Section 18)
- Early procurement activities allowed (Section 19)
- Procurement of common-use and critical supplies (Sections 20-21)
- Printing expenditures and use of IT equipment (Sections 22-24)
- Inventory limits for supplies and spare parts (Section 25)
- Requirements for infrastructure projects (Section 26)
- Installation of rainwater collection systems (Section 27)
- Certification of availability of funds required (Section 28)
- Rules on multi-year contracts (Section 29)
- Alignment with national research and development agenda (Section 30)
Personnel Benefits:
- Gender and development programs (Section 31)
- Programs for senior citizens, persons with disability, and youth (Sections 32-33)
- Institutional linkage with cultural agencies (Section 34)
- Protection of built heritage and cultural properties (Section 35)
- Employment of contractual personnel (Section 41)
- Extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses (Section 42)
- Cultural and athletic activities (Section 43)
- Funding of personnel benefits (Section 44)
- Use of appropriations for personnel services (Section 45)
- Remittance of compulsory contributions (Section 46)
- Authorized deductions from salaries (Section 47)
- Personnel economic relief allowance (Section 48)
- Uniform or clothing allowance (Section 49)
- Magna carta benefits (Section 50)
- Special counsel allowance (Section 51)
- Hazard duty pay (Section 52)
- Honoraria (Section 53)
- Representation and transportation allowances (Section 54)
- Official vehicles and transport (Section 55)
- Quarters privileges (Section 56)
- Mid-year bonus (Section 57)
- Year-end bonus and cash gift (Section 58)
- Retirement gratuity and terminal leave (Section 59)
Release and Use of Funds:
- Cash budgeting system and validity of appropriations (Section 60)
- Prohibition against impoundment of appropriations (Section 61)
- Prohibition against retention or deduction of funds (Section 62)
- Direct release of funds to regional offices and operating units (Section 63)
- Release of lump-sum appropriations (Section 64)
- Fund transfers to civil society organizations (Section 65)
- Authority to use savings (Section 66)
- Meaning of savings and rules on augmentation (Sections 67-68)
- Priority in the use of savings (Section 69)
- Rules on modification in allotment (Section 70)
- Rules on grant of collective negotiation agreement incentive (Section 71)
- Mandatory expenditures (Section 72)
- Expenditures for business-type activities (Section 73)
- Intelligence and confidential funds (Sections 74-75)
- Limitations on cash advance and reportorial requirements (Section 76)
- Use of funds for foreign-assisted projects (Section 77)
- Disbursement of funds (Section 78)
- Prohibition on unauthorized obligations or expenditures (Section 79)
- Prohibition on affixing images of public officials on projects (Section 80)
Administrative Procedures:
- Institutional strengthening and productivity improvement (Section 81)
- Personal data protection and privacy programs (Section 82)
- Organizational structure and staffing changes (Section 83)
- Foreign travel clearance for government officials (Section 84)
- Allocation for reorganized agencies (Section 85)
- Internal revenue allotment of LGUs (Section 86)
- Implementation of nationally funded projects by LGUs (Section 87)
- Submission of reports on accounts outside National Treasury (Section 88)
- Report on COA findings and recommendations (Section 89)
- Financial and physical reports (Sections 90-91)
- Post 2020 budget status report (Section 92)
- Transparency in infrastructure projects (Section 93)
- Transparency seal (Section 94)
- Crowdsourcing (Section 95)
- Joint Congressional Oversight Committee (Section 96)
- Exemption from garnishment, levy and execution (Section 97)
Separability and Effectivity Clauses (Sections 98-99)
Appropriations and Use of Government Funds:
- Appropriations authorized for operation of government from January 1 to December 31, 2020 (Section 1)
- Rules on receipts or revenues collected by agencies, including exceptions (Section 4)
- Regulations on donations, trust receipts, performance bonds, PPP project receipts (Sections 5-8)
