Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from January 1 to December 31, 2021
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Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from January 1 to December 31, 2021
Republic Act No. 11518
December 28, 2020
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Summary of Republic Act No. 11518 (General Appropriations Act for FY 2021):Appropriations and Use of Funds:
- Appropriations authorized shall be available for release and disbursement until December 31, 2021, except for certain funds like disaster risk reduction and LGU shares which have extended validity. (Section 62)
- Agencies must deposit fees, charges, and receipts to the National Treasury as income of the General Fund, with some exceptions allowed for special accounts, trust funds, or other funds. (Sections 4-8)
- Rules on the use of funds for specific purposes like donations, trust receipts, performance bonds, public-private partnership projects, revolving funds, and more. (Sections 5-11)
- Agencies can conduct seminars, sell publications, and dispose of unserviceable equipment, with proceeds going to the General Fund or allowed for agency use under certain conditions. (Sections 12-14)
- Certain taxes and duties are considered revenue and expenditure of the government and deemed automatically appropriated. (Section 15)
- Rules on entering into loan agreements. (Section 16)
Expenditure Requirements:
- Funds must be used in accordance with laws, rules on procurement, infrastructure projects, data privacy, gender and development, senior citizens and persons with disability, youth, and cultural agencies. (Sections 17-42)
- Rules on employment of contractual personnel, granting of allowances, bonuses, incentives, benefits, and use of government vehicles and quarters. (Sections 43-61)
Release and Use of Funds:
- Prohibition against impounding or retaining appropriations, with exceptions. (Sections 63-64)
- Direct release of funds to regional offices and rules on lump-sum appropriations. (Sections 65-66)
- Conditions for transferring funds to civil society organizations. (Section 67)
- Authorization for the President, Senate President, Speaker, and others to use savings, with rules on the meaning of savings and augmentation. (Sections 68-72)
- Rules on modification of allotments, granting of incentives, and mandatory expenditures. (Sections 72-74)
- Regulations on intelligence, confidential, and cash advance funds. (Sections 76-78)
- Use of funds for foreign-assisted projects and disbursement requirements. (Sections 79-81)
- Prohibition on attaching names of public officials to government projects. (Section 82)
Administrative Procedures:
- Measures for institutional strengthening, data privacy protection, organizational changes, foreign travel clearance, and allocation for reorganized agencies. (Sections 83-87)
- Rules on the allocation of Internal Revenue Allotment for LGUs and implementation of nationally funded projects. (Sections 88-89)
- Reporting requirements for accounts outside the National Treasury, audit findings, financial reports, physical accomplishments, post-FY 2021 budget status, infrastructure projects, and transparency seal. (Sections 90-96)
- Establishment of a People's Feedback Mechanism and a Joint Congressional Oversight Committee. (Sections 97-98)
- Exemption of public funds from garnishment, levy, and execution. (Section 99)
General Provisions:
- Separability clause and effectivity date. (Sections 100-101)
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Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from January 1 to December 31, 2021
Republic Act No. 11518
•December 28, 2020
December 28, 2020
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11518
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-ONE
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-one, except where otherwise specifically provided herein:
GENERAL PROVISIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2021
SECTION 2. FY 2021 Budget with Unified Accounts Code Structure. — 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 the financial transactions of the government.
SECTION 3. The General Appropriations Act as the Allotment Order. — The...
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Amends
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Amended by
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Tags
Statutes
Republic Acts
appropriations
expenditures
funds
receipts
donations
trust funds
revolving funds
taxes
duties
loan agreements
procurement
infrastructure projects
data privacy
gender and development
persons with disabilities
youth
cultural agencies
contractual personnel
allowances
bonuses
incentives
benefits
government vehicles
quarters
fund releases
lump-sum appropriations
civil society organizations
savings
augmentation
allotments
intelligence funds
confidential funds
cash advances
foreign-assisted projects
disbursements
institutional strengthening
organizational changes
foreign travel
internal revenue allotment
local government units
reporting requirements
audits
financial reports
physical accomplishments
infrastructure project transparency
transparency seal
people's feedback mechanism
congressional oversight
garnishment
separability clause
effectivity
December 28, 2020
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11518
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-ONE
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-one, except where otherwise specifically provided herein:
GENERAL PROVISIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2021
SECTION 2. FY 2021 Budget with Unified Accounts Code Structure. — 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 the financial transactions of the government.
SECTION 3. The General Appropriations Act as the Allotment Order. — The...
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