- Conduct of seminars, sale of publications and non-serviceable equipment (Sections 12-14)
- Tax payments and obligations assumed by the government (Section 15)
- Restrictions on loan agreements (Section 16)
- Use of funds subject to procurement laws, energy efficiency, disaster risk reduction (Sections 17-18, 36-38)
Expenditures and Procurement:
- Strict adherence to procurement laws and regulations (Section 18)
- Early procurement activities allowed (Section 19)
- Procurement of common-use and critical supplies (Sections 20-21)
- Printing expenditures and use of IT equipment (Sections 22-24)
- Inventory limits for supplies and spare parts (Section 25)
- Requirements for infrastructure projects (Section 26)
- Installation of rainwater collection systems (Section 27)
- Certification of availability of funds required (Section 28)
- Rules on multi-year contracts (Section 29)
- Alignment with national research and development agenda (Section 30)
Personnel Benefits:
- Gender and development programs (Section 31)
- Programs for senior citizens, persons with disability, and youth (Sections 32-33)
- Institutional linkage with cultural agencies (Section 34)
- Protection of built heritage and cultural properties (Section 35)
- Employment of contractual personnel (Section 41)
- Extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses (Section 42)
- Cultural and athletic activities (Section 43)
- Funding of personnel benefits (Section 44)
- Use of appropriations for personnel services (Section 45)
- Remittance of compulsory contributions (Section 46)
- Authorized deductions from salaries (Section 47)
- Personnel economic relief allowance (Section 48)
- Uniform or clothing allowance (Section 49)
- Magna carta benefits (Section 50)
- Special counsel allowance (Section 51)
- Hazard duty pay (Section 52)
- Honoraria (Section 53)
- Representation and transportation allowances (Section 54)
- Official vehicles and transport (Section 55)
- Quarters privileges (Section 56)
- Mid-year bonus (Section 57)
- Year-end bonus and cash gift (Section 58)
- Retirement gratuity and terminal leave (Section 59)
Release and Use of Funds:
- Cash budgeting system and validity of appropriations (Section 60)
- Prohibition against impoundment of appropriations (Section 61)
- Prohibition against retention or deduction of funds (Section 62)
- Direct release of funds to regional offices and operating units (Section 63)
- Release of lump-sum appropriations (Section 64)
- Fund transfers to civil society organizations (Section 65)
- Authority to use savings (Section 66)
- Meaning of savings and rules on augmentation (Sections 67-68)
- Priority in the use of savings (Section 69)
- Rules on modification in allotment (Section 70)
- Rules on grant of collective negotiation agreement incentive (Section 71)
- Mandatory expenditures (Section 72)
- Expenditures for business-type activities (Section 73)
- Intelligence and confidential funds (Sections 74-75)
- Limitations on cash advance and reportorial requirements (Section 76)
- Use of funds for foreign-assisted projects (Section 77)
- Disbursement of funds (Section 78)
- Prohibition on unauthorized obligations or expenditures (Section 79)
- Prohibition on affixing images of public officials on projects (Section 80)
Administrative Procedures:
- Institutional strengthening and productivity improvement (Section 81)
- Personal data protection and privacy programs (Section 82)
- Organizational structure and staffing changes (Section 83)
- Foreign travel clearance for government officials (Section 84)
- Allocation for reorganized agencies (Section 85)
- Internal revenue allotment of LGUs (Section 86)
- Implementation of nationally funded projects by LGUs (Section 87)
- Submission of reports on accounts outside National Treasury (Section 88)
- Report on COA findings and recommendations (Section 89)
- Financial and physical reports (Sections 90-91)
- Post 2020 budget status report (Section 92)
- Transparency in infrastructure projects (Section 93)
- Transparency seal (Section 94)
- Crowdsourcing (Section 95)
- Joint Congressional Oversight Committee (Section 96)
- Exemption from garnishment, levy and execution (Section 97)
Separability and Effectivity Clauses (Sections 98-99)